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Jan
20th

Linamar CEO: Hundreds of suppliers may fail in months

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Hundreds of North American auto-parts makers may fail within months as a weakening economy forces automakers to slash production, the CEO of Canada's second-largest supplier said. Full story...
Jan
20th

Linamar CEO: there will be fewer suppliers

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Linamar Corp. CEO Linda Hasenfratz called on government and union support along with more cost cutting among her supplier peers to rescue the auto industry. Full story...
Jan
20th

Linamar CEO calls for more union, government support

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Linamar Corp. CEO Linda Hasenfratz called on government and union support along with more cost cutting among her supplier peers to rescue the auto industry. Full story...
Jan
20th

Automakers connect with consumers via social media

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Consumers are wary about the advertising messages they get from traditional media sources such as television and newspapers, which makes new media all the more critical for successful marketing, a top GM advertising executive said today. Full story...
Jan
20th

Panel: Tap innovation from everywhere

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Automotive companies that wish to innovate their way into continued viability need to accept product ideas from all areas of their businesses -- and outside. "Invention may belong to randd, but innovation does not," Andrew Brown Jr. Full story...
Jan
20th

GM expects to get second part of federal loan this week

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General Motors says complicated paperwork is the reason it has not received the second installment of the low-interest federal loan it was due to receive on Friday, Jan. 16. GM expects the $5.4 billion this week, GM spokesman Greg Martin said. Full story...
Jan
20th

Chrysler, Fiat destined to share technology — eventually

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Chrysler LLC and Fiat S.p.A. have little in the way of engine and transmission technology that can be transplanted into each other's vehicles, analysts say -- at least not right away. Full story...
Jan
20th

Chevy Corvette gets Competition Sports package:

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Chevrolet is offering a special options package this spring to Corvette buyers who want to wring just a bit more performance out of their cars--or take it onto the track--without having to step all the way up to the ZR1. Full story...

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Jan
20th

Dealers: Chrysler-Fiat alliance is good news

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For Chrysler LLC's dealers, there are more questions than answers about the newly announced alliance with Fiat S.p.A. Full story...
Jan
20th

Chevrolet to offer sport package on 2009 Corvette

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Chevrolet is offering a special options package this spring to Corvette buyers who want a tad more performance and some extra eye candy. Full story...
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Jan
20th

GM to spend $30 mln on Volt battery plant

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General Motors will invest $30 million in its planned U.S. plant that will build next-generation batteries for its all-electric Chevrolet Volt, the head of GM's flagship Chevrolet brand said today. Full story...
Jan
20th

Ligocki: U.S. to get Mexican-built Chinese cars in five years

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Chinese-designed cars that are assembled in Mexico could be sold in the United States within five years, and Canada before then, industry veteran Kathleen Ligocki said today at the Automotive News World Congress. Full story...
Jan
20th

Toyota says global sales fell 4% in 2008

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Toyota Motor Corp. said sales across the group fell 4 percent to 8.97 million vehicles in 2008, dragged down by sharp declines in North America, Europe and Japan. The figure was in line with previous forecasts from the world's No. Full story...
Jan
20th

Obama cites new fuels for industry among challenges

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President Barack Obama renewed his pledge today to invest tens of billions of taxpayer dollars in advanced technology and alternative fuels for future cars and trucks. Full story...
Jan
20th

Nissan on alert as Indian computer supplier reels

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The Indian computer company that handles software and computer support for Nissan North America Inc. is in turmoil over allegations of large-scale accounting fraud. Nissan North America says the scandal at Satyam Computer Services Ltd. Full story...
Jan
20th

Peper: Chevy will gain U.S. retail share in ’09

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Chevrolet will increase its retail market share in the United States this year, Ed Peper, vice president of Chevrolet said in a speech at 2009 Automotive News World Congress today. Full story...
Jan
20th

Peper: Chevy will gain U.S. share in ’09

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Chevrolet will increase its market share in the United States this year, Ed Peper, vice president of Chevrolet said in a speech at 2009 Automotive News World Congress today. Full story...
Jan
20th

GERMANY: Volkswagen plans February short time work

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Volkswagen has scheduled a period of short-time working in some sections of its German plants for 'week 9' (23-27 February) in a move affecting about two-thirds of its 92,000 workers in Germany. Full story...
Jan
20th

FRANCE: Government readies EUR6m state aid

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French carmakers are to receive up to EUR6bn ($US7.7bn) of state aid to help survive the financial crisis, the country's prime minister said today (20 January). Full story...
Jan
20th

Ford to trumpet fuel economy in 2009

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Ford Motor Co. will trumpet fuel economy gains as it tries to win back customers in 2009. Full story...
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