Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - (Page 37) JULY 21, 2008 • 37 Scheduled plant overtime Plant General Motors 7/21-7/26‡ Fairfax (Kansas City, Kan.) car Lansing Delta (Delta Township, Mich.) truck Lordstown, Ohio car Orion Township, Mich. car x x x x 7/21-7/26‡ Newark, Del. Saltillo, Mexico Jefferson North (Detroit) Toledo, Ohio (North) Windsor, Ontario 7/21 7/21 7/21 7/21 7/21 1,625 2,700 2,400 3,950 6,725 1,775 2,975 3,600 3,275 3,400 June output falls 13.8% In June, North America light-vehicle production fell to 1,214,154 units, down 13.8 percent from June 2007. The last time June production fell below 1.3 million units was 1998. This June, U.S. car production fell 6.3 percent; Canada car output fell 15.6 percent; Mexico car output fell 6.1 percent; and North America car output fell 8.3 percent. U.S. truck output fell 23.1 percent; Canada truck output rose 5.3 percent; Mexico truck production was down 0.4 percent; and North America truck production fell 18.1 percent. U.S. light-vehicle output was down 17.1 percent; Canada output fell 7.4 percent, and Mexico production fell 4.1 percent. — Debi Domby Unless noted vehicles are cars and assembled in the United States. Ford Motor Co. Michigan Truck (Wayne, Mich.) until Aug. 24 Dearborn, Truck** until Aug. 28 Kentucky Truck (Louisville, Ky.) 7/21 Avon Lake, Ohio 7/21 Ford Motor Co. Wayne, Mich. car x 7/21-7/26‡ Nissan Smyrna, Tenn. truck General Motors x Arlington, Texas Janesville, Wis. Oshawa (Ontario) Car (Line 1)† 7/21 7/21 Plant closings Plant Brampton, Ontario** St. Louis (South)‡‡ Warren, Mich. Week(s) Units lost down per week Nissan Canton, Miss.* Aguascalientes, Mexico†† 7/21 300 ‡Overtime worked during the week could be daily, Saturday or both. **Changeover ‡‡Parts shortage †Down for changeover until 4th quarter of 2008 to install flex line and add Chevrolet Camaro *Down 1 day, truck side only ††Summer shutdown Source: Automotive News Data Center and company sources Chrysler LLC 7/21 7/21 7/21 2,200 4,650 North America car and truck production 7/147/19/08† June total 1/17/19/08† 1/17/21/07 7/147/19/08† June total 1/17/19/08† 1/17/21/07 7/147/19/08† June total 1/17/19/08† 1/17/21/07 AM GENERAL Hummer H2 (trk.) 292 Ford Mustang 0 Mazda Mazda6 sedan 0 Mazda Mazda6 hatchback 0 Mazda Mazda6 wagon 0 AUTOALLIANCE 0 Z4 Coupe 20 Z4 Roadster 170 X5 (trk.) 2,315 X6 (trk.) 841 Total U.S. car 190 Total U.S. truck 3,156 BMW MFG. CORP.