A sign is posted at a Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep dealership in Colma, Calif. , that closed on Tuesday, June 9, 2009. Chrysler headed back to bankruptcy court Tuesday to get a judge to approve the termination of 789 dealer franchises, while Chrysler's plan to become a stronger automaker partnered with Italy's Fiat awaits action by the nation's highest court. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

A sign is posted at a Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep dealership in Colma, Calif. , that closed on Tuesday, June 9, 2009. Chrysler headed back to bankruptcy court Tuesday to get a judge to approve the termination of 789 dealer franchises, while Chrysler's plan to become a stronger automaker partnered with Italy's Fiat awaits action by the nation's highest court.

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  1. LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 3: The Jeep Lower Forty concept car with 40x13. 5-inch tires mounted on Mopar-designed 20-inch forged aluminum wheels and a 380-horse power 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 is displayed during press preview days at the 2009 LA Auto Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center on December 3, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Auto makers are expected to unveil at least 30 North American and world debuts at this year's show. The LA Auto Show will be open to the public December 4 through December 13.
  2. Six of the eleven new cars that Phil Spady's Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep car dealership has on the lot are seen in the foreground Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, in Columbus, Neb. Dealers have heard little from Chrysler's new Italian management about what they'll be selling in 2011 even as they struggle to unload unpopular 2009s and face 2010 with the same model lineup.

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  1. FILE-This Dec. 1, 2009 file photo shows a mirror reflecting the opposite side of "Chrysler Building," by Soutine Bakery, part of the gingerbread house display at New York's Le Parker Meridien Hotel.
  2. A mirror reflects the opposite side of "Chrysler Building," by Soutine Bakery, part of the gingerbread house display at New York's Le Parker Meridien Hotel, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Visitors can vote for their favorite creation with proceeds going to benefit City Harvest.
  3. A Daimler Chrysler Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-Cell Tourer is among some of the more than 50 alternative-fuel vehicles that will be on display at the Los Angeles Auto Show, seen during a preview news conference Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. The L.A. Auto Show opens to the public on Dec. 4.
  4. 'Carnival Dream,' the newest and largest ship in the Carnival Cruise Lines fleet, sails down the Hudson River and past lower Manhattan as she leaves on her maiden voyage from New York, November 13, 2009. At 130,000 tons and 1,004 feet, the vessel is nearly as long as the Chrysler Building is tall.
  5. 'Carnival Dream,' the newest and largest ship in the Carnival Cruise Lines fleet, sails down the Hudson River and past midtown Manhattan as she leaves on her maiden voyage from New York November 13, 2009. At 130,000 tons and 1,004 feet, the vessel is nearly as long as the Chrysler Building is tall.
  6. In this photo provided by Carnival Cruise Lines, the 'Carnival Dream,' newest and largest ship in the Carnival Cruise Lines fleet, sails down the Hudson River and past lower Manhattan as she leaves on her maiden voyage from New York, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. At 130,000 tons and 1,004 feet, the vessel is nearly as long as the Chrysler Building is tall.
  7. LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 3: The Jeep Lower Forty concept car with 40x13. 5-inch tires mounted on Mopar-designed 20-inch forged aluminum wheels and a 380-horse power 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 is displayed during press preview days at the 2009 LA Auto Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center on December 3, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Auto makers are expected to unveil at least 30 North American and world debuts at this year's show. The LA Auto Show will be open to the public December 4 through December 13.
  8. LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 3: The Jeep Lower Forty concept car with 40x13. 5-inch tires mounted on Mopar-designed 20-inch forged aluminum wheels and a 380-horse power 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 is displayed during press preview days at the 2009 LA Auto Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center on December 3, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Auto makers are expected to unveil at least 30 North American and world debuts at this year's show. The LA Auto Show will be open to the public December 4 through December 13.
  9. Indianapolis Firefighters and Wishard Medics transport one of the children from the Stepping Stones Childcare to a waiting ambulance after the Jeep that Indianapolis Municipal Police was chasing crashed into the side of the daycare building Thursday afternoon Dec. 3, 2009 in Indianapolis.
  10. Indianapolis Firefighters survey the damage after a Jeep that Indianapolis Municipal Police was chasing crashed into the side of the daycare building, Thursday afternoon, Dec. 3, 2009 in Indianapolis.
  11. Indianapolis Firefighters and Wishard Medics transport one of the children from the Stepping Stones Childcare to a waiting ambulance after the Jeep that Indianapolis Municipal Police was chasing crashed into the side of the daycare building Thursday afternoon, Dec. 3, 2009 in Indianapolis.
  12. A custom 2009 Jeep is on display at the 2009 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 3, 2009. The SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show is a trade show which focuses on the aftermarket auto parts and accessories industry.
  13. Models pose in front of a Fiat 500 Cabriolet on the first press day of the Frankfurt Auto Show in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. The car fair runs through Sept. 27.
  14. A model poses next to a Fiat - "500 - tribute to Ferrari" of sports car tuner Abarth during the media day at the international car show "IAA" in Frankfurt, September 15, 2009. The world's biggest auto show will run until September 27.
  15. Luca di Montezemolo, President of Italian Fiat group sits in a Fiat - "500 - tribute to Ferrari" of sports car tuner Abarth during the media day at the international car show "IAA" in Frankfurt, September 15, 2009. The world's biggest auto show will run until September 27.
  16. A model poses next to a Fiat - "500 - tribute to Ferrari" of sports car tuner Abarth during the media day at the international car show "IAA" in Frankfurt, September 15, 2009. The world's biggest auto show will run until September 27.

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  9. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke prepares to speak at the December luncheon meeting of the Economic Club of Washington, December 7, 2009.
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  11. A globe is projected as people are seen in Town Hall Square on the opening day of the Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday Dec. 7, 2009. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best, last chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming.
  12. A video projected on a floating cube illustrates projected levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, on the opening day of the Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday Dec. 7, 2009. The CO2 cube installation represents 1 metric ton of carbon dioxide, the amount an average person in an industrialized country emits each month. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best, last chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming.
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