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- More GM Factory Closures Likely
- At a General Motors Corp. factory just west of Detroit, about 1,000 workers are still cranking out mighty but thirsty V-8 engines that go into pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. The automaker's plans to cut 300,000 pickups and SUVs out of the production schedule by the end of next...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- Ford Idling SUV Plant in Michigan for Nine Weeks as It Evaluates Future of Truck and SUV Production, an Industrial Info News Alert
- Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- For the first time since 1992, Ford Motor Company's (NYSE:F) (Dearborn, Michigan) best-selling F-150 pickup truck was outsold -- and not just by one car, either. Four different cars outsold the truck. In May, Ford's pickup sales dropped 31%, allowing Toyota...
- Research articles 2008-06-20
- GM halts development of trucks, SUVs as fuel prices soar
- DETROIT, Michigan AFP — General Motors Corp. said Thursday it was halting development of its next-generation pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles amid soaring gasoline prices. "We are delaying indefinitely work on the next generation of pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles SUVs until we have a better idea of...
- Research articles 2008-06-19
- IntelliChoice.com's Best New Car Deals for June Show Rebates Moving from SUVs and Trucks to Cars
- - Automakers now offering cash back on all vehicle segments from compacts to full-size pickups - CAMPBELL, Calif. -- IntelliChoice.com (www.intellichoice.com), the leading source for automotive ownership cost and value analysis, today announced its "Best Deals of the Month" for the month of June for all cars, trucks, and...
- Research articles 2008-06-13
- Gas prices derail Ford's plan to turn profit in '09
- DETROIT -- Ford Motor on Thursday said fuel prices reached a "tipping point" in May that collapsed demand for the highly profitable pickups and SUVs that have helped keep the company afloat. As a result, Ford said it no longer expects to reach profitability in 2009,...
- Research articles 2008-05-23
- US car sales shift gear
- DETROIT, Michigan AFP — While April sales of new vehicles in the United States dropped to their lowest level since 1992, figures also show that US consumers are buying smaller cars with better fuel economy over trucks and sport utility vehicles. "Smaller vehicles are going over big," said Toyota...
- Research articles 2008-05-04
- So long, SUV: high fuel prices fuel shift in US car sales
- DETROIT, Michigan AFP — Automotive trends traditionally don't change nearly as fast as fashions in clothing or music. But as sales of new vehicles in April dropped to their lowest level since the 1992, raw numbers also indicated US consumers were -- at warp speed -- foregoing beloved trucks...
- Research articles 2008-05-03
- GM accelerates its move into the hybrid realm
- After watching archrival Toyota get all the glory during the past seven years for its push into gasoline-electric hybrids, General Motors Corp. now seems intent on catching up. The world's largest automaker now has more hybrids in its lineups or on the way than Toyota does, with the...
- Research articles 2007-11-26
- GM trimming production at 6 pickup and SUV plants
- General Motors Corp. is trimming production at six plants that make large pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles as the biggest U.S. automaker moves to clear dealer lots in a sales decline. The factories, in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, will eliminate previously scheduled overtime the rest of this...
- Research articles 2007-08-23
- Senate OKs 35 mpg standard
- WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Thursday to require average fuel economy of 35 miles per gallon for new cars, pickup trucks and SUVs by 2020, raising efficiency standards that have not changed significantly for nearly two decades. The fuel economy measure was added to a broad energy bill...
- Research articles 2007-06-22
- Ford recalls pickups, SUVs
- WASHINGTON AP -- Ford Motor Co. recalled about 155,000 pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles on Monday to repair a cruise control switch system that already had led to millions of recalls. Ford said the latest recall involved 2003 versions of the F-150, F-250, F-350, F-450 and F-550...
- Research articles 2007-03-07
- China's intrepid carmakers head west
- DETROIT, United States AFP — Doubts about the quality and reliability of their belching vehicles are not deterring Chinese carmakers from dreaming big with plans to take on the US market. At the 2007 Detroit auto show, the Changfeng Group said Monday it plans to start selling its sport-utility vehicles...
- Research articles 2007-01-09
- China's carmakers plan great leap forward in US
- DETROIT, United States AFP — China's Changfeng auto group said it plans to start selling its sport-utility vehicles SUVs and pickup trucks in the world's biggest car market within two years. But Changfeng Group chairman Li Jianxin, making his debut at the Detroit auto show, acknowledged that the state-owned firm...
- Research articles 2007-01-08
- Pickup, SUV sales bounce back a bit in September
- Pickup and SUV sales staged a September comeback amid falling gasoline prices and bigger incentives, automakers said Tuesday. General Motors reported better sales of trucks sold to individual customers than a year ago. Ford Motor said it moved more F-Series pickups and Explorer and Expedition SUVs. And DaimlerChrysler noted gains...
- Research articles 2006-10-04
- Arkansans' appetite for smaller vehicles mirrors national trends
- THE DATA ISN'T PERFECT, BUT a comparison of year model 2004, 2005 and 2006 personal vehicles currently registered in Arkansas strongly suggests that buyer preferences have started to change toward the more fuel-efficient. The three most-registered 2006 models are the same as for 2004 and 2005: Chevrolet 1500 Silverado...
- Research articles 2006-09-18
- GM improves fuel efficiency with new Aveo
- DETROIT Weary of its image as an automaker that pushes only gas-guzzling pickups and SUVs, General Motors on Thursday launched a redesigned iteration of the gas-friendly Chevrolet Aveo sedan just 2 years after the original one arrived. In some ways, the timing of the new Aveo couldn't be better. Consumers,...
- Research articles 2006-08-18
- Pickups get tough for automakers to unload
- TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- The market for pickups, once considered immune to surging gas prices, is deteriorating faster than many industry executives expected, an ominous sign for the domestic automakers who earn most of their revenue from trucks and SUVs. The pickup decline is mirroring last year's falloff in...
- Research articles 2006-08-10
- New Silverado to make debut early
- DETROIT -- Chevrolet's vitally important all-new 2007 Silverado full-size pickup breaks cover for the first time with photos of the jealously guarded truck that goes on sale this fall. The Silverado is General Motors' best-selling vehicle, notching 705,980 sales in 2005. The new model is part of the company's...
- Research articles 2006-06-14
- SUVs, trucks perform poorly in crash tests
- WASHINGTON -- Head restraints in several sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks poorly protected test dummies from neck injuries in a simulated rear crash at 20 mph, the insurance industry reported Sunday. Only six of the 44 SUVs but not one of the 15 pickups tested earned top...
- Research articles 2006-01-09
- Wheels and deals: the 2006 vehicles hit the road with more power, better options … and lower prices
- WITH 2006 on the doorstep, it could be one of the best years to buy light commercial vehicles for your business. Ford and General Motors are lowering prices on some of their new models, and there are plenty of incentive programs available if you're in the market for a fleet....
- Research articles 2005-12-01
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