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Posted November 2 2009 08:44 AM by Todd Lassa
Ford has quickly improved its lineup, led by the midsize Fusion and Mercury Milan. It has cut costs, reducing its North American workforce by 45 percent since 2006 according to the Detroit Free Press. It has improved...
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Posted October 8 2009 03:08 PM by TT Editors
MAXpayload: News. Rumors, and stuff we though you should know about. From RV Lemon Law's, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Duramax, Cummins-Chrysler, and the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 APEAL survey.
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Posted October 2 2009 10:14 AM by Scott_Evans
For it or against it, Cash for Clunkers had an impact on U.S. auto sales. Now that it's over, everyone is anxious to see how the industry has fared in the wake of the program. No, it isn't pretty, but it isn't as bad as...
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Posted October 1 2009 10:13 AM by carlos_lago
General Motors will cease production of the Duramax diesel engine for 10 weeks in December, leaving some dealerships concerned about vehicle supply, Automotive News reports.
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Posted September 30 2009 03:32 PM by Todd Lassa
Penske Automotive called off discussions to buy Saturn from GM Wednesday because it could not find a new supplier. The move has effectively killed the Saturn brand dead.
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Posted September 30 2009 11:30 AM by carlos_lago
General Motors will not continue its partnership with eBay past September, Automotive News reports. According to GM spokesperson John McDonald, the automaker no longer needs eBay exposure because it has a new ad campaign...
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Posted September 1 2009 02:32 PM by Todd Lassa
DETROIT - Ford Motor Company's August sales were up 17 percent (21 percent retail) over August 2008. Toyota Motor was up 10.5 percent and American Honda rose 14.2 percent. Like last month, Toyota outsold Ford in the...
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Posted August 4 2009 11:01 AM by Todd Lassa
DETROIT - Ford Motor Company is ebullient about its first year-over-year sales increase since November 2007. Total Ford-Lincoln-Mercury sales, including fleet, rose 2 percent in July 2009 compared with July 2008, and of...
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Posted August 4 2009 10:48 AM by Angus MacKenzie
Auto companies have traditionally been engineering and manufacturing businesses, rather than marketing and retail businesses. Henry Ford, for example, insisted dealers pay for his Model Ts as soon as they left the factory...
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Posted July 23 2009 10:19 AM by Todd Lassa
DEARBORN, MICHIGAN - It's not party time, yet, at Ford Motor Company's World Headquarters. Ford's $2.3-billion in net income for the second quarter of '09 is the result of "special items," those bookkeeping procedures...
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GM’s Light-Duty Duramax Diesel Remains on Standby
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Posted July 22 2009 04:04 PM by bkong
The General’s 4.5-liter Duramax V-8 had been under development for nearly four years and was scheduled to make its public debut for the 2010 model year, up until news broke a couple months ago that the light-duty diesel...
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Opposing Points Presented on Chinese Government’s Stance on Hummer Sale
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Posted July 10 2009 04:01 PM by bkong
The selling of Hummer by GM to Tengzhong has been a well-covered media spectacle that currently remains a work in progress. Not surprisingly, many were skeptical when the news first broke that a little-known specialty...
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Posted July 9 2009 10:47 AM by TT Editors
F-150s, Silverados, Rams, and Tundras do not have to run on tiny four-cylinder hybrids by 2016. New Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards announced by the Obama administration for the 2012-16 model years are not as bad...
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Posted July 8 2009 10:30 AM by Angus MacKenzie
"He wore granny glasses, and he put out a granny car." That's how one auto writer, quoted in Robert Lacey's excellent 1986 book, Ford, summed up Robert S. McNamara's tenure at Ford Motor Company, during which he launched...
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Posted July 6 2009 11:20 AM by Todd Lassa
General Motors' bankruptcy reorganization is proceeding at a speed that should make Fiat-Chrysler jealous. Over the Independence Day weekend, Judge Robert E. Gerber approved the sale of GM's "good assets" to U.S....
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