Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Fewer buyers are satisfied with Big 3 Bryce G. Hoffman / The Detroit News Detroit’s automakers lost ground this year to their Japanese and German rivals in the latest customer satisfaction survey by the University of Michigan, marking a reversal for U.S. manufacturers. In recent years, the domestic automakers had been [...]

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 GM Style event a victim of cuts Robert Snell / The Detroit News General Motors Corp. is scrapping its GM Style event, the celebrity-studded soiree that takes place just before the North American International Auto Show. The cost-cutting move follows the company’s recent decision to drop advertising during next month’s Primetime [...]

  Delphi will cut 600 salaried positions queryvar=”delphi,will,cut,600,salaried,positions”; Craig Trudell Automotive News | August 18, 2008 – 4:34 pm EST     DETROIT — Troubled supplier Delphi Corp. said today that it will lay off 600 of the 3,200 salaried workers in its electronics and safety division by the end of this year. Delphi, which [...]