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Clean Diesel Car Sales Rose 40% in March (F, GM, TM)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 8:07 am

US car buyers purchased 11,642 clean diesel vehicles in March, a rise of nearly 29% over February sales and up nearly 40% year-over-year. Year-to-date US sales of clean diesel vehicles ...
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No Electric Trucks For Ford

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 6:11 am

Ford (NYSE: F) said it will not produce electric powered heavy trucks anytime in the near future. It has already begun to follow GM (NYSE: GM) and Nissan into the ...
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U.S. Is Car Industy’s Last Bright Light

Posted: April 17, 2012 at 6:49 am

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association said sales reached a 14-year low in the region in March. Registrations in the European Union plus Switzerland, Norway and Iceland fell 6.6% to 1.5 million ...
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Ally Financial Still Plans IPO

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 10:08 am

Ally Financial Inc. is still planning to conduct its initial public offering.  A fresh amended filing from this morning shows that Ally plans to sell up to $100 million in ...
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China’s Car Market Loses Promise

Posted: April 11, 2012 at 6:29 am

China is supposed to be the market which gets the global car industry back on its feet after the losses caused by three years of recession. The China market, which ...
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Honda Goes Into Crowded China Market

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 6:18 am

Honda (NYSE: HMC) is the latest multinational car company to attack China's vehicle market.  People's Republic drivers bought 18 million cars and light trucks last year, well ahead of the ...
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Big Manufacturers Fall into China Car Trap

Posted: April 6, 2012 at 6:14 am

China recently was the most attractive car and light truck market in the world. The Asian nation’s vehicle sales are nearly 18 million a year now, ahead of the second-largest ...
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Best Of The NY Car Show

Posted: April 5, 2012 at 6:46 am

The 2012 New York International Auto Show will be the venue for car companies to release more new models than they have in years. It is a sign of the ...
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What Rising Car Sales Really Mean

Posted: April 4, 2012 at 6:48 am

The rise in March domestic car and light truck sales was attributed largely to two factors. The first is that American’s need more fuel-efficient cars because of high gas prices. The second ...
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BMW And Mercedes Surge

Posted: April 4, 2012 at 6:45 am

BMW and Mercedes had record sales in the US for the first quarter. It is a good sign that higher end households have healthy amounts of disposal income. It is ...
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GM Sells Ton Of High Mileage Cars

Posted: April 3, 2012 at 11:02 am

It is a sign of the times in which gasoline prices have raced toward $4 and could go higher as summer travel season approaches, or trouble in the Middle East ...
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Ford Sales Up Tiny Amount

Posted: April 3, 2012 at 10:11 am

Ford (NYSE: F) posted a very  modest sales gain of 5% in March compared to the same month last year. The company said, however, that the number represents the best ...
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Battery Maker A123 Posts New Low (AONE)

Posted: April 2, 2012 at 2:50 pm

Lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) posted a new 52-week low of $0.96/share earlier today. The battery maker was hit last week with an estimated $55 million recall ...
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Auto Recalls Hit Chevy And Jeep

Posted: April 2, 2012 at 6:37 am

Another round of car recalls is likely, in what has quickly become a year of recalls. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has reported fires in engine of the General ...
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SIRIUS XM Antitrust Suit… Prelude to Margin Squeeze, or a Price Hike (SIRI)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 9:31 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is in the news after it filed a complaint against SoundExchange, Inc. and American Association of Independent Music ("A2IM").  The suit alleges that these two ...
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