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Should You Buy a GM Car Today?
Don't worry about warranty coverage and service support. You'll get that no matter what. The big question: Will the great deal you can get on a GM car these days offset the impact the company's bankruptcy will have on resale values? Is it safe to buy a new...
Tags: Car, Dealer, Dealership, General Motors Corp., MoneyWatch, General Motors, GM, Buying a New Car, Car Warranties, Resale Values, Trade-Ins, Car Repairs, Car Dealers, James Henry, Jim Henry
Articles 2009-05-13

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Car Resale Values to Move Higher Gradually.
Byline:Jim Ostroff Big rebates and other incentives have kept sales of new U.S. cars humming in the past few years, but they've also made a big problem-low resale values-worse for Detroit. A bevy of new, higher-quality models due out soon will help boost resale...
Tags: car, Detroit, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., incentive, resale, SALES, U.S.
Research articles 2004-04-26
Resale values for Detroit makers' vehicles go up
LOS ANGELES -- After big cuts in how many vehicles they're building, the three Detroit automakers are starting to see increases in estimates of how much their new models will be worth as used cars. Those increases are important to buyers. Buyers are willing to pay...
Tags: brand, car, Detroit, Ford Motor Co., Manufacturing
Research articles 2007-11-28
BMW's Used Cars Help to Sell New Cars
The BMW brand is a pioneer in emphasizing sales of "certified pre-owned" cars through its dealerships. Until the late 1980s, many luxury-car dealers didn’t sell used cars at their new-car dealerships. Instead, they sent trade-ins to wholesale auctions and made all their money from new car sales, parts and service....
Tags: Car, BMW AG, BMW Brand, Sales Strategy, Sales, Jim Henry
Blog posts 2008-06-17
Chicago Merc offers home-price futures; Sophisticated individuals, institutional investors seen as first users.(News)
Byline: Dan Jamieson IRVINE, Calif. - Investors finally can speculate on, or hedge, the value of home prices. Futures contracts on home resale values began trading May 22 on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The contracts are...
Tags: investor, S&P, Siebel Systems Inc.
Research articles 2006-06-05
PREMIER ISSUE: REITZLE PUTS DEALERS FIRST.
Wolfgang Reitzle has placed dealer issues at the top of his agenda at the Ford Premier Automotive Group. Reitzle is determined to improve resale values and customer loyalty for the four brands he manages, and he believes a world-class dealer network can help...
Tags: Ford Motor Co., Premier Automotive Group
Research articles 1999-09-20
REAR VIEW Mirror: GE Money has released the latest set of figures
GE Money has released the latest set of figures in its quarterly used car price checks which track the value of used cars in Ireland. According to the survey buyers of luxury, executive and compact executive cars are slightly worse off when it comes to resale then they...
Tags: GE Money
Research articles 2007-07-01
Resale: the new fuel economy; Carmakers tout residual values, which consumers cite as a top reason to buy.(News)(Product/service evaluation)
Byline: JEAN HALLIDAY jhalliday@crain.com Car and truck buyers who got a good price deal when they flocked to Detroit's employee discounts in the summer of 2005 could be in for a rude awakening when they go to trade in or sell their...
Tags: brand, Branding, car, Chevrolet, Honda Motor Co., MARKETING, resale
Research articles 2007-02-19
Investors Hammer Auto Stocks
With gas prices up and U.S. auto sales down, investors are hammering auto stocks, especially the Detroit Three brands. Ford, General Motors and Daimler, which still owns 20 percent of Chrysler, all hit 52-week lows on June 27. The bad news is expected to...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Investor, Ford Motor Co., Sales Strategy, Financial Accounting, Sales Force Management, Investment, Sales, Finance, Jim Henry
Blog posts 2008-06-30
GM prepares for IPO sometime next year
DETROIT - The new General Motors Co. said Friday it was worried about regaining consumer confidence following its exit from bankruptcy protection, and that its sales won't improve in 2009 as U.S. economic troubles continue. In a sweeping review of its business filed late Friday with the U.S. Securities and...
