Posts Tagged ‘Ahead’

Analysts see signs of life after a miserable year

Sales in 2009 were truly terrible, and, no, happy days are not here again. But sift through the data and talk to numbers crunchers and you’ll discover surprising pockets of optimism about the year ahead. U.S.

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Looking ahead: Is the credit crisis waning?

With leasing and the availability of credit still wild cards in the outlook for 2010 vehicle sales, Automotive News asked a roundtable of lenders how they see the market shaping up next year.

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Subaru boosts sales, share in ‘most important’ U.S. market

Subaru maker Fuji Heavy Industries continues to charge ahead in the key U.S. market with sales seen jumping by a fifth this month, but it faces a lot of work to boost its earnings power, its CEO said on Friday. Fuji Heavy, owned 16.

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Subaru marches on in U.S. but more work ahead

Subaru maker Fuji Heavy Industries continues to charge ahead in the key U.S. market with sales seen jumping by a fifth this month, but it faces a lot of work to boost its earnings power, its CEO said on Friday. Fuji Heavy, owned 16.

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Subaru boosts sales, share in ‘most important’ U.S. market

Subaru maker Fuji Heavy Industries continues to charge ahead in the key U.S. market with sales seen jumping by a fifth this month, but it faces a lot of work to boost its earnings power, its CEO said on Friday. Fuji Heavy, owned 16.

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Road ahead still rocky for suppliers

The coming year will be a dynamic one for the battered auto supply base as the industry comes off its worst year in the post-World War II era.

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Hyundai’s charge ahead pressures Japanese automakers

Hyundai-Kia’s share gains have overwhelmed rivals this year, and the climbing yen and South Korea’s export-friendly trade pacts are giving Japanese automakers even more worries.

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Hyundai’s charge ahead pressures Japanese automakers

Hyundai-Kia’s share gains have overwhelmed rivals this year, and the climbing yen and South Korea’s export-friendly trade pacts are giving Japanese automakers even more worries.

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Mercedes-Benz U.S. CEO sees better sales ahead

Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz premium auto unit expects year-on-year U.S. sales growth in the next few months and the potential to increase its U.S. market share next year, U.S. CEO Ernst Lieb said Monday.

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GM to move ahead with Cadillac Converj plug-in, report says

General Motors Co. will produce the Cadillac Converj plug-in concept car it introduced earlier this year at the Detroit auto show, The Detroit News reported today.

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Magna’s takeover of Opel moves closer as Spain gives go-ahead

Magna today moved closer to clinching its takeover of Opel with approval from Spanish plant workers as the clock ticks down to a Nov. 3 board meeting at which GM is set to decide on the deal.

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Fear pervades ‘Russian Detroit’ ahead of job cuts

Alexander Afanasyev, a veteran worker at Russia’s largest car plant, fears he could one day be stabbed by a friend. But it isn’t paranoia that fuels that fear.

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Fear pervades Russian auto town ahead of job cuts

Alexander Afanasyev, a veteran worker at Russia’s largest car plant, fears he could one day be stabbed by a friend. But it isn’t paranoia that fuels that fear.

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After the clunker: Few cars, no cash

Dealers say cash for clunkers sparked a positive shift in consumer attitudes that will lift new-car sales in the months ahead, especially if economists are right about a handful of positive indicators.

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TRW posts loss but sees better times ahead

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. posted a quarterly loss today due to production cuts at automaker customers, but said it is confident the industry has hit bottom and its starting to recover.

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The New GM needs marketing blitz, experts say

General Motors and its dealers should prepare for a marketing blitz and even consider lowering prices, analysts say, ahead of the automaker’s probable bankruptcy exit that may come as early as this week.

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Subaru stays ahead of upfront with TV integrations

As media buyers and network ad sellers enter their second month of stalled negotiations in this year’s TV upfront — the time when marketers spend as much as 80 percent of their annual TV budget — advertisers such as Subaru will be approaching the…

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Subaru stays ahead of TV negotiations

As media buyers and network ad sellers enter their second month of stalled negotiations in this year’s TV upfront — the time when marketers spend as much as 80 percent of their annual TV budget — advertisers such as Subaru will be approaching the…

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GM, Magna to close Opel sale by mid-September, official says

General Motors and Magna International Inc. hope to close the sale of a majority stake in GM’s Opel by the middle of September, ahead of Germany’s general elections, an Opel supervisory board member told Reuters today.

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GM to bring small car work to Michigan, report says

A General Motors assembly plant in suburban Detroit will be awarded the work on GM’s coveted subcompact car project, ahead of plants in Tennessee and Wisconsin, according to a wire service report today.

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GM to bring small car work to Michigan, report says

A General Motors assembly plant in suburban Detroit will be awarded the work on GM’s coveted subcompact car project, ahead of plants in Tennessee and Wisconsin, according to a wire service report today.

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Toyota sees turnaround ahead, boosts U.S. production

Toyota will ramp up production of six of its best-selling models over the next three months. North American production will increase by 65,000 units over the previous plan for the three-month period.

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GM makes new bondholder offer ahead of bankruptcy

General Motors said today it had reached a deal with some major bondholders that would give them a bigger stake in a reorganized automaker and could pave the way for a fast-track bankruptcy backed by the U.S. Treasury within days.

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Highlights of the Opel bidders’ plans

Bidders for General Motors’ German unit Opel were being urged today to improve their offers ahead of an evening meeting with the German government that was set to narrow the field of potential investors. Here are key elements of the bidders’ plans:

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Magna, Fiat improve bids as battle for Opel heats up

Magna International and Fiat have improved their offers for General Motors unit Opel ahead of a crucial week in which the German government is expected to decide which bid it supports.

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