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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Tougher market expected for U.S. in Europe | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Detroit's automakers are occupying less space at this year's Frankfurt Motor Show, and in the European auto market, after shedding brands and assets to get through a global industry downturn that hit them especially hard. General Motors Co. will essentially be fielding one brand in Europe -- Chevrolet -- once it completes the sale of its two European brands, Saab of Sweden and Germany's Adam Opel GmbH, which GM has owned since 1929. Ford Motor Co. is more successful in the region, but it also will be... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-16 06:54:35 Article Views Rating: 57 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford vies for Sync patents | detnews.com | The Detroit News --A man that Ford Motor Co. once called "a lead architect" of Sync has left the company, raising serious questions about who owns intellectual property vital to the popular voice-controlled infotainment system it developed in conjunction with Microsoft Corp. Now, rival automakers are lining up to talk to Joseph Berry. So is Ford, which tried to get the telematics expert to sign off on several patents -- after he was terminated in late July. Berry says he is "happy to license" the technology to Ford, but... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-16 06:54:32 Article Views Rating: 44 Main > Car Makers News > Opel > Magna says Opel could shed 10,500 jobs | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- As many as 10,500 jobs at Adam Opel GmbH, or about 20 percent of the work force, may be eliminated as part of a restructuring plan for the German carmaker, said the co-chief executive of Magna International Inc., one of the prospective new investors in Opel. The cuts outlined Monday by Siegfried Wolfof Magna were broadly in line with the job reductions described in June when Magna outlined its proposal for Opel, one of General Motors Co.'s overseas subsidiaries. Wolf said about 4,500 of those cuts... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-15 04:26:11 Article Views Rating: 50 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Disclosure sought on 'opt out' for side airbags | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- The nation's top auto safety regulator will ask automakers to disclose whether they allow fleet customers to opt out of buying side airbags or other safety equipment. Starting in the 2011 model year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration "will begin requesting that vehicle manufacturers specifically state whether fleet models have different safety equipment from those sold at dealerships. Any differences will be noted in the ratings information provided," the agency's acting chief, Ron... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-15 04:26:10 Article Views Rating: 44 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Delphi salaried retirees sue to block pension takeover | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- A group of Delphi Corp. salaried retirees filed suit Monday against the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., the government's pension insurer. The 14-page suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit, warns that many salaried retirees will lose a substantial portion of their pensions after the Troy-based auto suppliers terminated its hourly and salaried pension plans and turned them over to the PBGC. Last month, Delphi signed over its pension plans to PBGC, which cleared the way for an immediate takeover... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-15 04:26:09 Article Views Rating: 46 Main > Car Makers News > Peugeot > 2010 Peugeot RCZ The Peugeot RCZ features an all new 1.6 litre THP 147 kW/200 bhp engine has CO2 emissions of only 139 g/km. The Peugeot RCZ equipped with HYbrid4 technology which will be unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. This Peugeot RCZ is based on the same power train as the Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4 which will be available in Spring 2011: a 2.0 litre HDi FAP 120 kW 163bhp in front and a 27 kW 37bhp electric motor at the rear. This concept has emissions of only 95 g/km of CO2 whilst benefiting from a... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-14 06:15:31 Article Views Rating: 146 Main > Car Makers News > Nissan > Nissan GT-R blurs line between video games, reality | detnews.com | The Detroit News I finally understand why Godzilla stomps into a city and breathes fire everywhere. He just wants to be noticed. When you're the biggest, baddest Lacertilia on the block, people should run away screaming in fear. That's how most people react to monsters. But in Detroit, if it doesn't wear a bow tie, blue oval or come with a cross-haired grille, people just don't seem to take interest. When Nissan Motor Co. called to tell me there was a spare 2010 Nissan GT-R sitting around and wondered if I could squeeze... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-14 04:08:51 Article Views Rating: 62 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Behemoths to the fore in Frankfurt as sales window threatens to shut | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- It will be like going to one of Frank Sinatra's final performances for visitors to the Frankfurt Car Show. They will come away saying we might never see the likes of that again. Children and grandchildren will one day hear barely believable tales of long extinct, gas guzzling 150 mph beasts like Rolls-Royces, Bentleys, Ferraris, Aston Martins, Jaguars and Porsches which were on show at the 2009 Frankfurt Car Show. Anybody could buy them, as long as they had the money. The global car industry is on... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-14 04:08:50 Article Views Rating: 52 Main > Car Makers News > Nissan > Nissan GT-R blurs line between video games, reality | detnews.com | The Detroit News I finally understand why Godzilla stomps into a city and breathes fire everywhere. He just wants to be noticed. When you're the biggest, baddest Lacertilia on the block, people should run away screaming in fear. That's how most people react to monsters. But in Detroit, if it doesn't wear a bow tie, blue oval or come with a cross-haired grille, people just don't seem to take interest. When Nissan Motor Co. called to tell me there was a spare 2010 Nissan GT-R sitting around and wondered if I could squeeze... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-14 04:08:38 Article Views Rating: 55 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Wixom plant will get new life as renewable energy park | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Two out-of-state renewable energy firms have selected Ford's shuttered Wixom plant for an ambitious $725 million redevelopment project, creating what officials are calling the nation's largest renewable energy park, company officials said Thursday. The companies, Xtreme Power of Austin, Texas, and Clairvoyant Energy of Santa Barbara, Calif., plan to retool the aging factory, which once built such icons as the Lincoln Town Car and Ford Thunderbird, to manufacture solar panels and utility-scale... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-11 05:05:06 Article Views Rating: 51 |
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