It's official: The Ford Taurus X crossover and Mercury Sable sedan will die early next year. Ford Motor Co. has notified dealers to prepare their final orders for the two vehicles before production ends in the spring.
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Toyota Canada Inc. cut the ribbon on a new C$1.1 billion ($859 million) assembly plant in Woodstock, Ontario on Thursday, bringing about 1,200 new jobs to a sector that has been losing jobs rapidly.
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Chrysler LLC CEO Bob Nardelli told a U.S. Senate committee today he would support a merger with General Motors if it became a condition for government support of the Detroit 3 automakers.
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Minneapolis auto dealer Denny Hecker was hospitalized last night after an auto accident in Plymouth, Minn. Hecker, 56, is in fair condition at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbindale, Minn.
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UAW President Ron Gettelfinger declined today to say the UAW would accept additional concessions on retiree health care.Responding to questions from Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.
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A Tennessee senator today drove a wedge between Chrysler LLC and its Detroit rivals General Motors and Ford Motor Co. when he charged that Chrysler is only asking for money to tide it over until it is bought by a partner.
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Ford has created a position overseeing worldwide development of performance vehicles. Jost Capito, who most recently spearheaded development of the Focus RS, will fill the post.
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A bankruptcy of even one of the Detroit 3 would cause an already distressed supply base )x("",to implode, Johnson Controls Inc. President Keith Wandell told Congress today.
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U.S. senators raised the possibility today of getting bailout loans to the Detroit 3 by having the federal government guarantee loans that would be made by private banks and financial institutions. Sens. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, and Tom Carper, D-Del.
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Hayes Lemmerz International Inc. sustained a net loss of $10.4 million in its third quarter, an improvement from its $62.7 million net loss during the same quarter of 2007, the wheel maker said today.
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MANAGING EDITOR ROGER HART: This was my first chance to operate the Doppelkupplung transmission, and I have mixed feelings about it. In automatic mode, it's fine, but it's not spectacular.
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Congress cannot fix the US Big Three automakers' woes in a week and the pain of the economic downturn needs to be shared evenly, United Auto Workers president Ron Gettelfinger on Thursday told a Senate Banking Committee hearing submissions for $34bn in federal loans.
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Mercedes-Benz's Alabama factory will shut down an additional two days this month and another two weeks next month to align production with falling sales. In meetings with employees last night and today, Mercedes-Benz U.S.
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General Motors on Thursday requested a second infusion of $4bn in January as it promised to speed cost cutting, including labour, and attempt to reduce its huge debt in return for US government help.
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Nissan Motor is to recall close to half a million vehicles because of faulty wiring and brake lamps though no accidents have been reported because of the faults.
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Daihatsu's Move minicar was Japan's top selling new car for the third consecutive month, according to just released industry data.
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The recession will result in severe market contraction and widespread closure of franchised workshops and independent garages in the UK over the next five years. That's just one of the disturbing findings of the authors of the Castrol Professional Car Service & Repair Trend Tracker 2008.
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Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the debt ratings of Chrysler LLC and its finance company Chrysler Financial Services Americas LLC.
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Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the debt ratings of Chrysler LLC and its finance company Chrysler Financial Services Americas LLC.
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Barely five months after scrapping two shifts of F-150 production, Ford Motor Co. is reversing course and is planning overtime assembly of the pickup. Ford will restore a shift of F-150 production at its suburban Kansas City, Mo.
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