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Car sales, 2008; even worse than we thought

Steve Parker | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business

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Steve Parker

Monday brought three conference calls, each about an hour, with executives from each of the Detroit Three announcing, dissecting and, most of all, spi...

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Bottom Line: 2008 Car/Truck Sales Probably Worst Since 1974

Steve Parker | Posted 02.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Ebay, Treasury Department, Porsche, Automotive News, Paris Dakar Rally, Wall Street Bailout, Congress, Hank Paulson, Troubled Assets Relief Program, Chrysler, Ford Mustang, Detroit Lions, Cars, Detroit News, Ford, Highland Park, Supercharger, Dodge Durango Hybrid, General Motors, Chad Hall, Dodge Challenger, Chrysler EVs, Chevy Cobalt, 1974 Oil Embargo, Detroit, Carroll Shelby, Off-Road, Baja 1000, Porsche Panamera, Detroit Bailout, Chrysler Aspen Hybrid, Pickups, FICO Score, Chevy Cruze, Minivan, Hilton Hotels, Nascar, Detroit Three, Gm, Robby Gordon, Mexico, Washington DC, Daewoo, Rod Hall, Tokyo, Gmac, TARP and Auto Bailout, Seoul, Detroit Three Loans, San Jose Del Cabo, Hummer Sale, gt500, Darpa, Stuttgart, SUV Sales, Detroit Auto Show, Business News
Steve Parker

The only other time the industry has seen a 3-million (or more) unit plunge was following the 1974 oil shortage.

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Three Doomed American SUV Plants

New York Times | NICK BUNKLEY and BILL VLASIC | Posted 01.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Chevrolet, Gm, Economy, SUV Plant Closings, Cars, Suvs, SUV Sales, Business News

Reeling from its financial problems and a collapsing S.U.V. market, General Motors on Tuesday closed its factories in this city and in Moraine, Ohio, ...

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GM Asking Students to Help Greenwash

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 12.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Auto Industry, American University, Bailout, Gm, General Motors, Greenwashing, Green, Green Living, Greenpeace, Green Business, Hummer, SUV Sales, Greenwash, Green News
Glenn Hurowitz

My intern, Meg Imholt, is also the president of EcoSense, American University's environmental group... the target of GM's latest cynical marketing attempt.

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Memo to Detroit: Change Now or Die

Steve Parker | Posted 12.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Boeing, Chevy Volt, Saturn, Chrysler, Gm, Alan Mulally, Ucla, Gary Shapiro, Rick Wagoner, Epa, W. Edwards Deming, Ford, Cars, Cerberus Capital Management, General Motors, Ces, Robert Nardelli, William Clay Ford, Nhtsa, Japan, Plug-in Hybrids, SUV Sales, Business News
Steve Parker

Most Americans think you have brought this disaster upon yourselves, with inferior, irrelevant products the past 35 years.

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Ford Reports October Sales Dropped 30 Percent

AP | TOM KRISHER and BREE FOWLER | Posted 12.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Cars, Ford, Ford Sales, Car Sales, Auto Sales, Economy, Financial Crisis, SUV Sales, Business News

DETROIT — General Motors' October U.S. sales plunged 45 percent, and Ford's and Chrysler's weren't far behind, as low consumer confidence and ti...

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Preview! Las Vegas' High-Performance SEMA Show and the Los Angeles Auto Show; How Green Will They Be?

Steve Parker | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Audi Q7, Chrysler, Suvs, Hemi Engines, Subprime Car Loans, Los Angeles Convention Center, Cars, Clean Diesel, Nissan GTR, Malibu Hybrid, Los Angeles Auto Show, Audi r10 TDI, BMW M-Series, Senator Obama, Washington, Sema, Specialty Equipment Market Association, Repossession, Aircraft Carrier, Detroit Bailout, Las Vegas Convention Center, V8 Engines, Simon Cowell, Automotive Aftermarket, Corvette ZR1, Bugatti Veyron, Detroit Three, Porsche, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Ferrari, Ford Expedition, Senator McCain, Automotive Fleet, Chevrolet Corvette, American Idol, SUV Sales, Dohc, Business News
Steve Parker

The LA Auto Show is now officially the first big extravaganza on the national car calendar. It opens Friday, November 21st and runs through Sunday, November 30th at the LA Convention Center.

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'92 Civic Becomes Car Buff's Favorite Ride

Los Angeles Times | Ken Bensinger | Posted 10.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Car Sales, Truck Sales, Cars, 1992 Honda Civic VX, Fuel Economy, 92 Civic, SUV Sales, Green News

"In the 1970s, '80s and '90s, carmakers all offered super-high-efficiency cars," says Eric Noble, president of the Car Lab, an auto industry research ...