‡ 3,346 Chevrolet Equinox (trk.) 1,705 Pontiac Torrent (trk.) 650 Suzuki XL-7 (trk.) 29 CAMI 2,384 300 (Can.) 0 PT Cruiser (Mex.) 0 PT Cruiser convertible (Mex.) 0 Sebring 0 Sebring convertible 0 Aspen (trk.) 0 Pacifica (Can. trk.) 0 Town & Country (trk.) 0 Town & Country (Can. trk.) 0 Total Chrysler Division 0 Avenger 0 Caliber 0 Challenger (Can.) 0 Charger (Can.) 0 Magnum (Can.) 0 Viper 0 Dakota (trk.) 0 Durango (trk.) 0 Grand Caravan/Caravan (trk.) 0 Gr. Caravan/Caravan (Can. trk.) 0 Journey (Mex. trk.) 0 Nitro (trk.) 0 Ram (trk., 2008 model) 0 Ram (trk., 2009 model) 0 Ram (Mex. trk.) 0 Sprinter (trk.)† 426 Total Dodge 426 Commander (trk.) 0 Compass (trk.) 0 Grand Cherokee (trk.) 0 Liberty (trk.) 0 Patriot (trk.) 0 Wrangler ( trk.) 0 Wrangler Unlimited 4-door (trk.) 0 Total Jeep 0 Total Chrysler group 426 Mitsubishi Raider 0 Volkswagen Routan (Can. trk.) 0 Total U.S. car 0 Total Canada car 0 Total Mexico car 0 Total U.S. truck 426 Total Canada truck 0 Total Mexico truck 0 CHRYSLER LLC*† 426 DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG* 0 Crown Victoria (Can.) 0 Fiesta Ikon (Mex.) 0 Five Hundred 0 Focus 0 Fusion (Mex.) 0 New Taurus 0 E series, Econoline (trk.) 0 Edge (Can. trk.) 0 Escape (trk.) 4,309 Expedition (trk.) 0 Explorer (trk.) 0 F series (trk.) 4,162 F-series Heritage (Mex. trk.) 0 F-series Super Duty (trk.) 0 F-series chassis (trk.) 0 Flex (Can. trk.) 0 Freestyle (trk.) 0 Ranger (trk.) 0 Taurus X (trk.) 0 Total Ford brand 8,471 MKS 0 MKZ (Mex.) 0 Town Car 0 Town Car (Can.) 0 Mark LT (trk.) 0 MKX (Can. trk.) 0 Navigator (trk.) 0 Total Lincoln 0 Grand Marquis (Can.) 0 Milan (Mex.) 0 Montego 0 Sable 0 Mariner (trk.) 664 Mountaineer (trk.) 0 Total Mercury 664 B series (trk.) 0 Tribute (trk.) 278 Total Mazda 278 Total U.S. car 0 Total Canada car 0 638 3,347 6,901 14,061 64,300 85,136 1,737 28,630 25,493 0 1,564 3,684 0 0 572 15,798 94,494 114,885 162 1,135 4,202 713 7,109 13,402 10,049 72,271 67,506 3,694 16,137 0 875 8,244 17,604 13,743 88,408 67,506 14,618 96,652 85,110 7,413 56,465 51,860 2,958 21,530 20,138 769 8,523 17,873 11,140 86,518 89,871 6,236 42,315 72,828 5,809 33,683 61,298 0 0 9,501 4,325 32,090 48,502 3,126 22,495 17,310 2,826 16,965 16,579 0 0 51,447 832 7,957 19,749 15,268 93,878 46,043 38,422 249,383 343,257 5,810 49,706 72,552 13,286 79,302 100,220 3,799 6,576 0 13,516 78,345 73,390 0 4,732 14,393 175 1,042 12 4,460 22,761 32,715 2,072 16,204 33,618 8,389 42,230 79,882 12,634 69,586 32,436 12,990 68,997 0 5,329 30,678 70,502 21,271 105,129 133,484 51 240 0 8,705 63,860 96,262 1,482 11,876 9,364 113,969 651,264 748,830 2,487 15,650 36,115 5,496 29,885 44,123 7,491 47,489 72,245 11,143 62,258 53,816 9,773 52,939 49,412 5,319 31,190 34,334 8,539 54,273 51,034 50,248 293,684 341,079 202,639 1,194,331 1,433,166 945 4,948 3,810 15 87 0 26,722 184,635 238,596 23,551 131,968 160,611 5,809 33,683 70,799 97,905 552,672 740,782 27,917 163,551 