Hirings/Firings
When Ford and General Motors offered buyouts to their employees over the last two years, they each got more takers than they were looking for. Those companies chose to let most of the applicants have ... Tags: ford, money, chrysler, insurance, detroit news, gap, general motors, new jobs, decisions, frustration, seniority, health insurance, retirement age, lump sum payment, case basis, hitting snags, chrysler buyouts, target date, lifetime health
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Immediately following the sale of Chrysler to Cerberus, people began speculating on what role former Chrysler exec Wolfgang Bernhard would take up in the newly minted Chrysler Corp. Even we jumped on ... Tags: wolfgang bernhard, chrysler, automaker, bob lutz, rick wagoner, wall street journal, wall street, bandwagon, execs, tom lasorda, profitability, chrysler corp, auburn hills, future designs, chrysler executive, stephen feinberg, executive team, ceo role, man bob, executive floor
Between its numerous brands and divisions, the Fiat Group has, over the years, sent a lot of work the way of Pininfarina. As if the repeat business weren't enough, another indication of the Italian au ... Tags: production cars, prototypes, quattroporte, maserati, pininfarina, f430, chief executive officer, maserati quattroporte, concept cars, future products, scaglietti, fiat group, group press, new position, marchionne, beautiful designs, engineering school, repeat business, professional experience, polytechnic
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While General Motors held a job fair a couple of weeks ago to hire 400 more engineers and technicians, Ford just held one for companies looking to hire some of the thousands of people that they've let ... Tags: job, gm, ford, detroit news, general motors, dearborn, new jobs, ford employees, comers, poor economy
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You didn't want to cross paths with Canadian Auto Workers President Buzz Hargrove on Monday after he found out that Chrysler had been sold to the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. The C ... Tags: jobs, chrysler, ceo, phrase, long haul, automotive news, tom lasorda, workforce, uaw, chrysler corp, canadian auto workers, pissed, material costs, workforces, private equity firm, capital management, stephen feinberg, president buzz hargrove, auto worker
Steve Saleen has announced his official retirement from Saleen, Inc., the company he founded 23 years ago that has grown into one of the best specialty vehicle manufacturers in the world. Apparently S ... Tags: mustangs, sport truck, saleen, ford gt, vice chairman, boardroom, oems, 23 years, irvine calif, iterations, saleen s281, shareholder, heritage edition, vehicle manufacturers, saleen parnelli jones, parnelli jones, chairman of the board, corporate spokesperson, saleen s331, s7
Now that the new Chrysler Corp. has been created by Daimler AG selling a majority stake in the company to Cerberus Capital Management, the next question is who is in charge? In recent weeks, former Ch ... Tags: wolfgang bernhard, volkswagen, chrysler, carmaker, detroit free press, chrysler group, chief operating officer, tom lasorda, chrysler corp, auburn hills, management team, majority stake, liaison, capital management, daimler ag, separation agreement, no compete clause
GM's made some fairly significant changes to its domestic and international design teams, with former Chrysler designer Bryan Nesbitt coming out pretty good. Nesbitt moves from executive director of d ... Tags: hhr, global design, bryan nesbitt, russelsheim germany, gm europe, global product, ed welburn, car body, new position, gme, global business strategies, buick in china, solstice designs, dave lyon, streamlined organization, leadership changes, design organization, design today, personnel changes, shuffles
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After 17 years, Nigel Mansell is returning to the wheel of a Ferrari. The former world champion will be driving an F430 GT for Scuderia Ecosse in the second round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship, held ... Tags: sports cars, target, jaguar, ferrari, auto express, grand prix, world champion, champ, 17 years, prospects, f1 drivers, scuderia ecosse, nigel mansell, fia gt championship, team drivers, new challenge, andrew kirkaldy, silverstone race, racing sports, old dog
We must confess that, from time to time, many of us drift into daydreams and wonder what it must be like to work for Ferrari. But surely the reality can't be all that good, right? No, no...it is. This ... Tags: road car, prancing horse, alcoa, ferrari classiche, formula uomo, oompa loompas, race trophies, charlie and the chocolate factory, corporate initiative, great place to work institute, aluminum plant, employee perks, italian title, charlie and the chocolate, staff education, financial commitment, medical coverage, daydreams, working conditions, revitalization
