The News Review:
- City dealers want to increase Auto Park visibility
- Republicans from US auto industry state irked that energy bill sent…
- China’s auto industry cleans up its act
- North American auto suppliers face a tough 2008 – S&P
- Auto parts suppliers in US brace for hard times
- Coping With Changes In The Auto Business Automakers Fresh From…
- WA to join lawsuit on behalf of tough auto emission standards
City dealers want to increase Auto Park visibility
San Diego Union Tribune – Dec 21, 2007
DATE>December 21 2007. CONTENT>ESCONDIDO–The two signs that welcome car shoppers to Escondido's Auto Park look like relics with a Western theme leftovers from the 1970s. Representatives of the Escondido Auto Dealers Association a group of dealerships in the city's auto park are brainstorming with city leaders about how to make the car lots more noticeable from the highways and more eye-catching to residents on surface streets. Auto sellers always welcome increased visibility.
Republicans from US auto industry state irked that energy bill sent…
International Herald Tribune – Dec 21, 2007
Bush for his signature it arrived in a Japanese-built Toyota Prius hybrid — a move that irked two Republicans from Michigan the state that is home to the U. automotive industry.
China’s auto industry cleans up its act
Asia Times Online – Dec 21, 2007
In the space of little more than a decade it has become the world’s third-largest car manufacturer and cars have become the biggest carbon monoxide and nitrous oxide emitters in its main cities of Beijing Shanghai and Guangzhou. Vehicles produce up to 79% of air pollution in some urban centers the State Environmental Protection Administration recently estimated contributing to the deaths of 50000 newborn. phpAds_used) document.
North American auto suppliers face a tough 2008 – S&P
Forbes – Dec 21, 2007
In its report S&P said that lower-end speculative-grade companies dominate the rated supplier category and these companies are more susceptible to pressures on liquidity from negative free cash flow. The agency added that the majority of US suppliers it has rated have refinanced or issued new debt or equity and so have minimal near-term debt maturities.
Auto parts suppliers in US brace for hard times
International Herald Tribune – Dec 21, 2007
Overall sales in the United States are projected to fall below 16 million vehicles next year the lowest level in a decade as a housing slump high oil prices and weak consumer confidence deter car shoppers. Slow sales will mean less demand for parts at a time when many suppliers are already suffering from years of heavy losses or eroding profit margins. The outlook for suppliers the largest manufacturing sector in the United States worsened recently when Detroit automakers said that they did not plan to counter the softening market with bigger discounts even if the country slipped into a recession. Auto parts suppliers employed about 654000 people in the United States in 2006 down from a peak of 840000 at the beginning of this decade according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Coping With Changes In The Auto Business Automakers Fresh From…
CBS News – Dec 21, 2007
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WA to join lawsuit on behalf of tough auto emission standards
kgw.com (subscription) – Dec 21, 2007
Chris Gregoire said Thursday. Gregoire a former state attorney general who said she doesn’t like hauling the federal government to court announced that the state will join California Oregon and other states in filing a federal lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA on Wednesday refused to let California implement its tailpipe emissions law for cars trucks and SUVs. Gregoire said numerous states and Canadian provinces have adopted the California clean car standards or plan to potentially affecting 50 percent of the nation’s autos.