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As many of you know (and have commented prolifically on), the Big 3 carry an enormous burden that import competitors like Honda and Toyota don't: unionized retiree health care costs. GM, for example, ... Tags: gm, chrysler, goodyear, billions, health care costs, christian science monitor, uaw, liabilities, auto companies, hook, united steelworkers, retiree health care, labor contract, beneficiary, voluntary employee, enormous burden, industry expert, contract agreement, lump sum, guarantees
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Depending on your viewpoint, California is trying to make the world better for people everywhere, or trying to kill all the joy of automobiles and perhaps the entire domestic auto industry. In 2004, C ... Tags: gm, selling cars, fleet, automakers, mpg, detroit news, billions, automobiles, fleets, constituents, co2 emissions, domestic auto industry, viewpoint, senators, federal permission, state of vermont, co2 levels, eleven states, industry partners, petitions
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Toyotas don't always have the best looks or the best horsepower or the best driving characteristics, but customers seem to want the company's products the most anyway. They're winning share from other ... Tags: gm, automakers, automaker, horsepower, auto industry, rebates, billions, benchmark, silverado, domestics, highlander, free press, backlash, fears, salaries, yen, quality armor, outrageous profits, poor sport, engine sludge
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Chrysler Group CEO Tom LaSorda travelled to DaimlerChrysler's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, last Wednesday to present a restructuring plan to the company's management board. The Detroit News rep ... Tags: wolfgang bernhard, mercedes benz, chrysler, minivans, suvs, small cars, detroit news, billions, daimlerchrysler, dieter zetsche, chrysler group, restructuring, performance numbers, news reports, stuttgart germany, tom lasorda, group ceo, q3, management board, last attempt
The "merger" at DaimlerChrysler never really came off as a good idea. We put "merger" in quotation marks because no one ever really bought it as a marriage of equals, but saw it for what it always was ... Tags: small car, reuters, carmakers, billions, daimlerchrysler, chrysler group, parent company, merger, match made in heaven, car market, pensions, nissan renault, daimler benz, stockholders, conglomerate, quotation marks, investment experts, separate company, financial experts, lost one
Despite reports Friday that Ford Motor has decided not to sell off its money-losing Jaguar subsidiary, the U.K.'s Financial Times reported Saturday that the issue is far from settled, with a final dec ... Tags: jaguar, ford, money, reuters, ford motor, billions, subsidiary, marque, financial times, final decision, adviser, mergers and acquisitions, kenneth leet
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Nate Chapnick over at ForbesAuto.com is either terribly resourceful or amazingly persistent, as he's gone to the trouble of ringing up DMVs around the U.S. in order to find out what car keys America's ... Tags: billions, millionaire, wall street journal, peek, garages, lincoln continental, paul allen, mazda b series, gl, car keys, nate, curbside, steven ballmer, allen of microsoft, figure salaries, aformentioned, kamprad, dmvs, billionaires, trundle
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Italian supercar Pagani Zonda roars down Australia's (paved) roads in a renewed attempt to bring the exotic brand to the jaded attention of the wealthiest Aussies. Apparently the price tag – $1. ... Tags: billions, price tag, fame, 1 million, australia, attempts, outback, pagani zonda, crocodile dundee, paul hogan, paved roads, aussies, stumbling block, crocodile
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After GM swung a sweet deal with the UAW that will save it billions in health care costs, Chrysler wants a piece of the action, too. Dieter Zetsche, DaimlerChrysler's new boss-designate, announced tha ... Tags: gm, chrysler, billions, daimlerchrysler, dieter zetsche, health care costs, new boss, neighborhood, uaw, piece of the pie, sweet deal
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Manufacturers are investing billions to get an edge on economy and performance through development of new transmissions. While the Wall Street Journal article I linked to focuses on the increasing num ... Tags: automatic transmissions, smg, economy, gears, billions, wall street journal, wall street, allure, manual transmissions, speed automatics, consumer vehicles, street journal article, conventional transmission, alphabet soup, forward gear, transmission types
During his visit to Mexico last week, Tom LaSorda, the next CEO of Chrysler, made it clear what he considers to be a major threat to the U.S. Auto Industry. LaSorda's biggest concern is the competitio ... Tags: chrysler, automotive industry, automaker, auto industry, billions, 10 years, asia, china, mexico, u s auto, tom lasorda, auto makers, explosive market, export possibilities, slim margins, ceo of chrysler, matter of survival, assembly costs, chinese companies, keen eye
Ford is learning the hard way that building hybrids is a tricky business. It expects to triple its hybrid sales with the addition of the Mercury Mariner Hybrid, but its transmission supplier, Aisin Se ... Tags: toyota, automakers, ford, hybrids, honda, japan, mercury mariner, mercury, billions, blue oval, mercury mariner hybrid, hybrid components, first dibs, seiki co, domestic suppliers, aisin seiki, tricky business, emerging technology, accusations, relationships
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GM's forced buyout of Fiat has been postponed until February 2. The two companies will hold talks through February 1 to avoid the mandatory merger. GM needs to avoid the acquisition at all costs becau ... Tags: gm, billions, fiat, february 2, merger, acquisition
Every Tuesday, we'll try to feature something interesting from the fringes of automotivedom - the aftermarket, or tuner market. This folks, is a segment that generates billions in revenue each y ... Tags: liter, torque, segment, horsepower, rear wheels, nissan, billions, 350z, chris forsberg, displacment, vq35de, stock motor, fiery death, motorex, sr20det, high compression, concrete wall, powerplant, fringes, silvia
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That fun loving group called The Department of Homeland Security has sent a mobile X-ray truck to Cape May, New Jersey in an "experimental" program to invade…I mean to look into the empty cars ... Tags: x ray, law enforcement, transportation security administration, cape may new jersey, toll booths, cargo containers, empty cars, paranoid state, department of homeland security, search warrant, loving group, states supreme court, united states supreme court, leeway, department of homeland, foreign countries, deputy director, tax dollars, billions, homeland security
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