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- Auto Sales Future is in India, China, Russia and Brazil, Booz Says
- The message to the auto industry from consulting firm Booz & Company is similar to what cigarette companies were told just a few years ago: Your future may lie mostly in rapidly emerging economies REEs outside the strongholds of North America, Europe and Japan. Go east, the new analysis says....
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
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- "Clunkers" to Boost U.S. Auto Sales
- By David Bailey DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. government incentives likely pushed U.S. auto sales to a 20-month high in August, leaving analysts and the industry guessing how hard a landing to expect with the "Cash for Clunkers" program now exhausted. Automakers could see the U.S. seasonally adjusted rate of sales,...
- News items 2009-09-01
- Breaking News: Auto sales show industry stabilising
- After months of roller-coaster results, the US auto industry showed signs of stability in October. After months of roller-coaster results, the US auto industry showed signs of stability in October. Total sales of cars and light trucks were unchanged at just over 838,000 compared with October of last year, but...
- News items 2009-11-08
- Four Factors Likely to Fuel Auto Sales
- Tyler Savery submits: Growth in satellite radio is coming from the OEM channel. This has been the case for quite some time, and despite having more installations than ever before, the fact that car sales are down weighs on the investor's psyche. The perception is that poor auto sales...
- External links 2008-08-19
- Auto execs celebrate sales increase but say recovery will be gradual
- October gave the U.S. auto industry its most promising sign of the year ? without the artificial boost of the massive cash-for-clunkers program ? that new car and truck sales could be seeing a turnaround. General Motors Co. posted its first year-over-year sales increase in 21 months, largely because of...
- News items 2009-11-03
- Government Still Holding Everything Up: Retail Sales Provide Proof
- Greg Feirman submits: The Cash For Clunkers program was widely held as a smashing success with more than 700,000 vehicles sold with the rebates between July 27 and August 24. August 2009 auto sales were up 1% from the year ago period at 1,262,189. Unfortunately, September...
- External links 2009-10-07
- Remaining GM dealers face tough standards, sales goals
- Novi -- General Motors Co. dealers who survived the automaker's bankruptcy were told Friday they will have to average higher sales and spend more updating their facilities. Some will also have to get used to selling smaller, more fuel-efficient and better-equipped vehicles than during the industry's SUV-crazy heyday. GM executives...
- News items 2009-08-29
- Toyota Camry's Factory Installation of Sirius XM Bodes Well for Future OEM Deals
- Tyler Savery submits: Sirius XM Satellite Radio SIRI announced yesterday that the ever popular Toyota TM Camry will now offer satellite radio as a factory installed option. The news is noteworthy in that the Camry is the best selling car in America, but tempered by slow overall auto sales,...
- External links 2009-06-17
- Autobytel's key to automotive success: a full-service car dealer turns to a marketing app to compete against large automotive service and repair chains.(REALROI)
- Key Hyundai, a full-service auto dealer in Jacksonville, FL, depends on its auto service department to bring in revenue for services performed, plus for future auto sales. "We say that the sales department sells a customer his first car and the Key Hyundai, a full-service...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- Eased loan rules to buoy GM
- GMAC Financial Services' decision Tuesday to ease lending rules should help bring auto loans to a larger group of customers, help General Motors Corp. sell more vehicles and, ultimately, help guard the world's largest automaker against what some had feared was increasingly inevitable: bankruptcy. A day after the U.S. Treasury...
- News items 2009-08-07
- ‘Clunkers' binge may leave a serious hangover
- WASHINGTON - Now comes the hard part for the auto industry — luring customers without big Cash for Clunkers discounts. The popular government rebates gave auto sales a jolt, but it was only temporary. Now car makers and dealerships are forced once again to confront the worst market in a...
- News items 2009-08-24
- Ford Prepares for a Slower 2001.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Jan. 19--Staring straight into an auto sales slump the depth of which the industry can't yet gauge, Ford Motor Co. remained upbeat about its financial future even though fourth-quarter sales fell 3 percent and earnings dropped 32 percent. Jan. 19--Staring straight into an auto...
- Research articles 2001-01-18
- LOS ANGELES AUTO SHOW: Battling for California
- LOS ANGELES -- General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. arrive at today's Los Angeles Auto Show with a lineup of new fuel-efficient vehicles in hopes of impressing Californians, who might determine whether the future models succeed or fail. California -- America's No. 1 new car market -- is also...
- News items 2009-12-03
- HOG Is About to Catch Swine Flu
- David White submits: Harley Davidson HOG was upgraded to Hold yesterday by Citi based on better than expected motorcycle sales in August. Apparently the Citi analyst thought this was the start of an up trend in motorcycles sales. While no one can be absolutely sure, this seems unlikely. August auto...
- External links 2009-09-09
- 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show gets Kid Friendly with Kids Fun Zone
- LOS ANGELES – November, 2009 – The Los Angeles Auto Show, one of the top automotive events worldwide, opens Dec. 4-13 as optimism begins to return to the auto industry and vehicle sales show signs of recovery. The annual event, held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, will host more...
- News items 2009-12-02
- Supply strategy key to future growth at Ford.
- The auto industry has a tough road ahead of it. Vehicle sales are slated to dip between 2% and 4% over the next two years. Asia's financial crisis is putting added pressure on automakers to reduce costs and prices. And some analysts predict a future ...
- Research articles 1998-05-07
- Home to Roost: Used SUVs Will Hurt Leasing Companies
- A tidal wave of used SUVs coming off leases will cost auto lenders as much as an estimated $4.9 billion this year, and similar amounts again in 2009 and 2010. That’s according to CNW Marketing Research, a longtime specialist in auto lease data. “Three...
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- O’Reilly Auto, Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Earnings Call ExcerptO’ Reilly Auto ORLY Q3 2008 Earnings Call October 30, 2008 11:00 am ET Executives Gregory Henslee – Chief Executive Officer, Co-President Ted Wise – Chief Operating Officer, Co-President Thomas McFall – Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Finance Jeff Shaw – Senior Vice President, Store...
- Earnings calls 2008-10-30
- Ford's Quality Horrors--and Turnaround--Detailed in Plant Foreman's Book
- Bob Dewar, author of the new book A Savage Factory, was general foreman at the Ford Sharonville transmission plant in Ohio in the 1970s, and says he saw upfront the industry’s ethic of waste and meet-the-quota at all costs, quality be damned. Car and Driver said A...
- Blog posts 2009-10-30
- Troy, Mich.-Based Auto Parts Maker Cuts Its Quarterly Losses.
- By Jeffrey McCracken, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 14--Auto supplier Collins & Aikman Corp., pushing hard to reassure investors and the industry of its future, narrowed its third-quarter losses through job cuts and improvements at several troubled plants....
- Research articles 2003-11-14
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