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Toyota just announced that Kenji Fukuta will be replacing Hidehiko "TJ" Tajima as president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc. (TMMTX) come May 1, 2007. Despite the misleading headline, Toyota ... Tags: scion tc, scion, misleading headline, camry, prius, san antonio, toyota motor, tundra, last november, toyota motor corporation, new position, may 1 2007, corporate social responsibility, texas president, tsutsumi, tajima, affairs division, environmental affairs, kenji, tmmtx
Any way you look at it, Toyota's foray into Formula 1 has not yielded positive results. Despite throwing unprecedented amounts of money at the effort, their F1 team has not produced the kind of result ... Tags: toyota, budget, money, f1 team, vice chairman, cologne, giant, shuffle, new boss, foray, fruition, fortunes, formula 1, corporate headquarters, fast paced world, f1 racing, unprecedented amounts, tomita, tsutomu
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Poor Jacques is all washed up. Where this writer was born and raised, JV was a homegrown hero who lived up to his family name by taking the checkered flag at the Indy 500 (and the CART championship) a ... Tags: nascar, salvage, grand prix, formula one, checkered flag, fortunes, f1 teams, nascar busch series, race fans, indy 500, french connection, juan pablo montoya, jv, dtm, jacques villeneuve, connection source, last ten years, stock cars, cart championship, defector
It's a sad state of affairs when the pure talent of a racing driver isn't enough to advance his career. In the case of Sebastien Bourdais, the top teams on the F1 grid have apparently been blind to hi ... Tags: contender, ferrari, formula one, schumacher, fortunes, willingness, champ cars, f1 grid, sebastien bourdais, state of affairs, frenchman, felipe massa, ferrari engines, talladega nights, consecutive title, Todt, sad state of affairs, arch villain, scuderia toro rosso, jean girard
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana (TMMI) has just announced that it will eliminate a portion of its temporary work force by the end of the year. Not a huge number of employees are effected, but it's ... Tags: jobs, toyota, amp, important news, spokesperson, toyota motor, sequoia, layoffs, indiana plant, pink slips, san antonio plant, pilot production, tmmi, temp workers, evansville courier, supply 1, personnel management, temporary work, dillon
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Suzuki is on a roll, setting sales records, enjoying three years of double-digit sales growth, introducing the new SX4, and working on a larger and better model mix. Getting people in place before for ... Tags: models, suzuki, japan, north america, 19 years, product planning, marketing department, new president, segments, suzuki motor, auto channel, sx4, suzuki motor corporation, american suzuki motor corporation, profitable growth, koichi suzuki, suzuki canada, will become president, canada inc, may 1 2007
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Toyota's success over the past decade has come at the cost of quality at times, and now, it's affecting employees and their families. In a document obtained by Automotive News, ToMoCo engineers and ma ... Tags: toyota, automaker, decade, cross country, north america, automotive news, tide, british columbia, midwest, cost of quality, baja mexico, company source, country trips, rigors, fremont ca, great lakes, remedy, succession, lakes area
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Jim Press, the man at the helm of Toyota Motor North America, is set to become the first non-Japanese member of Toyota's board of directors. He is currently a managing officer of the company, but when ... Tags: toyota, desk chair, japan, north america, managing director, automotive news, toyota motor, fortunes, helm, s board, board of directors, red eye flights, japanese member, executive desk, appointment
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Equal rights activists note that, with few exceptions, motor racing is an almost entirely male-dominated sport. In fact, the vast majority of racing drivers are white men, with only a handful of pione ... Tags: insiders, starting grid, indianapolis 500, penske, aj foyt, indy racing league, racing drivers, far cry, female drivers, lewis hamilton, dallara honda, indy racing series, sarah fisher, fifth woman, sam schmidt, cheever, karthikeyan, question marks, white men, st james
Two former hourly Toyota employees are denying that they leaked a potentially embarrassing memo pertaining to wages at Toyota's US plants. The document, which came from Seiichi Sudo, president and CEO ... Tags: amp, wages, automotive news, full time, toyota motor, peers, fiscal year, rallying cry, s union, sudo, georgetown, uaw officials, domestic plants, package source, union supporters, eade, little luck, riddell, peer review, noel
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