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Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford offers max appeal | detnews.com | The Detroit News Ford Motor Co. will unveil the first of many models that will be built on its new, compact-car underpinnings this month at the Frankfurt Motor Show Based on the Ford iosis Max concept displayed earlier this year at the Geneva car show, the all-new C-Max is roomier and more stylish than the vehicle it replaces. It will debut in Frankfurt Sept. 15, and is scheduled to roll into Ford of Europe showrooms in the second half of 2010. Ford is likely to bring a variant of the model, called a multipurpose... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-07 18:08:13 Article Views Rating: 63 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto Tuning: Irmscher Astra at 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show Manufacturers are not the only ones who present their designs at auto shows: German tuner, Irmscher Automobilau is going to the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show with the upgrade package for the 2010 Opel Astra. The trim is done so well, that it seems all the details belonged to the model from the very beginning. In fact, Irmscher really has advantage over other tuners: since it is a semi-official in-house Opel tuner, many components for the upgrades are closely integrated with the new vehicles. The same goes to... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-07 18:08:13 Article Views Rating: 52 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Clunkers' ripple effect creates winners, losers | detnews.com | The Detroit News "Cash for clunkers" gave the struggling auto business a big lift in August, but the federal rebate program touched many other industries as well -- helping some and hurting others. Consumers who traded in gas-guzzlers for more fuel-efficient models got as much as $4,500 cash back, leading to the first year-over-year gain in monthly auto sales in nearly two years. The impact of the program, which ended Aug. 24 when government funding ran out, continues to be felt across other parts of the economy. Scrap... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-07 18:08:12 Article Views Rating: 49 Main > Car Makers News > Mitsubishi > Peugeot, Mitsubishi joint work projects hint strongly at alliance | detnews.com | The Detroit News Could another French-Japanese automotive alliance be in the offing? In the shadow of the successful Renault-Nissan Alliance, France's other major carmaker, PSA Peugeot Citron, and Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp. have become well-acquainted after working together on small ventures. Paris-based Peugeot and Mitsubishi have developed SUVs jointly for the European market, they are planning to build vehicles together in Russia, and they are teaming up on electric cars. On Friday, the chief executives of the... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-07 18:08:11 Article Views Rating: 46 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM: Fleet airbags required | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- General Motors Co. will not allow fleet purchasers to skip buying side airbags on 2010 models, the company said Friday. The automaker previously allowed fleet buyers to save $145 per vehicle by opting out of buying side airbags on tens of thousands of 2006-09 models that were typically billed as having "standard side airbags," a policy safety advocates questioned. Many of those used vehicles have ended up for sale and have been erroneously marketed as having standard air bags. GM has vowed to take... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-07 18:08:10 Article Views Rating: 35 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Old Chrysler defaults on loan payment | detnews.com | The Detroit News The portion of Chrysler LLC that remains in bankruptcy had costs of $10.2 billion in June, which is more money than the company was left with to cover the costs of liquidation. Insufficient funds could explain why Old Carco LLC, which holds Chrysler assets still in bankruptcy, could not repay $3.34 billion in financing from the U.S. and Canadian governments to finish its bankruptcy, and an additional $29 million in interest on that loan. Failure to make a payment due June 30 resulted in a notice of... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-07 18:08:10 Article Views Rating: 48 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto czar to take manufacturing helm | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- President Barack Obama will announce today that he's tapping his chief auto adviser to try to revitalize the struggling U.S. manufacturing sector. Ron Bloom will assume the title of senior counselor for manufacturing policy, in addition to his role as senior adviser on the President's Task Force on the Automotive Industry. Obama said in a statement Sunday that the manufacturing sector expanded in August for the first time in 18 months and had the highest monthly output in two years. "It's a sign that... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-07 18:08:08 Article Views Rating: 32 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Building a classic cruiser from the frame up | detnews.com | The Detroit News So you want to drive your own classic car in next year's Woodward Dream Cruise, but you can't find a mid-'50s Chevy or early-'30s hot-rod ready to be restored. Don't worry, you can buy all of the components and build your own brand-new classic. Since the late 1950s, Experi-Metal Inc. of Sterling Heights has been supplying automakers with stamped metal components -- body panels and trim -- used in the construction of prototype vehicles. Because automakers have yet to produce the tools needed to stamp out... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-07 18:08:07 Article Views Rating: 29 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Keeping up sales after 'clunkers' | detnews.com | The Detroit News Now that the "cash for clunkers" program is over, the big question is whether American consumers will slump back into unconsciousness as the adrenaline jolt of the government incentive wears off. Last month the annualized U.S. sales rate topped 13 million units, as buyers flocked to showrooms to take advantage of up to $4,500 in discounts under the program. That sales rate looks pretty impressive considering it had dipped to below 10 million earlier this year. The problem is that the auto industry had... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-07 18:08:06 Article Views Rating: 35 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford's 2010 Transit Connect means business | detnews.com | The Detroit News The recession is over, and I've got proof. While many "experts" will point to the GDP, unemployment figures and the trade deficit, I'm more of a believer of those tangible products that predict our nation's financial plight. Sales of cardboard boxes, diamonds and lipstick have been monitored in the past and could work today. Future economic soothsayers will gaze into their Magic 8 Balls and use the Ford Transit Connect sales numbers as a barometer of the nation's small business health. To paraphrase a... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-07 18:08:02 Article Views Rating: 38 |
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