Sunday, July 26, 2009
July selling rate bodes well for ‘09 auto sales
Christine Tierney and Bryce G. Hoffman / The Detroit News
U.S. auto sales have gathered pace this month, bolstering expectations that the auto market is starting to recover from 25-year lows in the first half of the year.
Several forecasters predict that the annualized selling rate [...]

July 26, 2009

Detroit 3 headlines: Ford adjusts UAW health care deal

STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES
Ford adjusts UAW health care deal
Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it reached a new agreement with the UAW on how it can meet its obligations for a retiree health care trust fund.
Ford must pay $13.1 billion into the trust fund, or [...]

July 26, 2009

For GM, big dreams depend on small cars

Experts: GM must reverse history, make models consumers want

BY MARK PHELAN
FREE PRESS AUTO CRITIC
Can General Motors Co. build a first-rate small car in America and make money selling it? Forty years of history says no, but the automaker’s fate — and thousands of jobs at [...]

July 26, 2009

GM’s U.S. small-car lineup today and tomorrow

Current models
 
 
New vehicles, 2010-12

Name
Type
Assembly site
2008 sales
 
Name
Type
Assembly site

Chevrolet Aveo
Subcompact
Lordstown, Ohio
188,045
 
Chevrolet Aveo replacement
Subcompact
Orion

Chevrolet HHR
Compact
Ramos Arizpe, Mexico
96,053
 
Chevrolet Cruze
Compact
Lordstown, Ohio

Pontiac G5
Compact
Lordstown, Ohio
25,439
 
Chevrolet Orlando
Compact
Detroit/Hamtramck

Pontiac Solstice
Roadster
Wilmington, Del.
10,739
 
Unnamed Buick*
Compact
Orion

Pontiac Vibe
Compact
Fremont, Cal.
46,552
 
 
 
 

Saturn Astra
Compact
Antwerp, Belgium
11,968
 
 
 
 

Saturn Sky
Roadster
Wilmington, Del.
9,162
 
 
 
 

*Projected
Source: Free Press research

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