AutoNews247.com

Chrysler Group LLC halted production at the Toledo, Ohio, plant that builds the Jeep Wrangler today due to a parts shortage after storms that struck Mexico hampered shipments, a spokeswoman said.

Tags: Chrysler, Chrysler Group, Chrysler Group LLC, Chrysler Parts, Group Llc, Jeep, Jeep Wrangler, location, Mexico, Ohio, Spokeswoman, Storms, Toledo, Toledo Ohio, Wrangler, Wrangler Parts

Federal investigators had just bought a 2007 Lexus ES 350 and were running it through a battery of tests at the government’s Vehicle Research and Test Center in East Liberty, Ohio, when they noticed something funny with the electronic throttle…

Tags: 2007 Lexus Es, 2007 Lexus Es 350, East Liberty Ohio, Electronic Throttle, Federal Investigators, Funny, Lax, Lexus, Lexus ES, Lexus Es 350, Liberty, Ohio, Oversight, Test Center, Vehicle Research and Test Center

Dana Holding Corp.’s sale of its structural products business to Mexico’s Metalsa S.A. de C.V. frees the Maumee, Ohio, supplier of a unit that required increasingly large cash investments.

Tags: Cash Investments, Dana, Dana Corp, I.R.I.S. s.a. TG3Z3510AFCS Headset, Maumee, Maumee Ohio, Metalsa, Metalsa Dana Holding Corp., Metalsa S.A. de C.V., Mexico, Ohio, Products Business

Last week’s acquisition of Ohio-based metal fastener and stamping supplier Tinnerman Palnut Engineered Products Inc. by French plastic fastener supplier A Raymond Inc.

Tags: Acquisition, Diversification, Engineered Products, Fastener Supplier, Metal Fastener, Ohio, plastic fastener supplier, Tinnerman Palnut Engineered Products Inc.

Plastic parts supplier Michael Day Enterprises Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and expects to be sold to Italy’s Radici Group for $5.7 million, unless another buyer comes forward in the next 60 days.

Tags: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection, Day Enterprises Inc, Italy, Michael Day Enterprises Inc., Ohio, parts supplier, Radici Group, USD

A. Raymond Group, a global maker of fastening and fluid-handling connection systems that is based in Grenoble, France, has acquired Tinnerman Palnut Engineered Products of Brunswick, Ohio, for an undisclosed price.

Tags: Brunswick, Brunswick Ohio, Engineered Products, Fastening, fluid-handling connection systems, France, French Supplier, Grenoble, Grenoble France, Ohio, Raymond Group, Tinnerman A. Raymond Group, Tinnerman Palnut Engineered Products, Undisclosed Price

Driveline supplier Dana Holding Corp. narrowed its third-quarter net loss to $38 million from a loss of $256 million in the year-earlier period. The Maumee, Ohio, supplierand#8217;s sales fell 31 percent in the quarter to $1.33 billion.

Tags: Dana, Dana Holding Corp., Lower Sales, Maumee, Maumee Ohio, Ohio, Q3, S Sales, USD

Just as Dennis Hyundai learns how to handle the surge of customers wanting to swap clunkers for new cars, showroom traffic has begun to slow down.

Tags: Dennis Hyundai, Hyundai, New Cars, Ohio, Showroom Traffic

Just as Dennis Hyundai learns how to handle the surge of customers wanting to swap clunkers for new cars, showroom traffic has begun to slow down.

Tags: Dennis Hyundai, Hyundai, New Cars, Ohio, Ohio Dealer, Showroom Traffic

Chrysler LLC’s Twinsburg, Ohio, stamping plant, which is slated for closure, has drawn inquiries from two potential buyers, according bankruptcy court statements.

Tags: Bankruptcy Court, Chrysler, Chrysler LLC, Closure, Court Statements, Inquiries, Llc, Ohio, Stamping, Twinsburg, Twinsburg Ohio, Twinsburg plant

A bill to offer cash vouchers of up to $4,500 to people who swap cars and trucks for new, more fuel-efficient vehicles may be considered on the House floor as early as mid-June, a spokeswoman for Rep. Betty Sutton, D-Ohio, said today.

Tags: Betty Sutton, Cars And Trucks, Cars New, Cars Trucks, Cash Vouchers, Fuel Efficient Vehicles, More Fuel Efficient Vehicles, Ohio, Spokeswoman, Sutton, USD

A UAW union local representing some workers at a Chrysler LLC stamping plant in Twinsburg, Ohio, approved a modified labor contract with the automaker, the local said tonight.

Tags: Automaker, Chrysler, Chrysler LLC, Concessions, Labor Contract, Llc, Ohio, Twinsburg, Twinsburg Ohio, Uaw Local, Uaw Union

Aluminum supplier Aleris International Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month, has sought approval from a U.S.

Tags: Aleris International, Aleris International Inc, Aluminum Supplier, Cancel, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Contracts, Court Approval, Gm, Gm Supplier, Ohio, United States

Ford Motor Co. said today that it would resume production at an Ohio plant that will be the world’s first to produce one of a new family of engines that offer better fuel economy.

Tags: Ford, Ford Motor, Ford Motor Co., Ford Ohio, Fuel Economy, New Engines, New Ford, Ohio

General Motors will idle about 1,450 workers for one or two weeks at two Ohio powertrain plants in the automaker’s latest production cuts.

Tags: Automaker, General Motors, Gm, Ohio, Plants, Powertrain, Production Cuts

Honda has reached a North American milestone by producing its 20 millionth vehicle, based on January production totals to be released this week. Honda began assembling vehicles in Marysville, Ohio, in 1982.

Tags: America Honda, Honda, Honda Vehicles, Marysville, Marysville Ohio, Milestone, Millionth Vehicle, North America, Ohio

A group of credit unions from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois is pledging $10 billion in low-cost auto financing to its more than 12 million members for the purchase of General Motors vehicles.

Tags: Auto Financing, Auto Loans, Credit Unions Pledge, General Motors, Gm, Illinois, Indiana, Low Cost Auto, Michigan, Midwest, Motors Vehicles, Ohio, Ohio Indiana, USD

A group of credit unions from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois is pledging $10 billion in low-cost auto financing to its more than 12 million members for the purchase of General Motors vehicles.

Tags: Access Group, Auto Financing, Credit Unions, General Motors, Gm, Gm Credit, Illinois, Indiana, Low Cost Auto, Michigan, Motors Vehicles, New Vehicle Sales, Ohio, Ohio Indiana, USD

A group of credit unions from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois is pledging $10 billion in low-cost auto financing to its more than 12 million members for the purchase of General Motors vehicles.

Tags: Auto Financing, Credit Unions, General Motors, Gm, Gm Credit, Illinois, Indiana, Low Cost Auto, Members, Michigan, Motors Vehicles, Ohio, Ohio Indiana, USD

A group of credit unions from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois is pledging $10 billion in low-cost auto financing to its more than 12 million members for the purchase of General Motors vehicles.

Tags: Auto Financing, Credit Help, Credit Unions, General Motors, Gm, Gm Credit, Illinois, Indiana, Low Cost Auto, Michigan, Motors Vehicles, New Vehicles, Ohio, Ohio Indiana, USD