Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - (Page 41) SEPTEMBER 22, 2008 • 41 Scheduled plant overtime Plant Plant closings Plant Week(s) Units lost down per week x x Chrysler LLC Belvidere, Ill. Sterling Heights, Mich. car car 9/22-9/27‡ Chrysler LLC Toledo (Ohio) Supplier Park 9/22 2,475 Ford Motor Co. Twin Cities (St. Paul, Minn.) Wayne, Mich. truck car Ford Motor Co. 9/22-9/27‡ Chicago 9/22 2,375 x x 9/22-9/27‡ General Motors Oshawa (Ontario) Car (Line 1)† Oshawa (Ontario) Truck until Oct. 19 3,925 General Motors Fairfax (Kansas City, Kan.) Lordstown, Ohio Orion Township, Mich. car car car x x x 9/22-9/27‡ Nissan Canton, Miss.* 9/22 1,500 ‡Overtime worked during the week could be daily, Saturday or both. †Down for changeover until 4th quarter of 2008 to install flex line and add Chevrolet Camaro *Down 1 day, truck side only Source: Automotive News Data Center and company sources Nissan Smyrna, Tenn. truck Ford Motor Co. is scheduled to start building the 2009 Ford F series in Dearborn, Mich., this week. The plant has been down for changeover since mid-July. x North America car and truck production 9/159/20/08† 9/19/20/08† 1/19/20/08† Unless noted vehicles are cars and assembled in the United States. 9/159/20/08† 9/19/20/08† 1/19/20/08† 1/19/22/07 1/19/22/07 9/159/20/08† 9/19/20/08† 1/19/20/08† 1/19/22/07 AM GENERAL Hummer H2 (trk.) 161 Ford Mustang 2,171 Mazda Mazda6 sedan 1,963 Mazda Mazda6 hatchback 0 Mazda Mazda6 wagon 0 AUTOALLIANCE 4,134 Z4 Coupe 0 Z4 Roadster 0 X5 (trk.) 2,639 X6 (trk.) 1,053 Total U.S. car 0 Total U.S. truck 3,692 BMW MFG. CORP.‡ 3,692 Chevrolet Equinox (trk.) 1,974 Pontiac Torrent (trk.) 691 Suzuki XL7 (trk.) 255 CAMI 2,920 300 (Can.) 840 PT Cruiser (Mex.) 1,225 PT Cruiser convertible (Mex.) 0 Sebring 974 Sebring convertible 253 Aspen (trk.) 0 Pacifica (Can. trk.) 0 Town & Country (trk.) 146 Town & Country (Can. trk.) 1,973 Total Chrysler Division 5,411 Avenger 1,718 Caliber 2,089 Challenger (Can.) 1,051 Charger (Can.) 2,701 Magnum (Can.) 0 Viper 30 Dakota (trk.) 223 Durango (trk.) 0 Grand Caravan/Caravan (trk.) 919 Gr. Caravan/Caravan (Can. trk.) 2,573 Journey (Mex. trk.) 3,100 Nitro (trk.) 233 Ram (trk., 2008 model) 0 Ram (trk., 2009 model) 1,885 Ram (Mex. trk.) 2,552 Sprinter (trk.)† 238 Total Dodge 19,312 Commander (trk.) 0 Compass (trk.) 1,199 Grand Cherokee (trk.) 0 Liberty (trk.) 978 Patriot (trk.) 2,329 Wrangler (trk.) 1,144 Wrangler Unlimited 4-door (trk.) 1,332 Total Jeep 6,982 Total Chrysler group 31,705 Mitsubishi Raider 0 Volkswagen Routan (Can. trk.) 899 Total U.S. car 5,064 Total Canada car 4,592 Total Mexico car 1,225 Total U.S. truck 10,626 Total Canada truck 5,445 Total Mexico truck 5,652 CHRYSLER LLC* 32,604 DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG* 0 Crown Victoria (Can.) 1,437 Fiesta Ikon (Mex.) 0 Five Hundred 0 Focus 5,148 Fusion (Mex.) 4,401 New Taurus 1,349 E series, Econoline (trk.) 2,157 Edge (Can. trk.) 1,913 Escape (trk.) 3,435 Expedition (trk.) 734 Explorer (trk.) 1,357 F series (trk.) 893 F-series Heritage (Mex. trk.) 933 F-series Super Duty (trk.) 2,686 F-series chassis (trk.) 13 Flex (Can. trk.) 1,831 Freestyle (trk.) 0 Ranger (trk.) 2,148 Taurus X (trk.) 619 Total Ford brand 31,054 MKS 1,580 MKZ (Mex.) 894 Town Car 0 Town Car (Can.) 194 Mark LT (trk.) 0 MKX (Can. trk.) 432 Navigator (trk.) 203 Total Lincoln 3,303 Grand Marquis (Can.) 593 Milan (Mex.) 606 Montego 0 Sable 405 Mariner (trk.) 672 Mountaineer (trk.) 44 Total Mercury 2,320 