October 5, 2009 Harsh morning after for U.S. automakers September car sales were bound to look awful after August’s bonus round, a.k.a. cash for clunkers. Nonetheless, the year-over-year sales descent for General Motors and Chrysler bordered on jaw-dropping — counterbalanced somewhat by Ford’s least-loss performance among the six major automakers. Unfortunately for vehicle manufacturers, there’s [...]
October 5, 2009 http://detnews.com/article/20091005/AUTO01/910050403 Senate cuts $5B from program to aid worker health funds DAVID SHEPARDSON Detroit News Washington Bureau Washington — The Senate Finance Committee’s health care reform bill cut in half, to $5 billion, the amount set aside to help the United Auto Workers’ health care trusts and other similar programs. A bill [...]
Chevy Caprice to return as Aussie-made police car Model will be based on rwd Pontiac G8 platform queryvar=”chevy,caprice,to,return,as,aussie-made,police,car”; Rick Kranz Automotive News | October 5, 2009 – 10:37 am EST The Caprice name will return to Chevrolet in 2011 as a rear-drive police car. The car will be engineered by General Motors Co.’s Holden [...]
GM veteran Peter named Nissan CFO Current CFO Alain Dassas is returning to Renault queryvar=”gm,veteran,peter,named,nissan,cfo”; Hans Greimel Automotive News | October 5, 2009 – 10:23 am EST TOKYO — Nissan Motor Co. has poached General Motors veteran Joseph Peter to replace Alain Dassas as the Japanese company’s new CFO. Peter is currently vice president [...]
