Ford cuts 2Q production by 10%
 
Automaker also cutting shifts at three plants
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Amy Wilson
Automotive News
March 3, 2008 - 2:39 pm ET
UPDATED: 3/3/08 4:30 p.m. EST
 
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. is cutting second-quarter North American production by 10 percent.
Ford plans to produce 730,000 vehicles in the second quarter of 2008, down from 811,000 vehicles [...]

LaNeve: Truck inventories in ‘great shape’

American Axle strike idles fifth GM truck assembly plant
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Richard Truett
and David Barkholz
Automotive News | March 3, 2008 - 9:57 am EST
 
 
 
DETROIT — General Motors has 60-90 days of pick-up truck inventories to cushion the automaker from the strike at American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc., said Mark LaNeve, [...]

Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Auto briefs
Ford to cut plant shifts in three states
Faced with slowing demand for some of its vehicles, Ford Motor Co . on Monday said it would temporarily cut shifts at factories in Chicago, Louisville, Ky., and Cleveland. The automaker said the cuts would idle about 2,500 workers at the three factories, although [...]