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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Commentary: Forging new path will be rough road for Detroit automakers | detnews.com | The Detroit News Let the slugfest begin. Now that General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have a $17.4 billion federal lifeline to take them into the early days of the Obama era, the real action will be with the automakers and the constituencies expected to grant major concessions to keep Detroit out of bankruptcy court. Officially, that is. To listen to President Bush outline his terms Friday for granting Detroit's bridge loans to next year's likely bridge loans was to hear the "B" word echoing in the distance. There are... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-22 05:54:28 Article Views Rating: 107 Main > Car Makers News > Other > AutoSpies.com 2008 Holiday Gift Guide- Great last minute ideas! Black and Decker Car Diagnostic Tool Check your car's diagnostic codes. Provides in depth access to Engine Light Information on-line. 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Rather than assigning such a case through a blind draw, as is normal, the order... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-19 08:13:29 Article Views Rating: 78 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Small-car crash protection better | detnews.com | The Detroit News WASHINGTON -- Small cars, which have become more popular with the fluctuation in gas prices, are becoming better equipped to protect motorists in serious crashes, according to tests by the insurance industry. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave top scores on front-end crash tests for several 2009 small cars released Wednesday. Three vehicles -- the Pontiac Vibe and Toyota Matrix, which share the same underpinnings and are considered corporate twins, and the Suzuki SX4 -- also received top... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-18 08:03:57 Article Views Rating: 134 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler to idle all plants; 9 Ford sites on planned shutdown | detnews.com | The Detroit News Chrysler LLC, responding to a severe sales slump, tight credit and urgent need to preserve cash, will idle all of its North American manufacturing operations for at least 30 days beginning this Friday. And Ford Motor Co. has a planned shutdown affecting nine of its North American assembly plants for an extra week in January due to the slumping U.S. auto market, under previously announced plans to trim first quarter output. A tenth Ford facility, Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, is down for retooling... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-18 08:03:57 Article Views Rating: 149 Main > Car Makers News > Honda > Honda slashes profit goals | detnews.com | The Detroit News Honda Motor Co. provided stark evidence of the damage the global downturn is doing to Japan's auto industry when it said Wednesday that it expected to lose money during the second half of its fiscal year. "Every day, the hardships we face are getting worse and worse. And there are no signs of recovery," Honda CEO Takeo Fukui said at the company's traditional year-end news conference in Tokyo. Honda, Japan's second-largest automaker after Toyota Motor Corp., still expects to show a profit for the fiscal... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-18 08:03:56 Article Views Rating: 173 Main > Car Makers News > Honda > Honda slashes profit goals | detnews.com | The Detroit News Honda Motor Co. provided stark evidence of the damage the global downturn is doing to Japan's auto industry when it said Wednesday that it expected to lose money during the second half of its fiscal year. "Every day, the hardships we face are getting worse and worse. And there are no signs of recovery," Honda CEO Takeo Fukui said at the company's traditional year-end news conference in Tokyo. Honda, Japan's second-largest automaker after Toyota Motor Corp., still expects to show a profit for the fiscal... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-18 08:03:23 Article Views Rating: 157 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Small-car crash protection better | detnews.com | The Detroit News WASHINGTON -- Small cars, which have become more popular with the fluctuation in gas prices, are becoming better equipped to protect motorists in serious crashes, according to tests by the insurance industry. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave top scores on front-end crash tests for several 2009 small cars released Wednesday. Three vehicles -- the Pontiac Vibe and Toyota Matrix, which share the same underpinnings and are considered corporate twins, and the Suzuki SX4 -- also received top... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-18 08:03:23 Article Views Rating: 105 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler to idle all plants; 9 Ford sites on planned shutdown | detnews.com | The Detroit News Chrysler LLC, responding to a severe sales slump, tight credit and urgent need to preserve cash, will idle all of its North American manufacturing operations for at least 30 days beginning this Friday. And Ford Motor Co. has a planned shutdown affecting nine of its North American assembly plants for an extra week in January due to the slumping U.S. auto market, under previously announced plans to trim first quarter output. A tenth Ford facility, Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, is down for retooling... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-18 08:03:23 Article Views Rating: 149 Main > Car Makers News > Mercedes-Benz > Mercedes-Benz Releases Concept BlueZERO Details Current challenges such as growing worldwide mobility requirements, declining crude oil reserves and increasingly stringent exhaust emission regulations are making the electric car more and more a focus of public attention. Thanks above all to major advances in battery technology, electric drive is seen as a promising answer to the question of how individual mobility can be made sustainable.Battery-electric drive systems offer a wealth of advantages in this respect: they provide a high level of torque... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-17 13:21:40 Article Views Rating: 252 |
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