B series (trk.) 95 Tribute (trk.) 276 Total Mazda 371 Total U.S. car 8,482 Total Canada car 2,224 Total Mexico car 5,901 449 5,045 9,606 6,066 84,922 118,997 5,472 44,867 32,046 0 1,564 4,701 0 0 706 11,538 131,353 156,450 0 1,474 5,156 17 8,201 16,648 7,230 95,009 93,377 2,828 24,479 0 17 9,675 21,804 10,058 119,488 93,377 10,075 129,163 115,181 5,511 72,646 75,338 1,924 26,981 29,984 710 11,969 24,502 8,145 111,596 129,824 2,348 48,221 86,166 3,662 45,663 76,084 0 0 10,022 2,720 41,279 62,037 705 22,846 25,658 848 18,944 20,204 0 0 71,847 407 10,214 19,805 5,519 105,209 64,943 16,209 292,376 436,766 4,798 64,112 95,576 5,833 97,519 129,366 2,712 13,968 0 7,547 94,100 83,871 0 4,733 18,168 84 1,314 24 480 24,462 41,992 1,336 18,540 39,359 2,530 50,130 82,162 7,087 78,144 37,242 9,267 95,485 0 698 30,865 94,087 0 113,661 173,704 4,647 10,938 0 7,629 76,449 131,818 664 13,291 13,011 55,312 787,711 940,380 571 16,014 45,287 3,350 38,512 55,489 1,535 52,500 93,475 2,731 66,250 69,063 6,508 69,482 75,728 3,196 40,922 45,578 3,722 65,112 67,797 21,613 348,792 452,417 93,134 1,428,879 1,829,563 0 4,003 3,810 1,983 3,197 0 14,140 227,070 312,661 12,607 161,022 188,205 3,662 45,663 86,106 33,223 643,840 940,551 14,589 186,550 174,032 16,896 171,934 131,818 95,117 1,436,079 1,833,373 0 0 1,570,164 4,007 47,819 51,306 0 0 5,771 0 0 13,349 14,400 171,680 126,275 13,176 147,883 130,967 3,772 38,102 36,792 3,879 101,402 137,312 5,343 101,164 129,938 9,605 155,056 149,401 2,026 38,789 81,492 1,357 74,060 124,621 2,178 252,230 376,970 2,785 28,170 26,720 7,512 156,625 246,146 35 3,460 7,583 5,114 30,241 0 0 0 11,564 6,007 70,850 70,531 1,731 18,715 18,456 82,927 1,436,246 1,745,194 4,420 14,349 0 2,676 28,179 26,051 0 0 21,478 542 14,679 0 0 4,823 7,919 1,207 26,520 36,265 563 11,282 21,333 9,408 99,832 113,046 1,653 22,303 38,305 1,813 24,576 28,443 0 0 4,041 1,134 10,850 12,803 1,880 27,375 27,129 44 8,756 20,888 6,524 93,860 131,609 266 3,518 4,618 773 12,827 17,647 1,039 16,345 22,265 23,726 234,981 214,738 6,202 84,801 89,611 17,665 200,638 191,232 Total U.S. truck 15,332 Total Canada truck 4,176 Total Mexico truck 933 FORD MOTOR CO. 37,048 LaCrosse/Allure (Can.) 1,266 Lucerne 1,241 Enclave (trk.) 1,202 Rainier (trk.) 0 Terraza (trk.) 0 Total Buick 3,709 CTS (2007 model) 0 CTS (2008 model) 1,814 DTS 759 STS 274 XLR 34 Escalade (trk.) 726 Escalade ESV (trk.) 300 Escalade EXT (Mex. trk.) 53 SRX (trk.) 272 Total Cadillac 4,232 Aveo (Mex.) 1,221 Camaro (Can.) 0 Chevy C2 (Mex.) 1,822 Cobalt 5,886 Corvette 634 HHR (Mex.) 2,783 Impala (Can.) 7,289 Classic/Malibu 0 Malibu 5,631 Monte Carlo (Can.) 0 Avalanche (Mex. trk.) 242 Captiva Sport (Mex. trk.) 496 Colorado (trk.) 1,138 Express (trk.) 2,287 Medium (trk.) 272 Medium (Mex. trk.) 0 Silverado (trk.) 5,320 Silverado (Can. trk.) 0 Silverado/Cheyenne (Mex. trk.) 1,962 Suburban (trk.) 575 Suburban (Mex. trk.) 74 Tahoe (trk.) 1,517 TrailBlazer (trk.) 0 Traverse (trk.) 410 Uplander (trk.) 1,501 Total Chevrolet 41,060 Acadia (trk.) 2,174 Canyon (trk.) 277 Envoy (trk.) 0 Medium (trk.) 360 Savana (trk.) 1,002 Sierra (trk.) 1,938 Sierra (Can. trk.) 0 Sierra (Mex. trk.) 532 Yukon (trk.) 1,266 Yukon XL (trk.) 797 Yukon XL (Mex. trk.) 25 Total GMC 8,371 H3 (trk.) 550 H3 SUT (trk.) 94 Total Hummer 644 Ascender (trk.) 0 i-280, i-350 pickup (trk.) 0 Medium (trk.) 14 Total Isuzu 14 Opel GT roadster 27 G5/Pursuit 1,352 G6 5,613 Grand Prix (Can.) 0 Solstice 261 Montana SV6 (trk.) 614 Total Pontiac 7,840 