Tags: company, General Motors Corp.
News items 2009-08-09
'Open architecture' to enhance resale values.(Richard Walker of Airbus S.A.S. )(Brief Article)
Mar 09, 2005 (Aircraft & Aerospace Asia-Pacific - ABIX via COMTEX) Mar 09, 2005 (Aircraft & Aerospace Asia-Pacific - ABIX via COMTEX)
Tags: Airbus S.A.S.
Research articles 2005-03-10
Tundra Double Cab: Not Big Enough?
By Tom Berg, Truck Editor Drive one and you'd probably say it's fine, but a larger one's on the way Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., has achieved lofty status among American automobile buyers, and its compact and now mid-size...
Tags: Cab, HARDWARE, pickup, PRODUCTIVITY, SALES, Storage, Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2006-09-01
Party decks increase resale values.(DECKS)
A 23-year-old Portland, OR home, built by a former NBA star, was recently refurbished with a new decking product by current owners who had a different purpose in mind--enhancing the sales potential of the home. When the 1976-77 Trail Blazers won the National...
Tags: MARKETING, NBA, Portland, SALES
Research articles 2006-07-01
Edmunds.com Web Site to Rank How Quickly Cars Lose Value.
By Sarah A. Webster, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 3--In a move that might make Detroit's automakers cringe, the popular automotive research Web site Edmunds.com announced Monday it will begin giving consumers information on how fast certain cars and...
Tags: car, Edmunds.com, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, resale, Strategy
Research articles 2004-02-03
Fitch: U.S. Auto Lease ABS Ratings Facing Stiff Headwinds
NEW YORK -- The recent announcements by the financing arms of Chrysler, GM and Ford regarding the discontinuation or overhaul of their auto lease programs underscores the impact of rapidly declining vehicle resale values, according to Fitch Ratings. Earlier this week Chrysler Financial, GMAC and Ford Motor Credit announced...
Tags: Chrysler LLC, FINANCE, financing, Fitch, Ford Motor Co., Investment
Research articles 2008-07-30
Top tip for Laguna
Renault boss Carlos Ghosn predicts that the new Laguna will be in the top three of the upper medium sector, which includes the new Ford Mondeo, Vauxhall Vectra, Volkswagen Passat and Audi A4. He says that Renault wants to raise the profitability of each of its new models, which...
Tags: Audi AG, Government, Manufacturing, Regulations, Renault, Suzuki, Volkswagen AG
Research articles 2007-06-15
Hottest of hatches
THE baby Beamer hit the marketplace in 2004 aiming to create a new standard for compact hatchbacks. It also provided an entry point for drivers wanting to begin a climb on the BMW ladder. Three years later and the 1-Series remains a winner with its solid mechanicals and strong...
Tags: Audi AG, BMW AG, car
Research articles 2007-07-04
Ford Credit Losses Force Job Cuts
A drop in retail volume, an uptick in credit losses and reposessions, and lower resale values for used trucks are forcing Ford Credit to cut 1,200 positions, or about 20 percent of its U.S. total. by Jim Henry
Tags: Job, Ford Motor Co., Ford Credit, GMAC, Capital Structures, Financing Startups, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Jim Henry
Blog posts 2009-01-30
What a GM Bankruptcy Would Mean to You
As goes GM, so goes the nation? While it would be a landmark event and a blow to national pride, the failure of the country's largest carmaker would not be the cataclysm you might expect. How the Economy...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Bankruptcy, MoneyWatch, Litigation, Personal Finance, Business Operations, General Motors, GM, Chrysler, Ford, Auto Industry, British Car Industry, Cait Murphy
Articles 2009-05-05
Otis lifts vehicle life. (Otis Elevator Co.; includes related article)
The 100,000 mile question: Will driving a fleet vehicle that far reduce costs or push them higher? The general consensus among fleet administrators and fleet management companies is that rising maintenance costs and declining resale values after a car or light truck travels somewhere...
Tags: Otis Elevator Co.
Research articles 1995-02-16
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