Car Industry

Dealers Worry That Slow Economy Could Hurt Auto Sales

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Car Sales, U.S. Economy, Consumer Confidence, Vehicles, Car Dealerships, Economy, Car Industry, Auto Sales, Auto Industry, Car Dealers, Business News

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — Jeff Swanson was in the market for a new car just a few weeks ago. Then the stock market went crazy. So Swanson, 25, ...

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Obama To Approve Fuel Efficiency Standards

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: go60mpg, Obama Fuel Efficiency, Fuel Efficiency, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Fuel Efficient Cars, Fuel Efficiency Standards, Fuel Standards, Obama Fuel Standards, Car Industry, Air Pollution, Cfa, CFA Fuel Efficiency Campaign, Detroit Lobby, Obama New Standards, Green News

President Obama is close to a deal with automakers on proposed plans to introduce new fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks from 2017-20...

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Detroit Auto Companies Struggle With Union Profit-Sharing Idea

Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Toyota, General Motors, Henry Ford, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, Detroit, Fiat, Car Industry, Ford, Michigan, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout, Video, Business News

DETROIT (Bernie Woodall) - Over the past two years, Ford Motor Co has roared back from the brink of failure, won accolades for its gains in qualit...

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Chrysler Back In The Black Two Years After Bailout

AOL Autos | David Kiley | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Chrysler Profit, Chrysler Bailout, Detroit Profit, Car Industry, Suv Chrysler, Michigan, Government Chrysler, Automakers Profit, Business News

Two years after it was escorted through bankruptcy reorganization by the White House and with the help of loans from U.S. and Canadian taxpayers, Chry...

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Newt Gingrich's Fight for the Luxury Industry Is Laughable

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011

Should we really believe that 20 million people purchasing luxury goods such as jewels, fashion, yachts, private planes and lavish international travel will be a major boost to the U.S. economy! Come, on.

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No E-ZPass for Auto Dealers

Catherine Lutz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Scott Brown, Auto Dealers, Car Loans, Financial Reform, Home Equity Loans, Car Industry, Auto Industry, Jack Reed, Business News

Auto dealers may get a pass on financial reform despite outstanding car loans totaling $850 billion, greater than national credit card debt and second only to home mortgages.

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Toyota is a Challenge for Japan as a Whole

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, Toyota, Gdp, General Motors, Akio Toyoda, Nagoya, Toyota City, Japanese, Car Industry, Federal Highway Safety Agency, Japan, US Department of Transportation, World News

There is much more at stake here than the reputation of a company or even an industry -- it is the fundamental revision of Japan as a nation.

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Medicare: Is America the Next GM?

A. Haag Sherman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Industry, General Motors, Barack Obama, Bailout, Car Industry, American Economy, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Gm, Medicare, Health Care, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics News

By re-sizing our Medicare system to one we can afford, America can avoid the fate of GM and maintain its competitive position for decades to come.

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"Cash for Clunkers" Is Really Economics for Dummies

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cash for Clunkers, Auto Bailout, Car Industry, Economic Crisis, Auto Industry, American Automobile Industry, Business News

Using borrowed money to subsidize the purchase of foreign made automobiles does not make economic sense. "Cash for Clunkers" is a showroom lemon masquerading as brilliant economic policy.

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Auto Supplier Aid Request Rejected By bama Administration

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Industry, Obama Auto Supplier Aid, Auto Supplier Aid Rejected, Car Industry, Auto Supplier Bailout Rejected, Auto Supplier Bailout, Obama Administration, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has turned down a request by auto suppliers for up to $10 billion in additional federal aid to help the pa...

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Supreme Court Asked To Block Chrysler Sale To Fiat

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Chrysler Fiat Merger, Chrysler Fiat Sale, Auto Bailouts, Chrysler, Fiat, Car Industry, Supreme Court Chrysler Fiat, Auto Industry, Auburn Hills-Michigan, Business News

WASHINGTON — Three Indiana state pension and construction funds want the Supreme Court to block Chrysler's sale to Fiat so they can pursue an ap...

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White House: Don't Expect Auto Bailout By Monday

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Car Industry Bailout, Auto Bailout, Auto Industry Bailout, White House, Car Industry, Economy, Business News

WASHINGTON — The White House tossed out no lifeline for the teetering auto industry Sunday, although President George W. Bush reiterated that he...

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Pressure Builds For GM To Oust CEO As Part Of Auto Bailout

The Hill | Silla Brush | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chris Dodd Video, Auto Bailout, Video, Car Industry, Auto Industry Crisis, Chris Dodd on Gm Management, Detroit, Chris Dodd on Auto Bailout, Chriss Dodd, Politics News

UPDATE 12/07 at 9:00PM EST: In addition to Dodd's statements this morning, there is growing outside pressure for GM CEO Rick Wagoner to step down. T...

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Desperate: Chrysler Executive Warns Auto Industry Collapse Could Spark Depression

AP | TOM KRISHER and KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Industry, Financial Crisis, Auto Industry Bailout, Car Industry, Carmakers, Gm, Ford, Chrysler, Business News

DETROIT — Worried about their jobs and warned that the cost of failure could be a depression, hundreds of leaders of the United Auto Workers vot...

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You and Your Car: You Better Love the One You're With.

Trevor Traina | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Cars, Car Care, Car Repair, Congressional Bailout, Hybrid Cars, Buying a Car, Financial Crisis, Cars, Car Industry, Saving Money, Recession, Car Maintenance, Green News

The reality has set in that whatever is in your garage now will likely be there next year too.

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NY Times Says: "Keep Your SUV"

New York Times | Ron Lieber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Gas, Suv Prices, Suvs, Green, Green News, Cars, Ford Suvs, Car Industry, Ford Motor Co, SUV Sales, Ford, Green News

Your neighbors may turn up their noses, but keeping your gas-guzzling sport utility vehicle, or buying one coming off a lease, may be a smart move. T...

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Dark Year Ahead For Detroit's Automakers

New York Times | NICK BUNKLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Detroit Automaker, Car Sales, Toyota, Automotive Industry, Car Industry, Honda, Business News

The way that auto executives here have been talking, 2008 will be a bad year to sell cars and trucks in the United States. Every time one company pred...

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Toyota Aims To Sell 9.85M Vehicles, Be No. 1 Automaker

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Katsuaki Watanabe, Gm, General Motors, Toyota Motor Corp, Toyota, Car Industry, General Motors Corp, Auto Industry, Business News

Toyota plans to sell 9.85 million vehicles worldwide in 2008, the company said Tuesday, setting an ambitious target despite worries about a slowing U....

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