Saab 9-7X (trk.) 0 Aura 1,552 Ion 0 Sky 223 Outlook (trk.) 737 Relay (trk.) 0 Vue (trk.) 0 Vue (Mex. trk.) 1,931 Total Saturn 4,443 Total U.S. car 25,301 Total Canada car 8,555 Total Mexico car 5,826 Total U.S. truck 25,343 Total Canada truck 0 Total Mexico truck 5,315 GENERAL MOTORS 70,340 CSX (Can.) 0 TL 640 MDX (Can. trk.) 1,417 RDX (trk.) 513 Total Acura 2,570 Accord 7,519 Accord (Mex.) 0 Civic 1,918 Civic (Can.) 6,189 CR-V (trk.) 2,568 CR-V (Mex trk.) 1,063 Element (trk.) 652 Odyssey (trk.) 2,923 Pilot (trk.) 3,040 Pilot (Can. trk.) 0 Ridgeline (Can. trk.) 327 Total Honda Division 26,199 37,856 939,768 1,323,610 11,664 157,925 166,203 2,785 28,170 26,720 99,898 1,646,283 2,012,114 3,465 37,767 35,859 3,471 41,502 63,819 3,381 43,034 22,416 0 0 2,561 0 0 3,144 10,317 122,303 127,799 0 0 22,710 5,073 66,703 12,824 2,122 25,532 41,590 765 13,432 14,525 96 1,316 1,015 2,030 21,545 29,110 839 10,046 11,034 105 4,097 5,657 761 14,647 16,412 11,791 157,318 154,877 3,636 12,919 0 0 0 0 5,441 47,162 48,281 16,462 175,742 167,767 1,773 24,964 27,444 8,296 69,445 74,553 19,945 216,382 245,766 0 0 91,546 15,749 173,530 0 0 0 10,889 484 24,146 43,126 1,482 10,651 0 3,182 45,567 64,729 6,417 62,539 89,707 760 5,524 8,994 0 1,589 2,350 14,876 167,024 336,941 1,956 60,312 166,887 4,440 71,163 66,957 1,466 22,492 20,208 122 7,417 14,106 4,044 71,528 129,107 4,441 56,813 112,377 865 1,699 0 4,198 62,857 63,433 120,035 1,391,465 1,785,168 6,113 66,064 72,769 774 12,795 16,836 1,572 19,089 36,458 956 11,531 16,759 2,811 22,384 23,508 5,420 63,995 112,697 1,188 33,656 67,369 1,063 21,607 18,438 3,226 36,785 54,664 1,714 24,324 29,062 37 7,071 20,449 24,874 319,301 469,009 1,538 13,920 37,742 181 406 0 1,719 14,326 37,742 0 310 2,274 0 701 2,926 39 351 546 39 1,362 5,746 75 3,091 2,899 3,782 41,071 42,399 15,699 129,898 101,426 0 0 73,787 729 6,230 18,865 1,717 20,100 14,962 21,927 197,299 251,439 166 1,974 3,995 4,340 48,965 47,354 0 0 27,502 624 7,275 10,488 2,074 17,555 33,215 0 0 5 0 0 16,929 5,780 65,085 38,080 12,818 138,880 173,573 70,760 759,251 694,173 23,410 254,149 366,301 17,373 129,526 122,834 75,561 897,599 1,385,520 3,144 93,968 234,256 13,513 212,826 209,163 203,761 2,347,319 3,012,247 0 1,448 1,939 1,792 32,811 50,341 3,944 52,184 48,118 1,420 20,452 17,052 7,156 106,895 117,450 21,049 281,868 262,479 0 0 15,784 5,369 88,605 117,972 17,229 209,894 176,807 7,345 71,059 35,951 3,184 37,748 354 1,804 17,986 25,028 8,090 126,732 148,988 8,415 94,094 84,531 0 0 16,867 910 20,069 42,681 73,395 948,055 927,442 Total U.S. car 10,077 Total Canada car 6,189 Total Mexico car 0 Total U.S. truck 9,696 Total Canada truck 1,744 Total Mexico truck 1,063 HONDA 28,769 Sonata 3,954 Santa Fe (trk.) 1,933 HYUNDAI 5,887 GL class (trk.) 812 M class (trk.) 2,244 R class (trk.) 301 MERCEDES-BENZ* 3,357 Eclipse 823 Eclipse convertible 295 Galant 55 Endeavor (trk.) 42 Total U.S. car 1,173 Total U.S. truck 42 MITSUBISHI MOTOR MFG. 1,215 Infiniti QX56 (trk.) 166 Altima coupe 1,129 Altima sedan 6,841 Maxima 1,498 Platina (Mex.) 89 Sentra (2007, Mex.) 2,977 Tiida (Mex.) 589 Tsuru (Mex.) 1,779 Versa (Mex.) 4,22 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Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Automotive News - September 22, 2008 Credit-crunched BMW to cut volume and jobs in U.S. Did dealer pitch have a catch? Henderson will keynote World Congress Suppliers: Chrysler jury a worry Learn how going green can be good for business