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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
