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- Lehman Report: Precious Metals Are Killing Automakers
- In an April 9 report for investors, Lehman Brothers auto analyst Brian Johnson outlines why soaring commodity prices are leaving car makers a tough state of stagflation. Commodity prices in March, according to the report, were up $424 per vehicle year-over-year in North America. That includes price hikes...
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- Tesla, Fisker in Battle Over Trade Secrets
- Considering how often auto executives jump ship to a competitor, which is quite often, it's a wonder there aren't a lot more charges of "industrial espionage" flying around. The latest case involves the high-profile, electric-car upstart Tesla Motors, which on April 14 filed suit in the Superior Court of California...
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- Monthly Auto Sales Data: Read Between the Lines
- Watching the sausage being made is never a pretty sight -- in the auto industry, monthly sales numbers are no exception. I should know: Â I once worked at Mercedes-Benz, where my responsibilities included toting up the data. For instance, AutoData Corp. reported on May 1 that U.S....
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- 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
- J.D. Power Initial Quality: Who Cares? Maybe You Should
- The results are in, for the annual J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study. Porsche was the No. 1 brand for the third year in a row, with only 87 reported problems per 100 vehicles, followed by No. 2 Infiniti, No. 3 Lexus, and tied at No....
- Blog posts 2008-06-06
- Detroit 3 Fight Bankrupt Rumors, But Credibility Slip is Showing
- Domestic automakers have been compelled to state in recent days that they're not planning to file for bankruptcy -- which unfortunately for them only serves to keep the word "bankruptcy" appearing in the same headlines as Ford, GM and Chrysler. Spokesmen like Chrysler's Jim Press and GM's Rick Wagoner used terms like,...
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Congress Likely to Approve U.S. Loans to Automakers
- Congress will probably approve $25 billion in loans to U.S. automakers, to help them develop more fuel-efficient technology, and meet tougher gas mileage requirements. That's cheap, compared with the Wall Street bailout, said Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- U.S. Senate Approves $25B in Loans to Automakers
- U.S. senators worked overtime to pass an omnibus spending bill that included funding for $25 billion in loans to U.S. automakers, to help pay to develop fuel-efficient technology. by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2008-09-27
- 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
- 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
- Behind the Scenes, Auto Industry Works to Cut Accidents
- Even as the auto industry struggles with a U.S. recession and falling new-vehicle sales, engineers keep working fulltime to reduce accidents and congestion. Next month is the Intelligent Transportation Systems World Congress, this year in New York City. by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- U.S. Auto Sales Outlook Grim for October
- Bad news continues for U.S. auto sales. Estimated October sales could represent a sales pace that would be the worst in 26 years, it it continued for a whole year. by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- GM's Wagoner in the Hot Seat
- General Motors says it needs immediate help from the federal government. And GM CEO Rick Wagoner is positioned to be a lightning rod in the ongoing debate. by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Opponents Lining Up Against Auto Industry Bailout
- In a phrase that's bound to stick in the craw of Democrats who favor an auto industry bailout, one G.O.P senator said the Detroit 3's problems are, "not a national problem." by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- New Deadline for Auto Bailout Plan is Dec. 2
- Despite a cool reception the first time around, Congressional Democratic leaders invited Ford, GM and Chrysler to come back to Washington and try again for a bailout package. by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- 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
- Some Import Brands to Skip Detroit Auto Show
- A couple of Chinese would-be exporters to the U.S. market will show their wares at the Detroit auto show in January, but some import brands will economize and skip it. by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Ford, GM, Chrysler to Take Another Run at Bailout
- A House of Representatives committee gave Ford, GM and Chrysler an extra weekend to get ready for hearings into a proposed bailout, which faces stiff opposition. by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Even With Bailout, Tough Sledding for Ford, GM, Chrysler
- Ford, GM and Chrysler say they need a total of $19 billion to $34 billion to tide them over. But first, U.S. auto sales are going to get even worse, possibly bottoming out next year. by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Auto Industry Bailout Looks Like a Long Shot
- Hope is dimming for a federal bailout of Ford, GM and Chrysler, at least by this Congress. GM and Chrysler insist they could go broke by Dec. 31 without government help. by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
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