Land Rover To Cut 1000 Jobs In 2003
FRANKFURT, Dec 13, 2002; Reuters reports that the Land Rover unit of Ford Motor Co said on Friday it planned to cut about 1,000 jobs at its U.K. Solihull manufacturing plant next year as it seeks further cost savings. The UK-based maker of offroad vehicles plans to avoid forced redundancies and will rely on natural was ... Continue reading
Ward's Reports Estimated North American Vehicle Production -
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Dec. 13, 2002; Vehicle production this week in the U.S., Canada and Mexico is expected to hit an estimated 361,667 units, down from the 369,543 cars and trucks built last week, according to Ward's Automotive Reports.Including this week's estimates, calendar year North American output now totals 16,36 ... Continue reading
Fiat Names Alessandro Barberis CEO
MILAN December 13, 2002; Dow Jones reported that Fiat SpA picked Alessandro Barberis as its new chief executive at a board meeting Friday. Chairman Paolo Fresco remains at his post, and the board chose Franzo Grande Stevens, a long-time lawyer for the Agnelli family that controls the Italian auto maker, as deputy chair ... Continue reading
NEW YORK December 13, 2002; Dow Jones reported that cars made by Toyota Motor Corp. are outselling those made by Chevrolet this year and are poised to overtake Ford cars in the first quarter next year, USA Today reported Friday. It would be the first time a foreign automaker could lay claim to the title of best-selling ... Continue reading
New award for Scania in Brazil
SCANIA PRESS INFO / Bo Östlund 13 December 2002 New award for Scania in Brazil: Leading heavy truck for fifth year in a row At present, awards are raining down on Scania in Brazil. Last month, Scania was voted the truck industry’s ‘Most Admired Company’ by the leading business magazine Carta Capital, ... Continue reading
LA Auto Club: Retail Gas Prices Drop for Fourth Consecutive Week
LOS ANGELES--Dec. 13, 2002--Gasoline prices dropped throughout the southwest region for the fourth consecutive week according to the Weekend Gas Watch compiled by the Automobile Club of Southern California. The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for motoring trips. Currentl ... Continue reading
ArvinMeritor to Supply Next-Generation Air Disc Brakes to Volvo Group
EAST LIBERTY, Ohio, Dec. 13, 2002; ArvinMeritor, Inc. today announced that the Volvo Group has selected ArvinMeritor's Commercial Vehicle Systems (CVS) business group to supply next-generation air disc brakes for both Renault and Volvo heavy trucks. The four-year supply agreement begins in 2004 and is valued at more th ... Continue reading
GM North America Weekly Production
Mon 12/16 Tue 12/17 Wed 12/18 Thu 12/19 Fri 12/20 Sat/Sun 12/21 12/22 Approx. # of Employees Affected By Downtime Passenger Car Lansing Grand River, Mich. OT OT OT OT OT Spring Hill #2, Tenn. Pickup/SUV/Van Arlington, Texas OT OT OT OT Baltimore, Md. D D D D D 1,000 Fort Wayne, Ind. ... Continue reading
Cadillac XLR Sounds Good To Us
DETROIT - The bold new era of Cadillac continues with the 2004 XLR. A two-seat, retractable hardtop convertible with a head-turning design, the XLR's mission is to deliver exhilarating style and performance to the luxury roadster class. The XLR not only provides stunning looks, but technology, luxury and performance to ... Continue reading
2003 Jeep Wrangler Right-hand-drive Postal Unit
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 13, 2002; The Chrysler Group introduced the new 2003 Jeep® Wrangler right-hand-drive Postal Unit available beginning December 2002. "Jeep is the ultimate utilitarian vehicle. When Jeep returned from WWII, it went immediately into government agricultural and postal services. Jeep Wrangler retu ... Continue reading
Zoom Zoom- Ford to Replace Ex Best Selling Taurus With Mazda-Based Cars
DETROIT December 13, 2002; Dow Jones reported that Ford Motor Co. is developing a replacement for its aging Taurus midsize sedan -- once the best-selling car in America and an industry icon -- based on the new Mazda6 sedan from its Japanese affiliate, Mazda Motor Co., Friday's Wall Street Journal reported, citing execu ... Continue reading
