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• Carmakers strut new models in Paris

  - 2006-09-29

  PARIS -- On the opening day of the Paris Motor Show Thursday, beleaguered European and U.S. carmakers unveiled ambitious new designs and strategies to combat rising costs, flat home markets and ever-tougher competition from Asian rivals. The 2006 show finds manufacturers on both sides of the Atlantic cutting...

  Tags: carmaker, Daimler AG, Renault, SALES, SUV, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S.

• High fuel prices force automakers to think smaller

  - 2005-07-24

  Small is big again. With gasoline prices at near-record levels, automakers are preparing to introduce a range of small cars, most costing $14,000 or less. After years of pushing hulking SUVs, the industry is betting that fuel-efficient subcompacts are due for a comeback. Traditionally, Americans' appetite...

  Tags: car, Honda Motor Co., Manufacturing, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., redesign, SALES, SUV, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S.

• Gas prices fueling surge in alternative vehicle market

  - 2005-04-15

  Colorado College President Dick Celeste drives a hybrid vehicle not only to save money at the gas pump, but to promote environmental sustainability. While we talk about sustainability, our lifestyle choices sometimes conflict, Celeste said. Folks love sport utility vehicles, but they are notorious gas hogs. ...

  Tags: biodiesel, car, gasoline, hybrid, SUV, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S.

• Green & Mean; Forget about those puny gas sippers. Carmakers are coming out with new hot-rod hybrids that promise to shake up the industry.(high performance hybrid vehicles)(Cover Story)

  - 2004-11-29

  Byline: Karen Lowry Miller and Keith Naughton (With Michael Hastings in New York, Sarah Schafer in Beijing, Hideko Takayama in Tokyo and Ginny Power in Paris) Avnish Bhatnagar has always lusted after fast cars like racy BMWs. But when the California computer programmer and...

  Tags: car, Diesel, Europe, high-performance, hybrid, SUV, technology, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S.

• Japanese automakers make inroads on U.S. pickup truck dominance.

  - 2004-11-22

  By Tom Ramstack, The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 22--Toyota Motor Co. is going after one of the last strongholds of the American automobile manufacturer: pickup trucks. In Texas. The fourth-largest manufacturer plans to build a truck plant...

  Tags: Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Honda Motor Co., incentive, manufacturer, Manufacturing, pickup, SALES, SUV, Texas, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S.

• American-made new car sales take a dip in California.

  - 2004-10-31

  By Mark Glover, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 31--Lavish incentives and relentless marketing, particularly by American automakers, did not persuade Californians to buy more new motor vehicles in 2003. And when they did buy, Golden...

  Tags: California, Californians, car, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Honda Motor Co., pickup, SALES, SUV, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S.

• Chicago Tribune Jim Mateja Column.

  - 2002-11-07

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 7--DETROIT--Is Toyota begging to go to war with Ford, Chevrolet and Dodge? Toyota plans to build another plant in the U.S., and strongly hints the factory will produce full-size pickup...

  Tags: car, pickup, SUV, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S.

• JAPAN AUTOMAKERS TO RELEASE INEXPENSIVE SUVS IN US.

  - 2002-03-28

  NEW YORK, March 28 Asia Pulse - Major Japanese automakers are stepping up their offensive in the U.S. car market by releasing new sport utility vehicle models. At the 2002 New York International Automobile Show, which opened on Wednesday, Toyota Motor Corp. (TSE:7203), Honda Motor Co. (TSE:7267), Mitsubishi...

  Tags: SUV, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S.

• U.S. Carmakers Likely to Have Big Operating Losses in 2002.

  - 2002-01-06

  By Rick Popely, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 6--Zero-interest financing lured auto buyers to dealerships in huge numbers last year, helping the U.S. auto industry post its second-best sales performance ever. But as domestic automakers look forward to the year ahead, they...

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Honda Motor Co., incentive, minivan, pickup, SALES, SUV, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S.

• American Trucks, Foreign Cars Drive Market.

  - 2001-10-14

  The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 14--Sacramentan Andy Warren thinks there's no truck like an American-made truck. "That's why they're making so many trucks, because that's what people want. They want strength, power, payload, convenience," said Warren,...

  Tags: California, car, Ford Motor Co., Honda Motor Co., Manufacturing, Sacramento, SALES, SUV, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S.