|
||||||||||||||
Home > Search for "Hyundai Portico Preliminary"
Main > Car Makers News > Other > Only one U.S. vehicle makes Top 10 picks | detnews.com | The Detroit News WASHINGTON -- Japanese automakers dominated Consumer Reports influential annual survey of the most reliable vehicles, with Toyota Motor Corp. nabbing five of the 2009 Top 10 Picks released Thursday. Japanese automakers held the top four overall spots in the magazine's survey, which is based on more than 50 tests of 80 different vehicles. The winners ranked high in road tests, reliability and safety requirements. American vehicles were pummeled in the magazine's April survey, which goes on sale Tuesday... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-27 15:55:36 Article Views Rating: 218 Main > Car Makers News > Hyundai > Hyundai's strategy paying off | detnews.com | The Detroit News Detroit's automakers have lost their mojo and not even some of the stellar products they have today are doing much to bring it home. Hyundai, it appears, has found it. The South Korean automaker once known for "cheap and cheerful" economy cars has kicked its game up a few notches and even those who chuckled at the thought of owning one now are paying attention. It's been hard not to with the massive ad campaign the company is waging. Ad campaign resonatesThink Sunday. As in Super Bowl Sunday, the day... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-25 06:22:50 Article Views Rating: 256 Main > Car Makers News > Honda > A new social compact: Honda Civic best all-around choice in '09 lineup | detnews.com | The Detroit News There's no doubting the variety that comes with compact cars. Some, such as the Volvo C30 and Audi A3, are more luxurious, while others, like the Mini Cooper, have cult-like followings. All of them, however, share a few common attributes. In auto parlance, they are known as C-Segment vehicles, something that falls between the B and D segments. The EPA defines them as vehicles with interior volumes measuring between 100 and 109.9 cubic feet, but most people wouldn't know a cubic foot from a... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-23 15:09:05 Article Views Rating: 248 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Wealthy put car buys on the shelf or trade down | detnews.com | The Detroit News NAPLES, Fla. -- If you win $10 million in the lottery, the local joke goes, you still won't qualify to be among the wealthiest 10,000 households here. But even the rolling elite of Naples' exclusive Port Royal, Grey Oaks and Pelican Marsh enclaves are feeling a little thriftier in these uncertain times. The real estate crash, followed by a glut of multimillion-dollar homes and condos for sale, and now Madoff jitters and Wall Street's meltdown have cast a rare chill over the pockets and purses of the... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-23 15:09:05 Article Views Rating: 177 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Beijing Auto mum on report it may bid for Chrysler | detnews.com | The Detroit News SHANGHAI -- Staff at Chinese car maker Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corp. refused comment Monday on a report that the company might bid for assets of Chrysler LLC. The state-run newspaper China Business News, citing an unnamed Beijing Auto executive, said the Chinese automaker wanted to acquire Chrysler assets using a similar approach to that taken by Nanjing Automobile Group Corp.'s when it bought defunct automaker MG Rover Group. The aim, China Business News said, was to acquire production... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-23 15:09:05 Article Views Rating: 204 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM to seek more federal aid | detnews.com | The Detroit News DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. will ask for billions more in federal aid today when it submits a restructuring plan to the U.S. Treasury Department outlining cuts that will dramatically shrink the iconic but troubled American automaker. But GM's recovery plan and one from Chrysler LLC, due today as a condition of a $17.4 billion federal loan package, are not expected to include key money-saving concessions from the United Auto Workers and bondholders. Despite long negotiations over the weekend and... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-17 14:55:39 Article Views Rating: 225 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Geithner to lead auto panel | detnews.com | The Detroit News The White House on Monday will announce it is forming a task force led by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to oversee the restructuring of the auto industry -- one day before General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC are required to file viability plans. The move comes even as a senior administration official on Sunday would not rule out the possibility that GM and Chrysler may seek bankruptcy protection in the process. In a separate development, GM resumed urgent talks with the United Auto Workers on... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-16 09:31:18 Article Views Rating: 150 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Geithner to lead auto panel | detnews.com | The Detroit News The White House is dropping plans to appoint a car czar and instead will name a team, led by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, to oversee the restructuring of the auto industry. The announcement will be made today -- one day before General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC must file viability plans. The move comes as a senior administration official on Sunday would not rule out the possibility that GM and Chrysler may need to seek bankruptcy protection in the process. In a separate development, GM... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-16 09:31:16 Article Views Rating: 138 Main > Car Makers News > Other > UAW balks at proposals to change funding for retiree health care | detnews.com | The Detroit News WASHINGTON -- The United Auto Workers on Saturday called proposals to modify a union-run health care fund "a non-starter." Alan Reuther, legislative director for the UAW, said the proposals from General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC violated the automakers' loan agreements with the U.S. Treasury Department, which call for the UAW to accept half of the funding for the health care fund in cash and the other half in company stock. The proposals call for a smaller cash portion. Late Friday, a source... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-15 18:02:47 Article Views Rating: 140 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto briefs | detnews.com | The Detroit News Auto suppliers made three proposals to the U.S. Treasury for government aid this week. One proposal called for $8 billion in direct loans from the Treasury Department, while another sought $7 billion that would be routed through Detroit's Big Three -- to speed payments to suppliers in as little as 10 days instead of 45 days or more. A third proposal would have the government guarantee payments from automakers if one filed for bankruptcy. That request would provide up to $10.5 billion. Those figures are... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-05 07:31:57 Article Views Rating: 146 |
||||||||||||||
©2008 carwad.net |