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- Selling Off the Jaguar: a "Bold Move" for Ford?
- Forbes analyzed Ford CEOÂ Alan Mulally's recent product-line choices, concluding the decision to sell Jaguar and Land Rover contradict Mulally's intent to build a global company -- and Ford isn't paying attention to what consumers want in the US. For one, the company's doing away with the rear-driven sedan, which customers...
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- 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
- U.S. Automakers: Death by Environmental Movement?
- The U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week on greenhouse gas emissions is a major event for America's already-struggling car manufacturers, who come in at the bottom of environmental performance rankings. The high court's decision finally classifies carbon dioxide (i.e. car exhaust) as an air pollutant, which means automakers are likely...
- Blog posts 2007-04-04
- AUTOMOTIVE: America's Largest Manufacturing Industry.
- The automobile industry is America's largest manufacturing industry, accounting for 6.6 million jobs nationwide, or about 5% of private-sector jobs. That's a key finding of a study prepared by the University of Michigan and the Center for Automotive The automobile industry is America's largest manufacturing...
- Research articles 2001-07-01
- Daimler pledges to preserve 37,000 jobs
- Daimler has pledged not to make any forced redundancies in the next 10 years at its German Sindelfingen plant, in an extraordinary move that followed angry workers' protests over the premium carmaker's decision to shift production to the US.The German luxury carmaker said it had struck an agreement with...
- News items 2009-12-10
- Online Buy Gains Speed
- The automotive industry is moving its entire supply chain online at a faster rate than many other industries. The movement has been driven, in part, by the rapid adoption and growth of the Covisint online supplier exchange. But Covisint isn't the only game in town and at least one major...
- White papers 2002-02-07
- Automakers Put Wheels On Supply Chain
- Industry intends to accelerate order-to-delivery times. A recent flurry of activity in the auto industry is targeting speed-not of the vehicles themselves, but the time it takes to make and deliver them. Most automakers are reluctant to discuss-are internal changes in the order-management process, supply-chain linkages and outward-bound logistics systems...
- White papers 2001-12-01
- 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
- Divining Edge Quality by Reading the Burrs
- Deburring expert LaRoux Gillespie acknowledges that specifying and measuring burrs is an arcane art, but he disagrees profoundly with the majority of manufacturing engineers who believe that doing so is a waste of time and money. By simply being able to quantify burrs, one of his research teams was able...
- White papers 2003-05-05
- Uncertain fate clouds Swedish brand's 'new era'
- A huge banner on the side of Saab's main manufacturing plant in Trollhattan, Sweden, declares: "A new era has begun."The slogan is emblazoned above an image of the new version of Saab's flagship 9-5 model, scheduled to hit car showrooms next year.Those plans are now in doubt, together with...
- External links 2009-11-29
- Automakers: Bailout Arguments, Pro and Con
- Robert Salomon submits: For those of you who have been following this blog, you know where I stand on the proposed aid package for US automakers see Preventing Moral Hazard in the Auto Industry for background. I am not opposed to aid for General Motors GM and Ford F,...
- External links 2008-11-19
- Beijing Auto Says "stay Tuned" on GM's Saab
- By Simon RabinovitchNANJING, China (Reuters) - Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corp BAIC might still be interested in buying General Motors' Saab unit, according to the Chinese car company's general manager.Asked by reporters on Monday whether BAIC would consider approaching Saab as a solo buyer or only as a part of...
- News items 2009-11-29
- The Case for Domestic-Based Automakers
- Jeremy Needham submits: The main argument to maintain domestic-based automakers begins with nearly $20 billion in annual R&D spending that goes towards important objectives such as investing in lithium ion battery technology and other technologically important developments that create and sustain high-tech jobs and research in the United States. ...
- External links 2008-11-19
- Aid for the Automakers? You Decide!
- Robert Salomon submits: For those of you who have been following this blog, you know where I stand on the proposed aid package for US automakers see Preventing Moral Hazard in the Auto Industry for background. I am not opposed to aid for GM and Ford, provided that aid...
- External links 2008-11-20
- GM prepares to outline Opel strategy
- European government officials said they expected General Motors to outline a strategy for its Opel unit within days, and made plans to discuss the re-structuring in depth in the first week of December.After a meeting organised by the European Commission, European Union industry ministers said they had "agreed to...
- News items 2009-11-23
- The Hypothetical Automaker Bailout Gets Another Supplicant
- Michael Arrington submits: The big three automakers are clamoring for a piece of the hypothetical $25 billion auto-bailout fund. And newcomer Tesla wants a piece of that too, apparently. The startup auto-maker has requested $400 million in low or no-interest loans to fund two upcoming projects (likely their new...
- External links 2008-11-19
- BMW suffers 74% fall in profits
- BMW stunned investors on Tuesday with a larger than expected drop in third quarter earnings, providing a blow to hopes that the worst in the premium car market could be over.BMW's shares fell by more than 5 per cent after the world's largest premium carmaker said its profit after...
- External links 2009-11-03
- Revving Up Auto Branding
- US car companies spend upward of $40 billion a year on marketing - more than any other US industry. Yet the combined market share of the Big Three continues to slide. The paper places the blame on a loss of brand identity. As cars become more alike, carmakers have often...
- White papers
- The Best Time to Buy a Car Is ... Right Now
- The Big Three are finally starting to become more rational and efficient. That's good news for the economy and for U.S. taxpayers, but car buyers may not be so thrilled. Here are three things to keep in mind. ...
- Articles 2009-07-30
- VW to acquire bigger stake in Porsche
- Volkswagen on Tuesday said it would buy 49.9 per cent in Porsche's sports car business by the end of the year, a larger stake than originally planned, as Europe's largest carmaker said that overall sales in the third quarter had been "very good".VW said that it had agreed with...
- External links 2009-10-20
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