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- Heads Up From Webasto
- PRNewswire (12/18/2006)
- ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The six finalists for North American Car and Truck of the Year announced last week are an expression of bold new designs and capture features that automotive consumers crave -- and four of those vehicles feature sunroof systems from Webasto Roof Systems.The high ratio is a testimony to Webasto's depth and breadth as a designer and supplier of innovative sunroof products. The four vehicles nominated that have optional roof systems supplied by Webasto are:
- Chrysler on Track for Operations Review
- Associated Press/AP Online (12/15/2006)
- AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group remains on target with a review of its operations, including management and strategy, and plans to outline a restructuring by the end of the first quarter, a spokesman said Friday.All options likely remain on the table for a recovery plan, spokesman Mike Aberlich said. DaimlerChrysler announced the review in October after a $1.5 billion operating loss at Chrysler dragged down the automaker's third-quarter profit by 37 percent.
- Looking for Converts: TRUCKS
- Houston Chronicle (12/15/2006)
- Dec. 15--Manufacturers often want their sales folks to take construction manager Charlie Griswold to lunch so they can tell him about the newest tools his crews can use. But a company had never asked the project superintendent for Miner-Dederick if it could bring lunch and its products to the work site so his workers could get a free meal and sales pitch. Last month's opening of Toyota's big truck plant in San Antonio, which builds full-size Tundra trucks, ratcheted up the competition to be the No.
- 2007 Ford Expedition is Ready to Roll
- Tulsa World (12/15/2006)
- Amidst the darkening clouds of uncertain fuel prices and shifting public attitudes, Ford boldly introduces its all-new Expedition for 2007. In appearance, the Expedition appears to h ave retained many of the previous trucks body panels, with the notable exception of the front clip that now features a more prominent hood and a grille with four horizontal bars that, depending on the trim level, are coated in either chrome or paint. More serious changes have taken place underneath the Expeditions skin with an all-new boxed-frame chassis thats 10- percent more resistant to bending and twisting.
- Nissan Chooses Memphis -- Parts Distribution Center to Be Located in Southeast Shelby
- Commercial Appeal, The (12/14/2006)
- Nissan North America is launching a 413,000-square-foot parts distribution center in southeast Shelby county, a move that culminates two years of negotiations.The Japanese-based company, whose North American headquarters were recently relocated to Nashville, signed a lease at Lauth Property Group's Delta Point Business Center, a 127-acre business park just south of Holmes and Getwell.It is unclear how many jobs will be created or when the distribution center will become operational, but local economic development and real estate officials said landing the Nissan distribution center was a coup for the city and Lauth.
- Fuel Fiction
- Intelligencer Journal (12/13/2006)
- Fuel economy numbers have long been about as reliable as long- range weather forecasts. Existing fuel economy numbers - 60 mpg for a Prius and 49 mpg for a Honda Civic hybrid, for example - were computed using 30-year-old tests that simulated a leisurely drive at up to 60 mph in 75-degree weather. For example, Prius numbers could be revised downward from 60 mpg to 42 mpg for highway driving.
- 2007 North American Car and Truck of the Year Finalists Announced
- PRNewswire (12/13/2006)
- DETROIT, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- An international group of automotive journalists has selected the Honda Fit, the Saturn Aura and the Toyota Camry as finalists for the 2007 North American Car of the Year. The Chevrolet Silverado, Ford Edge and Mazda CX-7 are finalists for the 2007 North American Truck of the Year.The results were announced today at a news conference during a luncheon held by the Detroit Economic Club and the North American International Auto Show.
- EPA Putting Fuel Economy to a New Test
- Cincinnati Post (12/12/2006)
- That 55-miles-per-gallon hybrid car you've been eyeing might end up being a 44 mpg car if you wait for the 2008 model.The federal Environmental Protection Agency announced a new system Monday for evaluating fuel economy that will lower mileage estimates for most vehicles.On average, vehicles rated under the 2008 method will post a 12 percent drop in city-driving mileage and an 8 percent decline in highway mileage, said Bill Wehrum, the EPA's acting assistant administrator for air and radiation.
- Green Machine
- Cincinnati Post (12/12/2006)
- TOKYO -- Nissan Motor Co. announced plans Monday to launch a next-generation fuel cell vehicle in the early 2010s in Japan and North America as part of its mid-term environmental strategy.Nissan Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga said at a Tokyo press conference outlining the company's "Nissan Green Program 2010" that, beginning in fiscal year 2010, it will introduce gasoline engine technologies that will both enhance fuel economy and reduce carbon dioxide emissions to the equivalent to diesel engine levels.The company aims to introduce a new fuel-cell vehicle using an improved fuel stack -- the main part of such vehicles -- developed in-house after 2010 that will offer performance on par with gasoline-power automobiles, Shiga said.
- Cars of 2008: A Sneak Peek
- Business Week (12/11/2006)
- If there's one constant question in the auto industry, it's "what's next?" Every new model year creeps further and further onto the previous one's turf, with new vehicles now slated for introduction to the public up and down the calendar.Even a brief survey of some of that model year's announced vehicles confirms that various of this year's trends are likely to continue.
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