Hyundai hesitates on i10 Ram launches with incentive Dodge RamBox cost: $1,895 Toyota seeks bids to build A-BAT Volt: A pricey short hauler? A horse of a different, uh, color Delphi work moves to N.Y. from plant in Mexico GM store count down 226 so far this year Bill Heard shuts Arizona dealership Would Mazda2 hurt Mazda3? Chrysler dealers may see Volt fighter GM gets more bucks for its 4-bangers GM's '09 list prices rise 2.7% Suppliers seek piece of loan package Don't attach too many strings to federal loans Cars run on money and credit, not gas The workplace is a democracy? Free Choice Act must be defeated Extreme makeover Logo no go A 4-cylinder Cadillac? Get real A double standard on idle workers? Free Choice Act means no choice Saccucci: Let's hear it for free enterprise Dealers signal support for 35% estate tax rate Dealers Designing for MPG Slippery styling What happened to Volt's racy design? Aerodynamics Belletech will supply Honda in Indiana Practicality will top panache at Paris show Chrysler seeks to build loyalty with service Band buddies Personnel Auction group's new boss sees dip in volumes Wholesale prices of big used trucks rise 8.6% in August Big-truck sales off 22.6% in Aug. August sales in Europe worse than in U.S. Honda will let supplier assemble on-site at Ohio plant Farley: Retool image for era of the small car O'Donnell: No stranger to U.S. Honda to debut camera, airbag American Axle lands contract Ex-Ford dealer prevails in court Dodge plans Web blitz for Ram Federal-Mogul will idle 4,000 Sparks will fly over GM, Toyota plug-ins Negotiations fail; chaos (allegedly) ensues Bo plays defense, helps GM avoid weather woes Critics say the new Volt was jolt Lithium, schmithium-- Will the ladies like it? Small and beautiful-- mutually exclusive? Where Andrea Pininfarina saw design headed Designers think small to make it big Designers can't ignore history Pretty and petite Toyota goes its own way with green designs The elements of style It's difficult to design fuel efficiency into big pickups Specialty-car maker has bright design ideas Form follows fashion Vehicle designers aim to please Chinese Suppliers to the 2009 Dodge Ram Eaton will equip '09 VW Golf IAV to move into new tech center BorgWarner makes Tesla deal Mann plans 4th China plant NovaCast buys into Korean firm Valeo shifts rear-light work Supplier personnel Automotive News - September 22, 2008 Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - (Page Intro) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - (Page BB1) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - (Page BB2) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - (Page Cover1) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - (Page Cover2) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Ram launches with incentive (Page 3) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - A horse of a different, uh, color (Page 4) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - A horse of a different, uh, color (Page 5) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Chrysler dealers may see Volt fighter (Page 6) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Chrysler dealers may see Volt fighter (Page 7) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Suppliers seek piece of loan package (Page 8) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Suppliers seek piece of loan package (Page 9) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Suppliers