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- US Automakers Shift Gears
- After a decade of acquisitions of and mergers with European luxury brands (see DaimlerChrysler, Ford and Volvo, GM and Saab), American automakers are refocusing their energies on their core brands and the domestic market. In the latest news, Ford has decided to entertain offers for its...
- Blog posts 2007-07-17
- Should You Buy Insurance From A Rental Car Company?
- If you're renting a car, think about what you need before you purchase supplemental insurance or a damage waiver. Whether you're on a trip and need transportation in a different city or your car is in the shop and you need a set of wheels to get to work and...
- White papers 2008-06-16
- Life in the Fast Lane
- Automakers as a group have had limited success in creating shareholder value. There are remarkable exceptions, however - a small group of high performers that are much better at growing revenues than their competitors. In recent years, several carmakers have faced significant financial troubles - and then rebounded sharply. By...
- White papers 2004-10-07
- Public-Private Technology R&D Partnerships: Lessons From US Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles
- Government-industry R&D partnerships can play an important role in advancing the public interest. A widely cited example is the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles PNGV. It was launched in 1993 by the Clinton Administration and three US automakers, with the goal of advancing the development of energy efficient...
- White papers 2005-02-12
- BAIC buys Saab assets from General Motors
- Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co announced on Monday that it had acquired some of the assets of General Motors' Saab unit.The Chinese carmaker has struck a deal to buy production equipment and intellectual property related to two older Saab models ? the 9-5 and 9-3. According to new agencies,...
- News items 2009-12-14
- Bailout Likely To Expand Beyond Mortgages
- NuWire Investor submits: While most of the press surrounding the bailout plan thus far has been specifically focused on mortgages, the government was given the ability to buy up debt other than mortgages. Now the struggling finance wings of the major car manufacturers are trying to get in on...
- External links 2008-10-16
- 'Big Three' Badly in Need
- William Patalon III submits: The U.S. Treasury Department has rejected General Motors Corp.’s GM request of $10 billion in assistance for its potential merger with Chrysler LLC after the Bush Administration decided it didn’t want to broaden its $700 billion financial rescue program to include industrial...
- External links 2008-11-04
- Forex Interplay: Rebounding Euro, Sinking Automakers
- Grace Cheng submits: The euro moved higher vis-à-vis the U.S. dollar today as the single currency tested offers around the US$ 1.2770 level and was supported around the $1.2590 level. The common currency moved to intraday highs during the early North American session as traders braced for more potential selling...
- External links 2008-11-19
- China is driving German luxury carmakers' return
- A mood of quiet optimism seems to be returning to the German luxury car business. BMW reported a small 0.7 per cent increase in September sales compared with the same month last year. While sales at Mercedes-Benz and Audi were lower during the period, the decline was far less...
- External links 2009-10-12
- Venture Capitalist to Steer DOE's Energy Loan Program
- The Department of Energy has billions in loan guarantees to hand out to alternative energy firms and automakers. But the highly competitive process has been criticized as slow, unmoving even. What is a government agency to do? Hire a venture capitalist, of course. The DOE...
- Blog posts 2009-11-11
- Tesla Delays Second Model, Pursues Government Loan
- Tesla Motors will delay its next car, tentatively called the Model S, while it moves to a new headquarters and pursues government-backed financing for the Model S project. by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2008-10-16
- Failed Finance Bailout a Blow to Auto Industry, Too
- The Detroit 3 are intimately tied to the finance industry, as both borrowers and lenders. That means the U.S. automakers want Congress to help thaw the frozen credit markets. by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Legal Hardball: Sonic Automotive vs. Mercedes-Benz
- Mercedes-Benz is playing legal hardball with a major U.S. dealership group, Sonic Automotive, a publicly traded auto dealership chain with $8.3 billion in 2007 revenues based in Charlotte, N.C. Sonic owns nine Mercedes-Benz dealerships plus 160 other franchises around the country, making it one of the nation’s three biggest dealer...
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Had Enough of This Economic Crisis Yet?
- I don't know about you, but I've had about enough of this economic crisis. Just today's news along is enough to make me want to hang myself. What do you do to get by? by Steve Tobak
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- Automakers Love and Hate Government Role
- U.S. automakers Ford, GM and Chrysler must be gritting their teeth at the idea of more government oversight, but Congress is forcefully reminding them, beggars can't be choosers. by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2008-11-23
Additional Resources
- Hyundai Motor Finance Company Joins DealerTrack; First National Captive Finance Company Links to DealerTrack
- Business Editors MELVILLE, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 27, 2003 DealerTrackTM, Inc., a leading technology services company enabling finance transactions between automobile dealers and lenders, today announced that Hyundai Motor Finance Company HMFC has signed an agreement to join its independent online auto finance platform. The deal will allow HMFC...
- Research articles 2003-01-27
- Company Profile for WFS Financial Inc
- Business Editors --BUSINESS WIRE WFS Financial Inc is one of the nation's largest independent automobile finance companies with 30 years of experience in the automobile finance industry. WFS originates new and pre-owned automobile installment contracts, otherwise known as contracts, through its relationships with more than 7,800 franchised and...
- Research articles 2003-03-28
- DONGFENG PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTO FINANCE FIRM TO OPEN IN JULY
- AsiaInfo Services 06-06-2006 Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Auto Finance Firm to Open in July WUHAN, Jun 06, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- The automobile finance joint venture of Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile Co., Ltd., PSA Peugeot Citroen, and the Bank of China...
- Research articles 2006-06-06
- AMBAC has no exposure to sub-prime automobile finance companies
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 7, 1997--AMBAC Inc. (NYSE: ABK), in response to numerous press inquires, confirmed today that it has no exposure to any of the sub-prime automobile finance companies including Jayhawk Acceptance Corp. and Mercury Finance Co. AMBAC also confirmed that no state funds advised by AMBAC...
- Research articles 1997-02-07
- Three Routes out of the U.S. Automotive Pileup
- GM's bankruptcy filing this week put a punctuation mark on the woes of the U.S. automotive industry. As an emblem of American manufacturing, the automobile is a powerful symbol, and the collapse of one of its giants strikes a melancholy chord in the ballad of the current recession. ...
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
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