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[Editors Note: When YouTube went live with its redesign in early December, it was the online video industry equivalent to the launch of a new iPhone. In other words, a very big deal. The following guest post was written by Doug Scott, President of OgilvyEntertainment, who shares his thoughts on how design changes to a site that delivers 88.2 billion videos a month will or wont affect the online video industry. You can follow him on Twitter @DougScottOgilvy.]

Many people have recently asked me what I think of the YouTube redesign and if this will change the online video industry. Well, I have to say that although I find the design easy to use and intuitive, I am not sure...

Mercedes Benz expropriated Che Guevara iconography last Tuesday to sell cars at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. What happened in Vegas didnt stay in Vegas.

Outraged Cuban-Americans demanded an apology. They buy cars, too, so Daimler-Chrysler obliged. The manufacturer contritely explained that the image of the Communist guerrilla with the Mercedes insignia superimposed over the star on his beret was intended to convey the revolution in automobility enabled by new technologies.

Can we forgive the Cubans for remembering that Ches word was his deed when he said that he wished to transform each Communist into an effective, violent, selective, and cold-blooded...

After its split from Daimler, Chrysler stopped selling the successful and popular Sprinter commercial van. Fiat, however, is coming to the rescue with the Ducato, its own commercial van currently on sale in Europe.

According to Automotive News, the Chrysler Group will  soon sell a commercial van in North America based on the Fiat Ducato under the Ram brand. The Ducato shares its front-drive platform with  the Peugeot Boxer, both of which are currently sold in Europe.

“It’s designed perfectly to try and deal with the market segment here  in the United States, so we think it will grow,” said Sergio  Marchionne, CEO of the Chrysler Group.

Marchionne...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 12, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — The late Dan Wheldons 2011 victory at the Indianapolis 500 marked the 100^th anniversary of the Greatest Race in History. For the second time, his sterling silver image earned a coveted place on the Borg-Warner Trophy#x2122;. A duplicate image adorns the BorgWarner Championship Drivers Trophy#x2122; presented to his wife, Susie Wheldon, as a personal keepsake by BorgWarner Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Timothy M. Manganello during the 2012 Automotive News World Congress held in Detroit, Michigan, on January 11. Team owners Bryan Herta and Steve Newey received the prestigious BorgWarner Championship Team...