GC From GM Says December Sales OK
Detroit December 12, 2002; Joe Miller writing for Bloomberg reported that General Motors Corp.'s Gary Cowger president of General Motors North America said U.S. sales this month are improving from the pace of early November, helped by increased incentives. "So far the traffic in December is picking up, and everyone is ... Continue reading
BMW Looks Into A Chrystal Ball At 2003
BERLIN, Dec 12, 2002; Reuters reported that the head of German luxury carmaker BMW AG <BMWG.DE> said on Thursday he expected the overall auto market in the United States to be roughly stable next year after a slight decline this year. "Currently we expect that for this year the total (U.S.) vehicles market will end up ... Continue reading
Canada October New Vehicle Sales Soar
OTTAWA, Dec 12, 2002; Reuters reported that Canada's new motor vehicle sales jumped 2 percent in October from September, easily trumping the last record in sales set in December, 2001, but November looks less rosy, Statistics Canada said on Thursday. The agency said 148,626 vehicles were sold in October, 2,874 more car ... Continue reading
Design Star Guenak To VW From MB
FRANKFURT, Dec 12, 2002; Reuters reports that German carmaker Volkswagen AG said on Thursday it had appointed Murat Guenak, currently responsible for design at Mercedes passenger cars, as head of design for its Volkswagen, Skoda and Bentley brands. Europe's largest carmaker said in a statement Guenak would take over as ... Continue reading
American Trucking Associations: Top Truck Drivers Tell How to Safely Get Home for Holidays
ALEXANDRIA, Va.--Dec. 12, 2002--From snow-packed Rocky Mountain passes to bitter winter winds on the High Plains to wet nor'easters or unexpected patches of black ice in the southeast, the professional truck drivers of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) motor carrier members have learned how to handle whatever Mo ... Continue reading
US Gov. Wants To Boost Mandatory Fuel Milage For Light Trucks
WASHINGTON, Dec 12, 2002; Reuters reported that the Bush administration proposed on Thursday boosting fuel economy standards for increasingly popular light trucks by 1.5 miles per gallon for the 2005-07 models years. Environmental and consumer groups criticized the government's target, saying it will provide negligible ... Continue reading
SEMA's Show-and-Tell Meeting is Set for January in Los Angeles
Media contacts: Rosemarie Kitchin, rkitchin@sema.org Lisa Guth, lisag@sema.org 909/396-0289 SEMA’s Show-and-Tell Meeting Is Set for January in Los Angeles MPMC Media Trade Conference Will Result In Dozens of Stories in Automotive Media DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (December 12, 2002) - The MPMC Media Trade Conference, hos ... Continue reading
Gas Prices Drop an Average of 16 Cents a Gallon
AURORA, Ill., Dec. 12, 2002; According to AAA Chicago's most recent fuel gauge report, gas prices throughout Illinois and northern Indiana have plummeted 16 cents a gallon in the last month. The average price of regular unleaded gasoline in Illinois averages $1.38 per gallon, which is 17 cents below gas prices this tim ... Continue reading
NASCAR's Marlin Back In The Saddle - Talladega Test
December 12, 2002; Jenna Fryer writing for the AP reported that Sterling Marlin got back in a race car for the first time in almost three months Monday when he tested the No. 40 Dodge at Talladega Superspeedway. Marlin, who led the Winston Cup points for 25 weeks this season, was sidelined in late September when he bro ... Continue reading
December 12,2002 WASHINGTON Jeannine Aversa writing for the AP reported that energized shoppers boosted sales at the nation's retailers in November by the largest amount in three months, reinforcing the belief that consumer spending will keep the economy out of a new recession. The Commerce Department report Thursday t ... Continue reading
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