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• Survey: Consumers still prefer large, luxury vehicles

  BNET - 2009-08-13

  Large and luxury vehicles still resonate with consumers. In fact, in a survey of new-vehicle owners, the top 34 ranked cars, and 106 of the top 107, are large cars, luxury cars, SUVs, crossover SUVs or minivans. Only one small car, the BMW 1-Series, scored in the top 100, landing...

  Tags: car

• BMW on Top, Hyundai Leads Toyota, GM Poised for Success: Strategic Vision Announces 2006 Total Value Winners

  - 2006-10-09

  SAN DIEGO -- Hyundai leads over many brands, including Toyota. GM proves that Asian and European makers are not out of reach. BMW and MINI top all brands as Total Value leaders. These are a few of the results from Strategic Vision's Total Value Index TVI, which factors economic issues...

  Tags: BMW AG, General Motors Corp., Hyundai, Toyota Motor Corp.

• How to kick the oil habit.

  - 2005-10-27

  Byline: Michael D Lemonick Oct 27, 2005 (Time Australia - ABIX via COMTEX) -- As oil prices rise, alternative energy sources are attracting a lot of public attention. After Honda...

  Tags: BMW AG, General Motors Corp., Honda Motor Co., Mazda Motor Corp., Mitsubishi Corp., Toyota Motor Corp., Volkswagen AG

• Consumer Banking: Drive Away with a Loan!

  - 2004-06-01

  Toyota and General Motors are among a growing number of auto manufacturers setting up banks in the U.S. to expand their finance arms. Both have filed industrial bank charters. Pending the outcome, that would allow them almost everything a commercial bank can do. GM already has a couple of...

  Tags: bank, banking, BMW AG, General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp.

• Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh Column.

  - 2003-11-13

  By Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 13--U.S. CAR LOYALTY BECOMES COMPLEX: Is it unpatriotic, suicidal, shortsighted or perfectly sensible for a Detroiter to buy a Toyota, BMW or Hyundai instead of a General Motors, Ford or Chrysler...

  Tags: BMW AG, car, Chrysler LLC, DoC, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp.

• Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh Column.

  - 2003-08-29

  By Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 29--DETROIT CAN BELIEVE -- AND WIN: Enough already. Are you tired of hearing about the fabulous Toyota production system, the great Honda engines, the superb German engineering of Mercedes...

  Tags: BMW AG, Branding, Detroit, General Motors Corp., MARKETING, Toyota Motor Corp.

• World's best practice.

  - 2003-05-09

  May 08, 2003 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) JD Power & Associates, an analyst in the quality control of automobile manufacturers, states Japanese and Europeans companies are the leaders. Toyota Motor Corporation has the highest standards, followed closely by Honda Motor...

  Tags: BMW AG, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, Quality, Toyota Motor Corp.

• auto industry, The

  - 2002-09-01

  COVER STORY With new players and technologies transforming the auto industry, it will continue to be an engine of economic growth. IN JULY 2002, Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America celebrated a milestone when the 10 millionth Toyota built in North America rolled off the...

  Tags: Alabama, Auto, BMW AG, car, General Motors Corp., Honda Motor Co., investment, Manufacturing, Michigan, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Strategy, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S.

• An Economic Engine.

  - 1999-12-01

  Auto Manufacturers Drive Farther South When economists gauge the vitality and plot the short-term direction of the U.S. economy, they use a variety of statistical indicators--gross domestic product, consumer spending and retail prices are three of the mass media favorites. A...

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