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UAW study chides Nissan for tax breaks at Miss. plant
… organizers attempting to recruit the plant's 5,000 workers. Nissan's Canton plant is nonunion, as are almost all other non- Detroit 3 auto plants in the United States. In recent months, the UAW has enlisted college students, church leaders, civil rights …
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Family-Friendly Nissans (5/17/13)
… summer of 2011. it appears the automaker is making progress in the customer service arena according to an interview with the Detroit news. Weis is GM's customer retention or loyalty rates slipped to around 35%. Before and after the company's 2009 bankruptcy …
progress in the customer service arena according to an interview with the Detroit news. Weis is GM's customer retention or loyalty rates slipped to around 35%. Before and after the company's 2009 bankruptcy. But now
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GM shares return to $33 IPO price on optimism for truck sales
DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- Shares in General Motors topped its $33 initial public offering price for the first time in more than two years …
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Cadillac to offer new twin-turbo V-6 on XTS for 2014
… version of this story incorrectly characterized the horsepower rating in the 2014 Cadillac XTS' twin-turbo V-6 engine. DETROIT -- Cadillac is adding a new 410-hp, twin-turbo 3.6-liter V-6 engine as an option on the XTS sedan for 2014. General …
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Ford to shift Fiesta output to Thailand from Mexico, report says
… production constraints in North America, plans to shift output of the Fiesta subcompact from Mexico to Thailand in 2016, The Detroit News reported today. andnbsp; Fiesta output at Ford's plants in Cuautitlandaacute;n, Mexico, and Chennai, India …
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Audi's Performance Push (5/16/13)
… Through April out these US sales have risen 16%. More than double the industry's From the Chrysler 300 glacier. To a Detroit Red Wings edition of the ram 15100. Chrysler like the package its vehicles in different ways. In the auto makers doing just …
than double the industry's -- From the Chrysler 300 glacier. To a Detroit Red Wings edition of the ram 15100. Chrysler like the package its vehicles in different ways. In the auto makers doing just -
Most Small SUVs Fail Test (5/16/13)
… within it these days because. It takes so much. Good thinking creativity do a contemporary automobile. We spoke with Reid at an automotive press association events in Detroit . Thanks for watching her show will see you Friday morning.
automobile. We spoke with Reid at an automotive press association events in Detroit . Thanks for watching her show will see you Friday morning. -
Detroit 3 research group targets next-gen hybrid, EV batteries
With the U.S. Department of Energy's help, a research group managed by the Detroit 3 is launching a drive to speed development of next-generation battery technologies for hybrids and electric vehicles, the department …
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How GM and Nissan avoided a UAW thorn
… over the unfamiliar Mexican city name. But the city's name might as well be pronounced "No-es-un-UAW-issue." The Detroit 3 are prohibited by UAW agreement from sourcing vehicles in the United States from non-UAW factories. Nissan is a powerhouse …
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Fiat mulls U.S. headquarters after Chrysler merger, report says
… headquarters in Turin at the Lingotto building, which opened in the 1920s after founder Giovanni Agnelli visited Ford Motor Co.'s Detroit -area plants, the people said. Auto production at the complex stopped in the 1980s. Fiat, Italy's biggest private …
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Fiat mulls U.S. headquarters after Chrysler merger, report says
… headquarters in Turin at the Lingotto building, which opened in the 1920s after founder Giovanni Agnelli visited Ford Motor Co.'s Detroit -area plants, the people said. Auto production at the complex stopped in the 1980s. Fiat, Italy's biggest private …
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Americans, especially young, continue to drive less, report says
DETROIT -- Americans, in a worrisome sign for automakers, continue to drive less, with more and more younger people choosing to forgo …
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GM to rebadge Nissan's small commercial vans for Chevy
… aging, full-sized commercial vans, a segment where the Detroit 3 have held sway for decades. Piece of the action GM's fleet ..... is not the first time Nissan has partnered with one of the Detroit 3 on a product. In 1989, Nissan and Ford teamed up to co …
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Nissan plans potentially polarizing changes to top-selling Qashqai
… here and there." Nissan hinted at its future plans for the crossover segment with the Resonance concept that debuted at the Detroit auto show in January. Nissan says the Resonance "is meant to be provocative, energetic and engaging andndash; even polarizing …
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Michigan couple appeal sentence in GM trade-secret case
DETROIT -- A Michigan couple sentenced to prison for stealing General Motors hybrid ..... as an engineer for GM's Advanced Technology Vehicles Group in suburban Detroit , copied 16,262 documents covering hybrid vehicles on a thumb drive about …
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GM CFO: Cadillac won't chase 'volume at all costs'
DETROIT -- General Motors' CFO says Cadillac will steer clear of what he sees as a "volume-at-all-costs mentality" among competitors …
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Detroit Perception Picks Up (5/13/13)
Perception power Detroit auto makers big surprise if quality survey. The results coming up. Hope you had a nice weekend I'm Tom war effect for the first …
Perception power Detroit auto makers -- big surprise if -- -- quality survey. The results coming up. Hope you had a nice weekend I'm Tom -
GM says new data centers will improve vehicles, margins
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co. said it is investing $546 million in ..... The largest U.S. automaker unveiled a $288 million data center in the Detroit suburb of Warren on Monday, which went online in January. Construction …
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Akerson sees GM profits streaming from in-vehicle connections
DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- One of the first things Dan Akerson did as CEO of General Motors Co. in 2010 was dive into the automaker's …
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Where Automakers Fall Short (5/13/13)
… The general forward movement has indeed hasn't stopped. That's a change from a few years back specifically when the Detroit three you were making big strides. A reason for the style. No one seems to have a consistent. Plan. That this focus on …
stopped. That's a change from a few years back specifically when the Detroit three you were making big strides. A reason for the style. No one seems to have a consistent. Plan. That this focus
