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27 April 2007 posted in Subaru 6 views
Engineer swap: Toyota and Subaru get their swing on When Toyota purchased 8.7 percent of Fuji Heavy Industries about 18 months ago, Toyota gained vital capacity for its best-selling Camry due to excess capacity at Subaru's Indiana plant. Now the two co ...
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20 October 2006 posted in Plants/Manufacturing 5 views
Mercedes-Benz helping Chrysler cut $1,000 per vehicle The Chrysler Group is looking for advice from other DaimlerChrysler divisions on how to cut the cost of each vehicle it produces around $1,000 on average. DaimlerChrysler CEO Dieter Zetsche told CNBC ...
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20 March 2006 posted in Earnings/Financials 9 views
Dana bankruptcy timeline considered perhaps a bit optimistic The 18-month timeline for emergence from bankruptcy presented by Dana management may be a shade optimistic, according to experts. In particular, potential roadblocks to a speedy resolution include the ...
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14 February 2006 posted in Trends 9 views
Porsche expects closer relationship with VW Porsche is now Volkswagen's largest shareholder, and it's starting to look for increased benefits from the relationship, according to Automotive News.Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking, now a member of VW ...
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26 January 2006 posted in Trends 8 views
Bentley posts strong 2005 with a little help from parent VW Volkswagen's Phaeton misadventures have been much maligned by pundits and consumers alike, der Übercruiser has afforded the company's Bentley subsidiary a nice, shiny partsbin with which to work. ...
Tags: volkswagen, phaeton, bentley, dresden, subsidiary, pundits, flying spur, assembly plant, big brother, excess capacity, drophead, misadventures, economies of scale, bentley boys, partsbin, autumn winds, glass plant, plant source, gtc, allotment
25 January 2006 posted in Trends 8 views
Shanghai Surprise: Chinese government orders closing of 140  domestic carmakers Much hay has been made of China's rise as an automotive power of late, and even its government has apparently had enough. The proof? China's National Development and Reform Committee has just ordered ...
Tags: auto industry, anger, automobile, proof, u s auto, chinese government, excess capacity, domestic automakers, two million, shanghai surprise, car builders, automotive power, government orders, environmental practices, industry source, vehicle manufacturers, reform committee, umbrage, bridle, sliver
6 October 2005 posted in Trends 6 views
Ed Lapham column examines Subaru sale We had to laugh when we read the title of Automotive News executive editor Ed Lapham's column yesterday: "Did Toyota find a hidden gem at Rick Wagoner's garage sale?" Funny things, garage sales. They' ...
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2 August 2005 posted in Trends 9 views
Global automotive assembly investment sharply declines Investment in new automotive production assembly has declined over 40% in the first half of 2005 when compared to the same period a year ago, driving home the concerns of many that excess capacity rem ...
Tags: toyota, ford, plants, surprise, honda, nissan, china, dcx, 5b, excess capacity, thailand, south korean manufacturers, production assembly, canada and the united states, iran
15 July 2005 posted in Car Buying 6 views
Vehicles continue to get more expensive Back in 1973, a car cost less than 17 weeks' worth of the median family income, and 13 vehicles were sold for every 100 people in the 20-65 age group. Now, it takes 21 weeks of median family income to ...
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