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• Even With Bailout, Tough Sledding for Ford, GM, Chrysler

  BNET - 2008-12-04

  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

  Tags: U.S., Automobile Company, U.S. Congress, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Sales Strategy, Manufacturing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Jim Henry

• Chrysler to Build Pickup for Nissan

  - 2008-06-01

  Chrysler LLC, the third-largest U.S. carmaker, will supply large pickup trucks to Nissan Motor Co. in exchange for a compact car as the companies seek to curb costs for developing new vehicles. Chrysler will make the pickup for Nissan at its factory in Saltillo, Mexico, the companies said in a...

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, Manufacturing, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., pickup, SALES, U.S.

• Fitch: Revenue Challenges to Overshadow U.S. Auto Cost Improvements in 2008

  - 2007-12-04

  CHICAGO -- Slowing U.S. economic growth will place pressure on U.S. auto sales in 2008, with revenue declines offsetting much of the benefits from recent fixed-cost improvements achieved at GM, Ford and Chrysler. Fitch Ratings expects that U.S. light vehicle sales will fall approximately 3% in 2008 to 15.6 million...

  Tags: Benefits, brand, Branding, Chrysler LLC, Detroit, FINANCE, Fitch, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Lincoln, MARKETING, revenue, U.S., UAW

• U.S. Automakers Endorse Knollenberg Legislation to Ensure U.S. Industry Voice in Trade Cases

  - 2007-08-23

  To: AUTO EDITORSContact: Charles Uthus of Auto Trade Policy Council, +1-202-789- 0030, cuthus@autotradecouncil.org WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Automotive Trade Policy Council ATPC, whose members include Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, has endorsed H.R. 1127, legislation introduced by Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) that would ensure that U.S. automotive companies...

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• Ford, Chrysler sales down in tough month for U.S. industry

  - 2007-08-01

  DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales plunged 19.1 percent in July from a year earlier, the company said Wednesday, as high gas prices and reluctant consumers made it a challenging month for the industry. Ford's sales were down 12 percent for the year. The company said one...

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co., SALES, U.S.

• Foreign, U.S. automakers unite with labor to fight new fuel economy rules

  - 2007-03-14

  WASHINGTON -- Domestic and foreign, management and labor, the U.S. auto industry will present a rare united front to Congress today in its battle against sharply higher fuel efficiency rules for cars and trucks. In what appears to be a first, the leaders of General Motors,...

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, Quality, standards, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S., U.S. Congress

• Magna Announces Fourth Quarter and 2006 Results.

  - 2007-02-27

  AURORA, Canada, February 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG.A, MG.B; NYSE: MGA) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2006. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...

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• Business news in brief

  - 2006-12-23

  IN THE REGION Pa. among states with biggest jump in employment Pennsylvania was among five states that recorded the largest increases in employment in November, according to a report from the U.S. Labor Department. About 8,700 people were added to the commonwealth's payrolls. Even with that, Pennsylvania was also among...

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• DaimlerChrysler's U.S. Sales in July Fall 34 Percent to 171,940

  - 2006-08-01

  DaimlerChrysler AG, the third-largest U.S. automaker, said U.S. sales of cars and trucks fell 34 percent to 171,940 July compared with near-record highs a year Ago. The decline was from 260,937 a year earlier as Chrysler unit sales fell 37 percent and Mercedes-Benz rose 3.8 percent, the Stuttgart,...

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, SALES, U.S.

• Top auto executives answer 3 burning questions

  - 2005-01-24

  What's big and new and what's bad and ugly in the automotive world? During the recent auto shows in Detroit and Los Angeles, USA TODAY reporters James R. Healey, Sharon Silke Carty and Chris Woodyard posed three questions to the top executives of six U.S., Japanese and German automakers doing...

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