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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Luxury car crossovers expected to revive sales | detnews.com | The Detroit News The new car market may be severely depressed but automakers are counting on one segment to buck the downward trend. The industry expects consumer interest in small premium crossovers to grow and consequently the number of entries in the sector is expanding dramatically. The upscale small sport utility vehicle format was successfully established several years ago by Lexus with the RX300, and since then a few primary rivals have emerged, such as the Acura MDX, Infiniti EX35 and BMW X3. But this year a... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-05 07:31:56 Article Views Rating: 158 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM halts political funding | detnews.com | The Detroit News WASHINGTON -- General Motors Corp. has temporarily halted donations from its political action committee as it shores up its accounts. "As we have done in previous years following an active election cycle, we are holding off on making contributions in the first quarter as we replenish employee contributions," GM spokesman Greg Martin said Wednesday. But this is the first halt in donations by GM in at least six years. In the first three months of the 2004 election cycle, GM donated $171,580. In 2006, the... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-05 07:31:56 Article Views Rating: 175 Main > Car Makers News > Mazda > Australian new car market falls 18.5 per cent in January The continuing impact of the global financial crisis forced a downturn in new vehicle sales in Australia during January, but the industry hopes new fiscal measures will help stabilise the market.Official VFACTS data released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries FCAI today show that 67,079 passenger cars, SUVs and commercial vehicles were sold in January - down 18.5 per cent 15,191 vehicles compared to the same month in 2008. “This is a not an unexpected result given the broadening... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-04 06:52:29 Article Views Rating: 372 Main > Car Makers News > Audi > Audi Q5 in North America Audi plans to launch the North American sales of highly advertised compact SUV, Q5, in March. The manufacturer says it will be an equal competitor to the other foreign sport-utility autos like BMW X3, Lexus RX 350 and Infiniti EX35.Q5 has a 3.2-liter V6 FSI direct injection engine that outputs 270 horsepower. The manufacturer also equipped it with Quattro all-wheel drive and six-speed Tiptronic transmission.Audi is proud to introduce Q5 in the U.S. with its first Generation 3 MMI and navigation... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-03 07:09:26 Article Views Rating: 358 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > GM, Chrysler offer new buyouts | detnews.com | The Detroit News Cash-strapped automakers General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC are offering another round of buyouts and early retirement packages to hourly workers in a move designed to help shed higher-paid employees in keeping with conditions of a $17.4 billion federal loan package. GM sent an e-mail to local United Auto Workers officials this afternoon outlining its latest offer. That offer includes a $25,000 voucher to buy a new GM vehicle and $20,000 cash to retirement-eligible workers and any UAW worker, said a... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-03 07:09:25 Article Views Rating: 223 Main > Car Makers News > Other > How to cut the cost of car rental | detnews.com | The Detroit News Fasten your seat belt. Car rental rates have hit overdrive. Even an econo-box can command $35 or more a day in the U.S., plus taxes and fees. But your wallet needn't be flattened by rising prices. Few travel costs are more flexible than rentals, and careful choices about where and how you book can put you in the driver's seat. More on that shortly. For now, a brief detour to explain why rates are up when demand is down. It's basically because rental companies have downsized. "Business certainly isn't... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-03 07:09:21 Article Views Rating: 171 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler, GM offer new UAW buyouts | detnews.com | The Detroit News General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC are offering another round of buyout and early retirement packages to their 89,000 combined hourly workers -- a move that will help the automakers shed higher-paid employees to meet conditions for more competitive wages in return for federal assistance. Details on the offers came a day before automakers announce January auto sales, and as GM and Chrysler try to cut costs and trim debt to comply with the requirements of their federal loan packages. The United Auto... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-03 07:09:21 Article Views Rating: 200 Main > Car Makers News > Mini > Small Mini Turns into SUV Just because the auto brand caries the little name Mini, doesn’t mean the company cannot make some bigger vehicles, thought the designers and made a Crossover. They did a good job and impressed many visitors of the 2008 Paris Auto Show where the auto was taken to public for the first time. The head of the Mini management, Wolfgang Armbrecht, says they wanted to keep main Mini features to make the brand recognizable, so the SUV has the same look as little cars, go-kart drive quality and “unlimited... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-30 07:07:54 Article Views Rating: 239 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > No bailout for Visteon, Ford execs say | detnews.com | The Detroit News Auto parts supplier Visteon Corp. must make it on its own. Former owner Ford Motor Co. will not bail out the supplier should that become necessary, Ford executives said during the automaker's earnings call on Thursday. "Visteon is a standalone company," said Ford Chief Financial Officer Lewis Booth, referring to the supplier's roots as Ford's components operations until it was spun off in 2000. "We're not contemplating dramatic action," Booth said. "Like all of our suppliers, we talk to them and when... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-30 07:07:53 Article Views Rating: 183 Main > Car Makers News > Other > AutoNation rides out downturn | detnews.com | The Detroit News NEW YORK -- After capping off one of the toughest years in the auto industry's history, AutoNation Inc. said Thursday that it's bracing for more of the same in 2009 unless the credit markets loosen up and jump start sales of new cars and trucks. In the meantime, the nation's largest automotive retailer said it continues to slash its orders for new vehicles, cut its costs and adjust its inventories in an attempt to ride out the downturn. "This is one of the worst markets we've ever seen," AutoNation... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-30 07:07:53 Article Views Rating: 146 |
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