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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Reliability pays off in long run | detnews.com | The Detroit News Without Uncle Sam's largesse, you're not likely to get a decent price on a trade-in today. That car that grandma only drove to church on Sunday with low miles and all the extras that you got and now want to use to get something a bit more hip? Chances are you'll be offered far below the book value from a dealer. Sell it on your own instead. Especially if you've got a Toyota, Honda or Ford, the top brands for reliability, according to the 2009 Annual Car Reliability Survey from Consumer Reports magazine... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-30 06:56:25 Article Views Rating: 64 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM targets Asia, China with headquarters in Shanghai | detnews.com | The Detroit News One of the hallmarks of the new General Motors Co. is swift decision-making, and the decision where to base the international operations was made fast. "It didn't take us more than about a minute to decide where it should be," said Nick Reilly, GM executive vice president and new head of international operations. He and CEO Fritz Henderson agreed on Shanghai during a phone call. Reilly was already stationed there as director of GM's Asia Pacific operations. But the choice primarily reflects the U.S... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-30 06:56:22 Article Views Rating: 60 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Senate panel seeks Delphi answers | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- A Senate committee, distressed by the different treatment of Delphi Automotive LLP's salaried and hourly retirees, wants to know how the decisions were made by the Obama administration. In July, Delphi saddled the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. with responsibility for the pension plans of 70,000 Delphi workers and retirees. That move was estimated to cost the PBGC, the government's pension insurer, about $6.25 billion. Recent estimates put it as high as $6.7 billion. Under agreements with Delphi's... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-30 06:56:21 Article Views Rating: 62 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Fesler-Moss revives vintage Camaro package | detnews.com | The Detroit News Sometimes you have to turn back the clock to go fast forward. First, we turn back four decades, to the birth of the Chevrolet Camaro and that very special souped-up version known as the COPO, that string of letters representing the abbreviation for how to work the order form to get what amounted to a factory-built hot rod. Next, we turn back just a few years, to when automotive engineer Jon Moss was head of what amounted to General Motors' toy shop, the specialty vehicles group that did things such as... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-30 06:56:18 Article Views Rating: 58 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Backlog of clunkers still await recycling | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Cash for Clunkers may be history for car shoppers, but the program's largesse lives on in recycling yards around the country. A torrent of traded-in clunkers have arrived at auto recyclers in the past two months and are still waiting to be drained of fluids, stripped of valuable parts and eventually flattened for scrap. At some disposal facilities, Ford Explorers, Chevy Blazers, Chrysler Town & Country minivans and other popular clunkers are parked bumper to bumper on several acres, many marked "C4C"... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-30 06:56:16 Article Views Rating: 56 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler to cut prices on 2010 pickups | detnews.com | The Detroit News The redesigned 2010 Ram 2500 and 3500 Heavy Duty pickups will offer more content at a lower price, Chrysler Group LLC announced today. The big rig pickups will start at $28,165 for a regular cab models, $31,415 for Crew Cab models and $36,865 for Mega Cab models. For this model year, Ram will discontinue the Quad cab heavy duty trucks, replacing that with the larger Crew Cab model. All prices include $950 for shipping. The new Ram adopts the looks introduced in the Dodge Ram 1500 pickup last year... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-26 12:46:47 Article Views Rating: 49 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Recyclers want more time to dispose of clunkers | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Trade-ins from the Cash for Clunkers program are piling up and auto recyclers are seeking more time to meet the deadline for disposing of all those vehicles. At some places, Ford Explorers, Chevy Blazers, Chrysler Town & Country minivans and other popular clunkers are parked bumper to bumper on several acres, many marked "C4C" on their windows, waiting to be drained of fluids, stripped of valuable parts and eventually flattened for scrap. "I've got a parking lot of almost 4,000 vehicles right now,"... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-26 12:46:46 Article Views Rating: 49 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler has deal for plant in Delaware | detnews.com | The Detroit News Old Carco LLC, the estate of bankrupt Chrysler, is seeking court approval to sell the automaker's mothballed Newark, Del., SUV factory to the University of Delaware for $24.3 million. The request, filed in bankruptcy court Friday, follows 18 months of trying to sell the property, which covers 271 acres and includes a parts depot plus the plant that churned out Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen SUVs until it closed in December. Both sides are eager to complete the sale, and a hearing is set for Nov. 12... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-26 12:46:43 Article Views Rating: 41 Main > Car Makers News > Other > 'No strike' language riles UAW | detnews.com | The Detroit News A misunderstanding over "no-strike" language in a proposed amendment to the United Auto Workers' contract with Ford Motor Co. has sparked a backlash from some workers who accuse union leaders of giving up their most potent negotiating tool. The Detroit News has learned that the language, which was included in recent contract changes the UAW negotiated with General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC, was mandated by the Obama administration as a condition of its bailout of the two companies. It was... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-26 12:46:42 Article Views Rating: 40 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Noise issue creeps up on electric cars | detnews.com | The Detroit News If you have driven a pure electric or hybrid car you will know the problem. You can be ready to move off from a parked position and people standing around the vehicle do not get out of the way. And it's simply because the traditional cue, engine noise, is absent. Now, as a growing band of advanced plug-in hybrid and battery-powered models -- cars that use their batteries most, if not all the time -- nears production, the problem is gaining more attention. Custom sounds possibleAuto industry safety... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-26 12:46:38 Article Views Rating: 31 |
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