China’s Car Market Slows to a Halt
China was supposed to be the salvation of the global auto manufacturing business as sales in the U.S. and Europe have slowed in the past half decade. Now, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers…
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Zipcar (NASDAQ: ZIP) brought new convenience to the car rental market, but whatever moat it created has been damaged by the actions of America’s largest car companies and their car rental partners. The Zipcar…
Cars Americans No Longer Drive
The number of cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. fell 25% over the past five years, from over 16.4 million for the model year beginning September 2005 to 12.4 million in the…
Nissan Taking Electric Car to China (TM, F, GM, NSANY, BYDDF)
Last week carmaker Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) said that it had no plans to introduce an all-electric car into the Chinese market. Unlike both Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) and General Motors Co.…
The Auto Industry Begins To Sink, Again
The automobile industry is once again in a period of lowering demand for its vehicles and this may put  two years of  advances in jeopardy.  Last week was a particularly bad week for this industry. Ford (NYSE: F) revised its…
Toyota Makes Some Major Model Moves (TM, HMC, F, GM, BYDDF, BRK-A, BRK-B)
Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) rolled out its 2012 model Camry in Japan yesterday. For the Japanese market, the carmaker will sell only the gasoline-electric hybrid. That puts the company on par with Honda…
U.S. Car Sales in August Mean Nothing
Many economists said U.S. car sales were strong in August and that the improvement was a sign of a better trend in consumer spending. That was hardly true. Sales rose 7.5% to 1,072,283. But…
Zipcar Wins A Coup With Ford (F, ZIP)
There’s really something odd about the latest deal from Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) to team up with Zipcar, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIP). Ford will provide up to 1,000 of its Escorts and Escapes to…
Cars Sales Expected to Plunge
Auto sales now are expected to be well below estimates made earlier this year. They seemed to have recovered in the first half from the sickeningly low rates of 2008 and 2009. But that…
Are Chryslers Still Junk?
Chrysler has tried to rebuild its image under the management of Italian car company Fiat. The number three U.S. manufacturer even makes money. The issue that continues to nag the firm is whether anyone…
The Demise of Saab
Saab is one of the major brands that will go under this year. Once owned by GM (NYSE: GM), it has not been able to find financial backers to take it forward. So, it…
The Return of Big GM Earnings (GM, F)
General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) is back. That is what the stream of headlines would indicate this morning after the company blew past earnings expectations with a big win. The auto-maker’s earnings almost doubled…
Sales That Triple — A Feature Every Car Should Have
Honda (NYSE: HMC) and Toyota (NYSE: TM) had horrible domestic sales in the U.S. in July, mostly because of parts shortages caused by the Japanese earthquake. GM (NYSE: GM) barely hit forecasts, and Ford…
Toyota And BMW Forecasts Surge
Toyota (NYSE: TM) is supposed to be a company in trouble. BMW, on the other hand, is the car industry’s darling. But both raised their sales forecasts for the balance of the year. Either…
The US Car Market And The Collapse Of GM
GM (NYSE: GM) was supposed to be one of the largest beneficiaries of the recovery of the US car market. It had been through a bankruptcy with federal government aid which helped it substantially…