The US Trade Representative has taken its case challenging China’s imposition of an anti-dumping duty on US-made automobiles to the World Trade Organization (WTO). At stake is more than $3 billion in duties that…
Aside from the partial buyout of Chrysler by Fiat, the current auto market should dissuade big manufacturers from moving further into the business. That did not stop Volkswagen from taking over of Porsche, a deal…
Following on the heels of strong results from Ford (NYSE: F) and Chrysler, GM (NYSE: GM)Â posted impressive sales for June, up 16% over the same month last year to 248,750. GM said the month…
Ford (NYSE: F) put on an impressive show in June, at least based on U.S. sales. The numbers will not offset worries about revenue from Europe, but do show Ford’s strength in its home…
Cars sales may best represent the recovery of the consumer economy. People who can spend $20,000, $30,000 or even $40,000 must have confidence in their prospects. Otherwise, why take on such a large burden…
As auto manufacturers like General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Ford (NYSE: F) anticipate worse losses in the Europe market, their managements and investors continue to look to the crowded China market for relief. It…
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is still the great America car company, but the growth markets are not going to deliver for it in 2012. in fact, the company noted in an SEC Filing…
U.S. June car sales should be the best they have been for any month since 2007. That year was just ahead of the sickening drop in volume which accompanied the recession and eventually triggered the bankruptcies…
General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) today issued a recall of more than 475,000 Chevrolet Cruze sedans to correct a problem that could lead to fires in the car’s engine compartment. The recall covers cars…
In the race for leadership in vehicle quality, American car companies have chased their Japanese rivals for two decades. Data from industry research firm JD Power show that U.S. manufacturers have started to falter…
General Motors (NYSE: GM)Â lost $747 million, before interest and taxes, in Europe in 2011 and has lost $15.6 billion since 1999, the last year GM made money in the region. The big U.S. car…
GM’s (NYSE: GM) CEO Dan Akerson used the car company’s annual meeting to make several senseless comments. The first was that politician in Washington will need to end gridlock about how the government should…
China’s auto dealers are taking more deliveries of new cars than they can sell. Deliveries totaled 1.28 million vehicles in May, higher than the consensus estimate of 1.22 million and the third consecutive month…
Some vehicles can survive car crashes and protect the occupants much better than others. To find out which motor vehicles perform best and which the worst, nonprofit group Insurance Institute for Highway Safety performed crash tests.…
Hyundai, and its sister brand Kia, have had the hottest selling cars in the American market since the recession began. The rational for this is that the South Korean company delivered high-quality cars and…