More Trouble for DaimlerChrysler? Will the Governator Go Green? Can VW Build a Luxury Car? Will Mazda Add more Zoom to Zoom-Zoom? Will Mercedes Launch New B-Class? And How Did Hyundai Top Toyota Quality? Get Answers on TheCarConnection.com

DETROIT, May 3, 2004 -- There are plenty of unanswered questions floating around the auto industry this week -- like what happens next at DaimlerChrysler following last week's management shake-up? And now that he's not going to run Mercedes-Benz, what happens to former Chrysler COO Wolfgang Bernhard? Go behind-the-scenes look in this week's edition of TheCarConnection.com .

Toyota taught the world how to build quality cars. So how did the Japanese giant wind up behind Hyundai in the new J.D. Power Initial Quality Survey? Get a look at the latest IQS results on TCC, and see why quality is at an all-time high.

As an action hero, he owned a fleet of HUMMERs, but as Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger is going green, signing a promising new hydrogen fuel bill into law.

Mazda's midsize Mazda6 sedan is an attractive automobile, but now the automaker is adding more zoom to the zoom-zoom with a sports series that includes a new wagon and 5-door.

Why is Volkswagen tempting fate with its $75,000 Phaeton? TheCarConnection takes the new sedan for a ride to see if it really plays in the luxury world.

Other reviews this week include the bespoke Bentley Arnage, sporty Lotus Elise and affordable Kia Spectra.

This week's TCC spy shot captures the 2006 Mercedes B-Class. Crossovers are going to get smaller at Benz.

In business news, the two largest U.S. automotive suppliers, Visteon and Delphi, have won key concessions from union workers -- and more may be coming. See why the home of Canada's car industry is handing out cash to keep manufacturers happy. And GM is on a spending blitz of its own to promote its new products.

And Ford's Rouge plant re-opens to the public after 25 years. Join TCC for a tour.

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