The evidence is everywhere. Saddled with bad decisions, and horrible foresight, the U.S. auto industry is taking quite a thrashing nowadays. Did they actually think there was a sustainable future with gas-guzzling SUV’s and trucks?!? Well they were very wrong and many companies are finding themselves rethinking their entire future lineups.
One company though, has […]
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Posted in Vehicle Sales, Automotive on May 16th, 2008
Remember your older brother’s first car in the 90’s? It was that hideously-small, cramped, ugly, tin bubble Geo Metro. You crossed your fingers every time you got in the thing, hoping a semi wouldn’t change lanes next to you.
The back seat was only big enough to fit a small child or someone with short legs. […]
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Posted in Vehicle Sales, Trucks, SUV, Automotive on May 5th, 2008
With gas prices going up and truck sales going down, GM has announced that it is eliminating one shift of production at its full-size pickup truck assembly plants in Pontiac and Flint, Michigan, and Oshawa, Ontario. Also, its full-size SUV assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin will be affected by the shift cuts. The decisions were […]
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Reuters has compiled a list of the top 20 vehicles sold in the U.S. through April for the 2008 calendar year, as reported by the automakers and ranked by total units. Honda sales were not included due to technical difficulties.
RANK VEHICLE 2008 2007 ‘07 RANK %Chng
1 Ford F-Series P/U 192,951 228,343 1 -15.5
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