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Main > Car Makers News > Toyota > Toyota Has Good Sales, but Still Loses Money The major world auto manufacturer Toyota has reported a huge loss in profit for the third straight quarter. The company expects the rise of the profit in the end of fiscal year when ends on March 31 next year, but the experts do not expects a catch-up with the financial situation. So far they are talking about the $7.9 billion operating loss and $4.8 billion net loss by the end of the year.The biggest hope for a little profit is in the main two markets: there has been 32% increase in June and 11% in... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:20:01 Article Views Rating: 194 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM's culture change has a ways to go | detnews.com | The Detroit News The new GM doesn't wear ties, doubtless a painful hit to the sales of Hermes and Ermenegildo Zegna. But if open collars are a harbinger of a sharper, faster and hipper culture, a prerequisite for success in the cutthroat auto industry, that's only what they are -- a harbinger. Watching CEO Fritz Henderson's frank admission this week that bankruptcy-slimmed General Motors Co. didn't fully appreciate the perception gulf between would-be customers and its competitive cars and trucks gives new meaning to... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:57 Article Views Rating: 68 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Business briefs | detnews.com | The Detroit News Toyota Motor Corp. , the world's biggest automaker, will become the biggest seller of vehicles in the U.S. market next year after overtaking General Motors Co. , according to forecaster IHS Global Insight. It sees Ford Motor Corp. and GM essentially tied in second place for a couple of years until 2013, when GM is expected to move ahead. Honda Motor Co. , in fourth place, will gain market share slowly, according to the Waltham, Mass.-based firm. UAW local to hold rally at endangered plantThe United Auto... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:54 Article Views Rating: 56 Main > Car Makers News > Other > 'Clunkers' rules ease as sales soar | detnews.com | The Detroit News The Obama administration agreed Thursday to expand the "cash for clunkers" program to vehicles already in the production pipeline. Car buyers had been limited to fuel-efficient vehicles in showrooms and on lots, and some dealers reported shortages. The Transportation Department's decision to broaden it came just days after a request by Michigan lawmakers who said it would increase consumers' choices and encourage more to take advantage of the incentive program, which already has spurred a dramatic... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:54 Article Views Rating: 40 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Japanese sales climb in 'clunkers' program | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Japanese automakers have gained significant ground on domestic automakers in the U.S. government's $3 billion "cash for clunkers" program. General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC saw a dropoff in sales while those of foreign rivals rose in the latest tally of "cash for clunkers" sales, as Toyota Motor Corp. dethroned GM as the top seller. Toyota has sold 18.9 percent of vehicles purchased through the clunkers program, surpassing GM's 17.6 percent. Through the first two weeks of the... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:53 Article Views Rating: 39 Main > Car Makers News > Other > 'Clunker' sales borrow from 2010 market | detnews.com | The Detroit News The unexpected success of the government's "cash for clunkers" program is boosting sales dramatically -- but is probably pulling forward some purchases that would have taken place next year. Forecasting firm IHS Global Insight has increased its U.S. auto sales estimate for this year because of the robust response to the government-funded plan. But it is paring its 2010 forecast. George Magliano, director of North American auto industry research at IHS, said the annualized selling rate this month has... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:52 Article Views Rating: 34 Main > Car Makers News > Buick > Buick's stellar LaCrosse is fit for a king | detnews.com | The Detroit News The 2010 Buick LaCrosse is the best car no one will buy. It's a shame really. The redesigned large sedan is top notch, a car fit for a king, or at least an emperor. People should line up at Buick dealerships in droves to order the new LaCrosse, which arrives this month. It's well-priced, sharp-looking and comes with a stellar interior, perhaps the best inside makeover General Motors Co. has ever completed. But they won't. When Buick tested the new LaCrosse against the competition, vehicles such as the... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:49 Article Views Rating: 44 Main > Car Makers News > Nissan > Nissan rolls out electric car | detnews.com | The Detroit News YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn made a quiet entrance Sunday at the Japanese automaker's new headquarters building -- driving the company's zero-emission vehicle on stage for its inaugural public viewing. Nissan Motor Co.'s environmentally friendly automobile -- a blue hatchback with a sporty design and a recharging opening in the front -- is set to go on sale in Japan, the U.S. and Europe next year. Designer Shiro Nakamura said the vehicle was intentionally designed to avoid a... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:15:03 Article Views Rating: 113 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > 'Clunkers' program gives Ford a boost | detnews.com | The Detroit News As the federal government looks to add billions more to the "cash for clunkers" program, at least one Detroit automaker is attributing a boost in July sales to the popular effort. Ford Motor Co. will report its first monthly year-over-year sales gain in nearly two years today, thanks to a much-needed push from the program, company officials said Sunday. The Dearborn automaker would not provide specific figures until today. The $1 billion federal program to retire less efficient vehicles is all but out... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:14:59 Article Views Rating: 68 Main > Car Makers News > Toyota > Toyota Wants to Build Auris in England Toyota expands its work and especially the assembly of hybrids. The Japanese manufacturer already builds Prius in Japan and China, Camry in the U.S. and now they want to start the production of new plug-in Auris hatchback in Burnaston, England by the middle of 2010. Toyota Auris comes from Corolla family. It appeared in Europe as a gasoline car in spring 2007. This year models are powered by 1.3-liter four-cylinder gas engines with Toyota’s stop/start technology. After the customers get used to seeing... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:59 Article Views Rating: 91 |
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