Every industry has its blue chip think tank, In the case of cars it is The Center for Automotive Research. The research operation has come out with a new and disturbing study.
Toyota (TM) reduced its earnings estimates by more than 50%, making it the last large global car company to admit that there is nothing to be done about salvaging this year or…
There is not a man with a typewriter who can avoid writing about how much debt the US government has and how much more it will have to take on. Paulson’s program…
Cerberus has invested billions of dollars into the US auto industry. Its best-known deal was its purchase of 80% of Chrysler. That investment is probably worth nothing. Its other highly visible deal…
Douglas A. McIntyre US car sales have been awful, running off as much as 30% recently. But, there is always China. It is big for McDonald’s (WMT), Wal-Mart (WMT), GE (GE), and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ). Everyone…
According to Reuters, Obama won the race for US president Reuters reports that stock index futures were steady after the Obama win.
John Dingell and other slippery congressmen and governors who get free meals and martinis from car company lobbyists went to the Federal Reserve and begged for $10 billion to help GM (GM)…
Approximately half of the subscribers to Sirius (SIRI) satellite radio originally came though new car sales. That channel accounted for about 80% of sales last quarter. With US car sales down 30%…
It was no secret that US auto sales were going to be down the drain. Frankly, it is hard to find many who really expect any sudden recovery. The election on Tuesday…
GM’s (GM) stock can no longer be viewed as equity in the sense that it would be at most companies. It does trade on the NYSE, at an average volume of 28…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, South Korea launched a major economic stimulus package. Reuters reports that nearly 1,800 publicly held institutions could apply for U.S. government investments. Reuters reports that HBOS took an $8.5…
The US unemployment rate in September was 6.1%. The consensus estimates are that the numbers will rise, but there are differences over how much. The Bloomberg News survey of economists gives an…
GM (GM) may not get the $10 billion it needs to buy Chrysler, but, even if the Fed comes up with the money, the UAW may try to block the deal. A…
Douglas A. McIntyre American car companies hoped the day would never come. Data from October is expected to show the market shares of Toyota (TM) and Honda (HMC) for US vehicle sales is expected to…
Because Chrysler is now a private company, no one outside the corporation and its investors has a precise picture of its finances. Through the first nine months of this year, Chrysler sold…
