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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Strike may shut first GM car plant General Motors Corp., with light-truck output slowed by a strike at a supplier, may shut its first car assembly plant by April 4, a union chief said. The American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. walkout threatens to deprive GM's Lordstown, Ohio, factory of a brake part, which would halt work on the Chevrolet Cobalt, said Jim Graham, president of United Auto Workers Local 1112. Such a shutdown would escalate the strike's effect on GM, the world's largest automaker. The 29-day walkout so far has... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-27 07:35:09 Article Views Rating: 157 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Buy American, get Chinese engine OSHAWA, Ontario -- General Motors car engines were once the stuff of American legend. The Beach Boys sang, "nothing can touch my 409," about a powerful Chevy V-8. Oldsmobile owners in 1981 were so angered that their cars had been fitted with Chevrolet engines instead of Oldsmobile "Rockets," the subject of another hit song, that they successfully sued GM over the swap. The company has since eliminated brand distinctions between engines, saddling them with names unlikely to inspire songwriters, like... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-27 07:35:09 Article Views Rating: 153 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Dispute cited in top Chrysler engineer's departure DETROIT -- One of Chrysler LLC's top engineers left the company Tuesday because of a dispute with senior managers, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday. Mike Donoughe was leading the company's effort to develop a new generation of global midsize cars. The person said Donoughe clashed with Peter Arnell, a marketing consultant hired by Chrysler Chairman and Chief Executive Bob Nardelli. The person asked not to be named because Chrysler wasn't publicizing the reason for Donoughe's... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-27 07:35:09 Article Views Rating: 185 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto briefs Automatic Data Processing Inc ., the world's biggest payroll manager, cut its forecast for sales to automobile dealers after new car purchases slowed. Dealer sales will climb 9 percent in the year ending June 30, down from a February forecast of 10 percent growth, Chief Executive Officer Gary Butler said today at a meeting in New York with analysts. The dealer unit sells computer services to track customers and manage auto parts sales. U.S. sales of new vehicles will slide this year to the lowest level... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-26 08:09:16 Article Views Rating: 169 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Dispute cited in top Chrysler engineer's departure DETROIT -- One of Chrysler LLC's top engineers left the company Tuesday because of a dispute with senior managers, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday. Mike Donoughe was leading the company's effort to develop a new generation of global midsize cars. The person said Donoughe clashed with Peter Arnell, a marketing consultant hired by Chrysler Chairman and Chief Executive Bob Nardelli. The person asked not to be named because Chrysler wasn't publicizing the reason for Donoughe's... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-26 08:09:15 Article Views Rating: 213 Main > Car Makers News > Chevrolet > Spy Shots: High-res Chevrolet Camaro images Despite the sheer number of near-production Camaro test-mules cropping up in both the U.S. and Australia and the recent release of its Dodge Challenger rival, GM’s new muscle car won’t be arriving in showrooms for more than a year. A lot of things could happen in the next 12 months and the Camaro we get in 2009 may not share much with the concept version first revealed in 2006. Fortunately, these new spy shots show that designers have kept most of the lines of the original concept but what’s... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-26 08:09:14 Article Views Rating: 212 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Irrational greenies, hands off my V-8 If I happen to hold an opinion that is politically correct, it's coincidence. For instance, I believe in personal responsibility, hate socialism, love God and recognize the general goodness of our country. My reluctance to embrace another PC view surfaced as I reviewed a new best/worst list of vehicles by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy ACEEE. The selection criteria of this Washington, D.C., advisory group focuses on vehicular environmental impact as seen through the lens of global... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-26 08:09:14 Article Views Rating: 130 Main > Car Makers News > Other > World’s tallest man gets custom car At 2.58m 8ft 5in tall, Ukrainian born Leonid Stadnyk, the world’s tallest man, will find it tough getting behind the wheel of almost any vehicle. That’s why the Ukrainian government, at the request of its President Viktor Yushchenko, has delivered to Stadnyk a custom Chevrolet minivan capable of accommodating his extraordinary size. A lack of suitable vehicles meant Stadnyk was never able to apply for a driver’s license but after years of walking the 37-year old giant decided to finally write to... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-26 08:08:17 Article Views Rating: 135 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Bringing up the rear: Ford to revive rear-wheel drive in U.S. Ford Motor Co. is bringing rear-wheel-drive development back to the United States from Australia. The automaker also has green-lighted a vehicle platform that will provide the basis for a new generation of rear-wheel-drive cars, according to sources familiar with Ford's plans. Australia, where such vehicles remain popular, had emerged as Ford's center for rear-wheel-drive development. But changing economics have convinced the company to bring the program back to Dearborn. Sources said the new... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-24 07:43:25 Article Views Rating: 188 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Mark LaNeve: Camaro won't be positioned as a muscle car The hits just keep on coming for fans of the Chevy Camaro. Just yesterday, we quoted Bob Lutz as suggesting that the Camaro could get a four-cylinder engine option. Now we hear that Mark LaNeve, VP of sales and marketing for GM North America, says that, "We won't position it as a muscle car," speaking again of the 2010 Camaro. Sure, you could spend hours debating the terms "muscle car" and "pony car", but we're pretty sure that very few ever thought of the Camaro as a fuel-efficient option. But, that's... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:38 Article Views Rating: 313 |
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