Lutz: GM’s November sales at expectations
Automotive News | November 20, 2007 – 3:00 pm EST

DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors’ November U.S. sales, on average, were on track with its expectations, a top GM executive told Reuters today.
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Chrysler plans three hybrid concepts for Detroit show

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Dale Jewett
Automotive News | November 20, 2007 – 3:32 pm EST

Chrysler will reveal three concept vehicles at the Detroit auto show in January that will display long-range, clean-running powertrains.
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UAW to set up strict controls on health fund

Gettelfinger concerned about GMAC liability
Automotive News | November 20, 2007 – 10:47 am EST

DETROIT (Reuters) – The UAW is establishing clear rules for a massive new health-care trust intended to guarantee the independence and solvency [...]

UAW chief expects buyout talks in 2008
 

By Kevin Krolicki
Reuters
updated 12:58 p.m. CT, Tues., Nov. 20, 2007

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DETROIT – United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger on Tuesday said the union expects to begin talks with the [...]

Housing woes slam GM stock
GMAC losses, slump in homebuilding, new fuel regulations erase gains in shares.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Sharon Terlep and Brian J. O’Connor / The Detroit News

Shares of General Motors Corp. plunged to a 17-month low on Monday, more than erasing the automaker’s substantial gains of the last year.
Just a month ago, GM’s share [...]

Criticism shadows Toyota’s success
New U.S. boss seeks to learn from critics
 
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Interview: Jim Lentz

Christine Tierney / The Detroit News
Toyota Motor Corp., which has climbed to second place in the U.S. auto market this year, expects to increase its share of sales in 2008 and is steeling itself to deal with the scrutiny and [...]

LOONIE PRICING: Market variables make the difference, experts say, but Canadians aren’t buying that

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Scott Burgess / The Detroit News

Why does a Dodge Grand Caravan start at $22,470 in Buffalo but a similar van costs $25,912 in Toronto? How can a Ford F-150 in Windsor have a sticker price of $22,562, but the [...]

Gettelfinger concerned about GMAC liability
UAW chief says Chrysler cuts wern’t a suprise
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Automotive News | November 20, 2007 – 10:47 am EST

DETROIT (Reuters) – UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said today he is concerned by General Motors’ exposure to the mortgage lending arm of former [...]