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Ford CEO Mulally Thinks Lawmakers Will Loan Automakers $50 Billion

Wall Street Journal | Jeff Bennett | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Retooling Auto Plants, Auto Industry, Fuel Efficiency, Car Sales, Alan Mulally, Truck Sales, Ford, Cars, Fuel Economy, SUV Sales, Low-Cost Loans, Business News

DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally said that more legislators are "in our corner" as the three U.S. auto makers prepare to...

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Huge US Hummer Dealership Closing

Posted 10.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Hummer Sales, Hummer, Cars, Fuel Economy, SUV Sales, Business News

General Motors's quest to sell its Hummer division may get a bit tougher after Tuesday. That is when Dan Towbin-whose dealerships grabbed national at...

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Ford Swears Off SUVs Even If Gas Prices Drop

Clusterstock | Corey Lorinsky | Posted 09.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Cars, Suvs, SUV Sales, Ford, Business News

Now that gas is just a hair under $4 a gallon, US carmakers will go right back to making millions of SUVs, right? Not so says Ford (F), they've learne...

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China May Tax Big Cars As Much as 40 Percent

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 09.13.2008 | Green

Read More: China, Suvs, SUV Sales, Cars, Taxes, Taxes on Cars, Car Taxes, Carbon Tax, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Reducing Emissions, China Pollution, Green News

SHANGHAI, China — China is raising its sales tax on big cars to as high as 40 percent, and drastically cutting taxes on small cars, in its lates...

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Chrysler Would Outsource Everything But SUVs?

Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal | Posted 09.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Outsourcing, Chrysler, Truck Sales, Nissan, Cars, Chrysler Nissan Deal, Suvs, SUV Sales, Trucks, Business News

This is the year of cutting SUV production. If you don't believe it, ask Ford, where they're idling manufacturing plants because they can't sell the...

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Shrinking U.S. Demand Spurs Layoffs At Japanese Toyota Plant

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 08.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Japan, Layoffs, Cars, Toyota, SUV Demand, Car Sales, SUV Sales, Car Demand, Recession, Economy, US Economy, Business News

TOKYO — Japanese automaker Toyota has laid off 800 people at a plant in southwestern Japan, or about 10 percent of the plant's work force, in re...

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NY Times Says: "Keep Your SUV"

New York Times | Ron Lieber | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green

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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China's SUV Sales Rise 43% Over Last Year, Increasing Oil Demand

The Washington Post | Ariana Eunjung Cha | Posted 08.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil Prices, Gas Prices, China Pollution, SUV Sales, Suvs, China, Cars, Green News

SONGJIANG, China -- Nodding his head to the disco music blaring out of his car's nine speakers, Zhang Linsen swings the shiny, black Hummer H2 out of ...

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 08.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Abortion, Wind Power, Coal Plants, Co2 Emissions, Wolf Reintroduction, Yellowstone, Green Jobs, Exxon Mobil, Renewable Energy, Ford Motor Co, Environmental Protection Agency, Bush Administration Torture, Kbr, John Ashcroft Waterboarding, General Motors, KBR Electrocution, Defense Contractors, Contraception, Gray Wolves Endangered Species, SUV Sales, Green News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

Ashcroft claims waterboarding isn't torture, Green energy sector jobs surge, Ford offers more fuel efficient vehicles in the U.S., and the White House tries to define contraception as abortion.

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Blowing a Green Gasket at an American Auto Crisis

Tom Schey | Posted 07.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Emissions Reduction, Gm, Carbon Emissions, SUV Sales, Global Warming, George W. Bush, Green News
Tom Schey

I must have missed the appointments of Larry, Moe, and Curly as CEOs of our sad sack U.S. automobile companies.

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Ford To Idle Michigan Factory After SUV Sales Plummet

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 06.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Ford Expedition, Suvs, Ford Trucks, Ford Suvs, Ford Michigan Truck Plant, Ford Idles Truck Plant, Lincoln Navigator, Ford, SUV Sales, Business News

DETROIT — Sagging demand for large sport utility vehicles has forced Ford Motor Co. to close a Michigan factory for nine weeks starting June 23....

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Following GM, Chrysler Cutting Truck Production

Reuters | Posted 06.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Dodge Ram Pick Up Sales, Chrysler, Robert Nardelli, Truck Sales, Chrysler Production Cuts, Suv Economy, Chrysler Trucks, SUV Sales, Dodge Ram, Business News

Chrysler LLC may cut production further amid a steep drop in truck sales, according to a Wall Street Journal online report citing an interview with Ch...

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The Coming Oil Boom

Wall Street Journal | HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR. | Posted 06.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil Industry, Oil, Oil Prices, Oil Investing, SUV Sales, Green News

With a couple billion Chinese, Indians and others joining the global marketplace, they will need energy, and lots of it. The price mechanism is our on...

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Automakers Suffer February Double Whammy

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Chevrolet, Gm, Toyota Motors, General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Suvs, Ford Motors, SUV Sales, Business News

DETROIT — Automakers got hit where it hurts in February, with U.S. sales of their most profitable vehicles _ trucks, sport utilities and large s...

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