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Main > Car Makers News > Volkswagen > Volkswagen to debut four new models Germany only gets its own top-tier international auto show every other year, with the Frankfurt Motor Show alternating with the Paris salon. So when the circus rolls into town, you can bet Germany's giant auto industry will embrace the opportunity to reveal their latest. Audi's tipped to unveil its A5 Sportback and revised A8, Mercedes is expected to unveil its new E-Class Cabrio, BMW the new X1 and 5-Series GT/Progressive Activity Sedan... even Opel is anticipated to unveil its new Astra in... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-12 07:49:24 Article Views Rating: 308 Main > Car Makers News > Pontiac > Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky General Motors' acting CEO Fritz Henderson has said the Wilmington, DE plant that currently produces the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky could be sold if a buyer was interested in producing the two roadsters. "If someone were to approach [us] with a proposal that made good sense for our people, we'd be open to it," Henderson told Autoweek. The move would ape Chrysler's plan for the Dodge Viper's production facilities, allowing another automaker to take control and continue building the niche... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-12 07:46:17 Article Views Rating: 219 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Survival of the fittest trumps everything at Geneva this year | detnews.com | The Detroit News GENEVA, Switzerland - You can forget the environment, electric cars, fuel cells, hybrids which plug in and those that don't; the theme at the annual Geneva Car Show this year will be survival of the fittest. The European industry faces the worst downturn in living memory, as consumers put off buying cars, worried sick about job security. As they prune their budgets and brace for stormy economic weather, the last thing people are about to do is buy a new car. The current wheels will surely last another... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-27 15:55:38 Article Views Rating: 196 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto briefs | detnews.com | The Detroit News Chrysler LLC will put up to 150 employees of its Kenosha, Wis., engine plant on indefinite layoff starting March 23. The move is in response to languishing auto sales, said Chrysler spokeswoman Shawn Morgan. To avoid closing the plant completely the company will reduce the speed of the two assembly lines, a move that requires fewer workers, Morgan said. The plant employs about 800 workers, including about 630 members of the United Auto Workers union. The moves do not affect Chrysler's plans to introduce... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-27 15:55:38 Article Views Rating: 181 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM's Opel directors debate future | detnews.com | The Detroit News BERLIN -- The supervisory board of General Motors Corp.'s Opel unit was meeting Friday to hear suggestions from management on how the auto maker can weather the economic crisis and its parent's troubles. The supervisory board -- the equivalent of a U.S. board of directors -- met in Ruesselsheim, Germany, where Adam Opel GmbH has its headquarters and biggest plant. Opel chief executive Hans Demant said before the meeting that he could guarantee managers would present "intelligent suggestions" to the... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-27 15:55:35 Article Views Rating: 257 Main > Car Makers News > General Motors > Commentary: General Motors choking as global economy gasps | detnews.com | The Detroit News The world may not be enough to keep General Motors Corp. afloat. As the ailing automaker gutted through a years-long North American restructuring that morphed last fall into pleas for a $30 billion lifeline from the feds, GM's revenue and, especially, profits from China, Latin America and robust growth in Eastern Europe partially offset massive losses back home. Not anymore. The foreign strands of GM's safety net, according to its year-end financials Thursday, are fraying quickly, too. Fourth-quarter... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-27 15:55:34 Article Views Rating: 175 Main > Car Makers News > GM > U.S.-German working group to seek help for GM's Opel | detnews.com | The Detroit News BERLIN -- Germany's new economic minister says he has arranged an informal working group with the U.S. treasury secretary aimed at finding a way to save General Motors Corp.'s German-based Opel unit. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said in comments published in the Bild am Sonntag weekly Sunday that he had contacted Timothy Geithner in Washington about setting up a working group in hopes of finding a way to secure the future of Adam Opel GmbH. "I will use my first visit to the U.S.A. in March to hold further... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-23 15:09:05 Article Views Rating: 251 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto briefs | detnews.com | The Detroit News AUTOS 775 Delphi jobs to be slashed near SaginawBUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP -- Nearly 800 jobs are being eliminated at the steering division of Delphi Corp . near Saginaw. The cuts announced Monday are hitting 425 hourly workers and 350 employees who are on salary. They will kick in March 1. "We've anticipated this for some time," said Mike Hanley, president of United Auto Workers Local 699. Workers with low seniority can leave and get a severance package or put their name on a recall list. The white-collar... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-17 14:55:40 Article Views Rating: 145 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Hurst resurrects specialty cars | detnews.com | The Detroit News If you are of a certain age, you have fond memories of the Hurst/Olds, the Hemi Under Glass, perhaps even the Hurst/SC/Rambler. Hurst, founded in 1958 by East Coast hot rodder George Hurst, became popular among automotive enthusiasts because of its Hurst shifter, a sleek looking, high-performance curved gearshift lever. Hurst promoted its aftermarket equipment by building specialty cars such as the Hemi Under Glass, a 1965 Plymouth Barracuda drag racer. In 1968, Hurst expanded the program with... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-12 06:29:08 Article Views Rating: 157 Main > Car Makers News > Opel > Sneak peek: Next-generation Opel/Saturn Astra | detnews.com | The Detroit News The new profile -- the front fascia and the massive rear bumper with the parted taillights -- are visible on the next-generation Opel/Saturn Astra. The new car looks somewhat sleeker and yet more elegant. The Astra also seems to have very interesting headlight clusters with a jeweled arrangement at the top of the housing. Besides the 5-door model pictured here, Opel has an estate "Caravan"; a convertible "Twin Top"; and the 3-door "GTC" in the pipeline, all following the 5-doors introduction, one by... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-30 07:07:50 Article Views Rating: 232 |
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