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Main > Car Makers News > Other > $1 billion 'Cash for clunkers' program to kick off Monday | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will release a final regulation today, clearing the way for the launch of the $1 billion federal "Cash for Clunkers" program. The program gives buyers of new, more fuel-efficient vehicles up to $4,500 in government rebates to turn in cars and trucks up to 25 years old that in most instances get less than a combined highway/city fuel efficiency of 18 miles per gallon. NHTSA's final rule will explain the process for registering dealers, the manner in... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:56 Article Views Rating: 54 Main > Car Makers News > GM > Report: Toyota to end venture with GM in Calif. | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Toyota Motor Corp. has decided to liquidate its stake in a California manufacturing plant that it jointly operated with General Motors, a Japanese news agency reported Thursday. The Japanese carmaker will begin negotiating with the "Old GM" starting next week, Kyodo News reported, citing unnamed company officials. Toyota spokesman Mike Goss would not confirm that the Japanese automaker had made a final decision on the fate of Fremont, Calif.-based New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., also known as... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:56 Article Views Rating: 59 Main > Car Makers News > Toyota > Toyota confident sales will pick up in the future | detnews.com | The Detroit News Toyota Motor Corp.'s highest-ranking executive in the United States said Thursday that he hoped the automaker would start earning money here again next year after its unexpectedly deep slide into the red. Yoshimi Inaba, a former U.S. sales chief recently rehired by Toyota, said he was seeing signs that demand in the U.S. auto market was picking up and was confident about its long-term prospects. "I'm a very firm believer that this market will bounce back sooner or later," said Inaba, the New York-based... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:55 Article Views Rating: 90 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Peel out with a set of orange-oil tires | detnews.com | The Detroit News Automakers and their suppliers love to talk about technology transfers, especially those that move from the highly competitive and exciting environment of racetracks to the mundane but much more important public roadways. The Yokohama Tire Corp. has a new tech transfer ready to roll -- tires made by using the oil from orange peels to replace much of the petroleum-based oil that goes into tire production. Officially, Yokohama's new tire is the dB Super E-spec, which the Japanese rubber company calls "the... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:53 Article Views Rating: 61 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Outstanding new cars buck auto crisis | detnews.com | The Detroit News Just because the auto industry is in crisis does not mean that appealing new or revised cars and trucks have disappeared. Starting at the small end of the scale but punching well above its weight is the Kia Soul. This Korean newcomer steps into a sub-compact class already populated by several strong contenders, notably the Scion xB and the Nissan Cube. But in a category where cereal box-styling seems to dominate, the Soul manages to carve its niche with a design that looks practical and sporty at the... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:46 Article Views Rating: 35 Main > Car Makers News > Opel > Saab and Opel Will Be Sold Very Soon General Motors is happy to announce that the sale of Saab and Opel is coming to the final talks. There have been several candidates, but the manufacturer has the number of them to final three for each brand. There have been 10 companies bidding on the Saab. GM says that May will be spent on talks with the final three. The automaker does not officially announce them, but according to one version the three candidates are BMW, Renault and Tata Motors, according to the other one Fiat is one of the potential... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-25 05:23:17 Article Views Rating: 212 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM, CAW reach tentative deal | detnews.com | The Detroit News General Motors Corp. and the Canadian Auto Workers union have reached a tentative agreement in negotiations to reduce labor costs as mandated by the Canadian and Ontario governments as a condition of securing government loans. CAW President Ken Lewenza said the agreement between the United Auto Workers and GM a day earlier put pressure on the Canadian talks, as well as the need for GM to be able to put a comprehensive restructured business plan on President Barack Obama's desk within three days. A... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-25 05:23:16 Article Views Rating: 133 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Ford unveils programs to woo GM, Chrysler buyers | detnews.com | The Detroit News As Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp. move to dismantle brands and close dealerships, other automakers are moving in to pick up the pieces. Analysts said it will take a couple more months to fully gauge consumer reaction to these moves, but Haig Stoddard of IHS Global Insight said one thing is already clear: "Ford is likely to be the big volume winner." While Chrysler touts the benefits of "quick-rinse" bankruptcy -- something GM is expected to soon enter into as well -- Ford Motor Co. is in the... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-25 05:23:16 Article Views Rating: 151 Main > Car Makers News > Honda > Survey: Honda most popular with suppliers | detnews.com | The Detroit News Honda Motor Co. enjoys the best relations with its parts suppliers, displacing Toyota Motor Corp., which had held the top spot since 2002 in an annual survey of suppliers of the top six vehicle producers in North America. Detroit's automakers still lag the Japanese, but the gap has narrowed as Japan's leading carmakers have lost ground with suppliers in North America. Among the U.S. automakers, Ford Motor Co. extended its lead over its domestic rivals after improving its scores for the second year in a... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-25 05:23:15 Article Views Rating: 144 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Detroit cars still in teens' daydreams | detnews.com | The Detroit News "Dad, would you buy me a Camaro?" Before I could muster an answer to my 17-year-old daughter's question, she spotted a new Ford Mustang. "That's a cool car, too," she said, as I drove her to school one morning. There followed a brief and poorly received lecture from me on why a powerful rear-wheel-drive sports model is probably not the best choice for a teenager's first car. Further efforts to ascertain what makes the Mustang and Camaro "cool" in a 17-year-old's opinion did not reveal much. But the... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-25 05:23:12 Article Views Rating: 78 |
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