Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Toyota says it’s no longer profitable in North America
David Shepardson / The Detroit News
Washington — Toyota’s top executive in the United States said Monday the company was reviewing its entire operation here, including whether to close a factory in California and when to open a factory in Mississippi.
In an hour-long interview with [...]

Jul 21, 2009

Got a beef with General Motors? Talk to Fritz

01:45 AM
To try to feel closer to customers, GM CEO Fritz Henderson is inviting questions about the automaker. Starting tomorrow, he’ll start answering them. Through the weekend, about 250 queries were posed, says GM spokeswoman Mary Henige.

You can find Henderson by clicking here and looking [...]

07.20.2009 6:46 pm
Auto workers plan Friday rally at Fenton Chrysler plant
By: Steve Giegerich
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Three weeks after the last vehicle rolled off the line at the Chrysler assembly plant in Fenton, resentment over jobs lost to the auto maker’s facilities in Mexico and Canada continues to simmer.
This Friday, members of United Auto Workers Local 136 [...]

General Motors says it is to invest more than $1 billion to develop two new car models in Brazil despite woes at the company’s US headquarters. GM says the planned investment should create about 1,000 jobs. A government tax break which cut the cost of new vehicles in Brazil, led to GM seeing record sales [...]

July 21, 2009

Toyota faces plant decision

It may close Calif. facility or open Miss. site as it adjusts capacity

BY JUSTIN HYDE and GREG GARDNER
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITERS
WASHINGTON — Toyota Motor Co. has yet to decide whether to close its former joint venture with General Motors Co. or if it should open a half-built Mississippi plant [...]