Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Ram pickup is only new Chrysler for ’10 Alisa Priddle / The Detroit News Chrysler Group LLC has only one all-new vehicle for 2010 but is adding fuel-efficient versions of existing products and making more features standard in a lineup that must carry it through next year. The single new offering [...]
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Toyota accused of hiding tests Lawsuit questions use of rollover-crash data Laurence Viele Davidson / Bloomberg News Toyota Motor Corp. may face demands that rollover-crash cases it won or settled be reopened, in light of accusations by a former company lawyer that the automaker hid records sought by plaintiffs. The ex-Toyota [...]
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Daniel Howes Selling Opel key to rebuilding GM General Motors Co. is smaller, less in debt and governed by directors who appear to have a pulse. It’s on the way to having fewer brands, fewer plants, fewer dealers in North America, fewer employees worldwide and fewer corporate officers at the top [...]
GM to close 46 Canadian Saturn stores by year end Penske, GM decide there was no business case for keeping stores Chrissie Thompson Automotive News | August 31, 2009 – 2:57 pm EST Canada’s Saturn stores will wind down by the end of the year as a result of automotive entrepreneur Roger Penske’s purchase of [...]
Continental to close electronics plant in Huntsville, Ala. David Barkholz Automotive News | August 31, 2009 – 4:50 pm EST Continental AG’s U.S. subsidiary announced today that it will close its Huntsville, Ala., electronics plant by year end 2010 because the UAW failed to give contract concessions. Union workers declined to open their current contract [...]
