Automotive Guide:
Manufacturers!
Advice | Automotive Safety | Buy and Sell | Cars | Classic and Hobby | Insurance and Finance | Jeeps and SUVs | Manufacturers | Motorcycles | Off Road Vehicles | Parts and Services | Racing | Recreational Vehicles | Shows and Events | Trucks | Used Vehicles | Category Expert »
2008 New Car Release Strategy
People shopping for cars today, face the same decisions they did in years past, 2-door or 4-door, car, truck, van, or SUV. The idea of buying versus leasing is now on the table once again. The idea of buying a car in the middle of 2007 and having to decide between a 2007 and a 2008 muddies the water. Some of these vehicles will be all-new models, others radically different, while still others with only slight alterations.
Author: Dan Mercurio
Toyota to Sponsor for the 3rd Time the Blast in Cincinnati
Ohioans will definitely have a fun-filed weekend in Cincinnati since it’s the 6th Annual Hyde Park Blast. And for the third consecutive year, Toyota will serve as the Presenting Sponsor of the Blast which will be followed by the annual Hyde Park Block Party.
Author: Kaye Leery
Arvin Sango, Incorporated to Expand its Madison Facilities
Arvin Sango, Inc. produce stampings, exhaust systems, manifolds, converter systems, instrument panels, and door impact beams for Toyota. The company has currently 693 employees at its Madison facility.
Author: Kaye Leery
Honda Topping J.D. Power and Associates Customer Satisfaction Survey
Honda’s four models has obtained top rankings for their individual segments in the recent annual J.D. Power and Associates customer satisfaction survey of US drivers.
Author: Ally Wahlberg
Honda Invested an Additional $40 Million on Jet Factory
Honda Motor Co. is to spend approximately $40 million for its first jet aircraft factory.
Author: Ally Wahlberg
Skoda's '07 Forecasted Fabia Sales Increases
As demand for the new Fabia small car and Roomster all-purpose vehicle booms, Skoda Auto AS, Volkswagen AG's Czech unit, increased its full-year sales forecast.
Author: Rain Stockton
Volvo CEO Rejects Discussion of Possible Sale of Brand
A Ford spokesman explained that the auto maker is not in discussions with any company with regard selling Volvo, which it bought in 1999 for almost $6.5 billion.
Author: Rain Stockton
Changes Sweeping Mazda Corporation
Mazda Motor Corporation has announced recently that they will employ changes that will affect the organization and the personnel. The changes will take effect on June 26, 2007.
Author: Kraig Johanssen
Honda Sets the Tempo for Japanese Automakers
Honda has reported recently a double-digit increase in global automotive production for May.
Author: Kraig Johanssen
Honda will not be Buying Harley-Davidson
Just in case Honda and Harley do combine, their union would be able to control 65 percent of the US motorcycle market while its next leading competitor Yamaha will be left with only 16 percent. Such type of stronghold on the motorcycle market would definitely not please the Federal Trade Commission.
Author: Evander Klum
Ford, Meridian Sign MOU on ACH Sandusky Plant Sale
Ford Motor Company and Meridian Automotive Systems have announced recently a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), outlining a framework for the sale of Automotive Components Holdings' lighting business and its Sandusky, Ohio plant.
Author: Kraig Johanssen
Mazda Ranks First in Auto Bild's 2007 Quality Report
Germany’s largest car magazine, Auto Bild, has ranked Mazda in first place in its highly respected “Quality Report” for 2007. This was the third straight year that Mazda has been awarded first place in this annual report.
Author: Kraig Johanssen
GM Makes New Investment in New York Plant
It can be remembered that GM has earlier announced that the company would be relocating production and jobs out of New York State. The resulting layoffs would which was slated to begin immediately and end in late 2008 was set to affect an estimated 500 local residents.
Author: Iver Penn
Toyota in Top Fighting Form, Reveals Plans to Revamp Engine Lineup
Toyota Motor Corp. has unseated General Motors Corp. as the world's biggest carmaker last year instead of in 2007, as industry observers have earlier predicted.
Author: Zeke Gervis
Mazda to Test New Intelligent Transport System
In its continuous efforts to promote improved road safety, Mazda Motor Corporation has recently announced its plans to participate in public road trials in the Hiroshima area to help validate a new Intelligent Transport System (ITS) scheduled to start in fall 2007.
Author: Kraig Johanssen
Ford Takes Top Plant, Tops Five Model Segments
For the first time since 1999, a North American assembly plant receives the Platinum Plant Quality Award for producing vehicles yielding the fewest defects.
Author: Kraig Johanssen
Arab Youth Leaders, DaimlerChrysler Launch the '07 Arab European Internship Exchange, Top Talent Programs
The Young Arab Leaders (YAL) and opulent carmaker DaimlerChrysler (DC) announced recently the partaking of 10 students from various Arab countries in the Arab European Internship Exchange and of the 20 professional youths in the Top Talent programs.
Author: Zeke Gervis
GM Reports May Sales of 375,682 Units
GM in the United States sold 375,682 vehicles in May that is 4.7 percent higher than the year-ago monthly sales.
Author: Iver Penn
GM, Ford, Honda, DCX Win Top Awards in Ward's
General Motors, Ford, Honda and DaimlerChrysler were the proclaimed big winners at the 2007 Ward's "Interior of the Year" awards during the Ward’s Auto Interiors Show that is being held this week at the Cobo Center in Detroit.
Author: Iver Penn
Harbour Releases Productivity Report
Basing on Harbour Consulting’s yearly productivity report, three of America’s big car makers continue to trim the broad the gap with the Japanese when it comes to how long their plants need to build a car.
Author: Evander Klum
20 More Articles On Manufacturers »
Sort By: [ Newest ] - [ Oldest ] - [ Title Only ] - [ Most Popular ]
|