seek piece of loan package (Page 10) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Suppliers seek piece of loan package (Page 11) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Free Choice Act must be defeated (Page 12) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Free Choice Act must be defeated (Page 13) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Saccucci: Let's hear it for free enterprise (Page 14) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Saccucci: Let's hear it for free enterprise (Page 15) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Dealers (Page 16) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Designing for MPG (Page 17) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Slippery styling (Page 18) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Slippery styling (Page 19) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Slippery styling (Page 20) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Slippery styling (Page 21) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - What happened to Volt's racy design? 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(Page 22X) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Belletech will supply Honda in Indiana (Page 23) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Practicality will top panache at Paris show (Page 24) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Practicality will top panache at Paris show (Page 25) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Practicality will top panache at Paris show (Page 26) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Practicality will top panache at Paris show (Page 27) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Personnel (Page 28) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Personnel (Page 29) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Wholesale prices of big used trucks rise 8.6% in August (Page 30) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Wholesale prices of big used trucks rise 8.6% in August (Page 31) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Wholesale prices of big used trucks rise 8.6% in August (Page 32) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Wholesale prices of big used trucks rise 8.6% in August (Page 33) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Wholesale prices of big used trucks rise 8.6% in August (Page 34) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Big-truck sales off 22.6% in Aug. (Page 35) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - August sales in Europe worse than in U.S. (Page 36) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Farley: Retool image for era of the small car (Page 37) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - O'Donnell: No stranger to U.S. (Page 38) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Federal-Mogul will idle 4,000 (Page 39) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Federal-Mogul will idle 4,000 (Page 40) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Federal-Mogul will idle 4,000 (Page 41) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Lithium, schmithium-- Will the ladies like it? (Page 42) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Lithium, schmithium-- Will the ladies like it? (Page Cover3) Automotive News - September 22, 2008 - Lithium, schmithium-- Will the ladies like it? (Page Cover4)
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