Archive for December, 2005

Unless the United Auto Workers union accepts concessions that enable GM to save money right now Trimming the expenditures may be the only thing that can save GM.  In fact, industry analysts predict that their days are numbered unless the expenses go down. Analysts say General Motors faces bankruptcy unless the United Auto Workers union […]

New Car Sales Are Up Finally, a bit of good news from detroit…  Auto sales are up this holiday season due to great rebates and incentives. With car makers upping the ante on manufacturers’ rebates and dealers cutting prices on ’05 models, some local operations are just trying to keep up with the demand. "We’ll […]

Burgeoning Auto Testing Industry Comes to Rural NC The people of Northhampton County, North Carolina have put their minds and money together to build a state-of-the-art automobile testing facility to lure auto makers into testing their newest cars, trucks, and vans in their rural setting.  The center, with a projected cost of $130 million, is […]

For the first time since the 80s, Chevrolet tops Ford in car sales While Chevrolet points to clearance sales and quality improvements as driving the leap over Ford, some industry experts are blaming Ford’s poor performance this year.  Ford’s U.S. sales fell to 2.78 million last year from 3.47 million vehicles in 2000. That was […]