129,926 21,695 132,857 96,262 203,599 1,199,366 1,436,976 0 0 1,526,244 6,996 38,336 42,378 0 0 4,247 0 0 13,349 23,510 128,211 105,344 18,819 107,569 90,263 4,632 29,264 18,959 15,170 88,897 105,133 7,413 84,701 98,397 18,258 131,823 110,256 4,543 36,763 64,993 7,202 63,749 100,109 27,940 249,454 281,390 4,284 19,571 19,240 12,475 135,840 193,432 364 3,480 5,451 7,279 11,365 0 0 0 11,564 9,611 51,675 49,513 2,567 14,587 3,937 171,063 1,195,285 1,317,955 1,400 1,947 0 4,028 19,903 17,868 0 0 21,478 1,799 13,016 0 492 4,898 6,467 2,473 22,578 28,365 1,034 10,719 16,905 11,226 73,061 91,083 2,983 18,413 28,708 4,026 19,338 19,782 0 0 4,041 2,282 8,057 5,707 2,815 22,043 19,184 450 8,158 15,657 12,556 76,009 93,079 320 2,900 3,602 1,176 10,303 14,097 1,496 13,203 17,699 31,824 167,479 168,878 11,778 69,765 71,086 Total Mexico car 0 Total U.S. truck 9,413 Total Canada truck 0 Total Mexico truck 0 FORD MOTOR CO. 9,413 LaCrosse/Allure (Can.) 1,200 Lucerne 1,624 Enclave (trk.) 1,627 Rainier (trk.) 0 Terraza (trk.) 0 Total Buick 4,451 CTS (2007 model) 0 CTS (2008 model) 2,010 DTS 916 STS 330 XLR 38 Escalade (trk.) 608 Escalade ESV (trk.) 257 Escalade EXT (Mex. trk.) 72 SRX (trk.) 510 Total Cadillac 4,741 Chevy C2 (Mex.) 1,445 Cobalt 4,720 Corvette 714 HHR (Mex.) 1,821 Impala (Can.) 7,031 Classic/Malibu 0 Malibu 5,698 Monte Carlo (Can.) 0 Avalanche (Mex. trk.) 680 Captiva Sport (Mex. trk.) 366 Colorado (trk.) 1,632 Express (trk.) 2,586 Medium (trk.) 255 Medium (Mex. trk.) 74 Silverado (trk.) 6,234 Silverado (Can. trk.) 3,030 Silverado/Cheyenne (Mex. trk.) 2,291 Suburban (trk.) 787 Suburban (Mex. trk.) 382 Tahoe (trk.) 3,404 TrailBlazer (trk.) 3,191 Uplander (trk.) 1,753 Total Chevrolet 48,094 Acadia (trk.) 2,068 Canyon (trk.) 389 Envoy (trk.) 1,140 Medium (trk.) 385 Savana (trk.) 1,028 Sierra (trk.) 2,611 Sierra (Can. trk.) 1,455 Sierra (Mex. trk.) 869 Yukon (trk.) 1,579 Yukon XL (trk.) 789 Yukon XL (Mex. trk.) 413 Total GMC 12,726 Hummer H3 (trk.) 598 Ascender (trk.) 31 i-280, i-350 pickup (trk.) 0 Medium (trk.) 14 Total Isuzu 45 Opel GT roadster 92 G5/Pursuit 1,416 G6 3,251 Grand Prix (Can.) 0 Solstice 141 Montana SV6 (trk.) 586 Total Pontiac 5,394 Saab 9-7X (trk.) 131 Aura 1,502 Ion 0 Sky 259 Outlook (trk.) 574 Relay (trk.) 0 Vue (trk.) 0 Vue (Mex. trk.) 1,994 Total Saturn 4,329 Total U.S. car 22,711 Total Canada car 8,231 Total Mexico car 3,266 Total U.S. truck 34,767 Total Canada truck 4,485 Total Mexico truck 7,141 GENERAL MOTORS 80,601 CSX (Can.) 24 TL 1,213 MDX (Can. trk.) 1,442 RDX (trk.) 509 Total Acura 3,188 Accord 7,390 Accord (Mex.) 0 Civic 2,120 Civic (Can.) 6,078 CR-V (trk.) 2,095 CR-V (Mex trk.) 1,094 Element (trk.) 544 Odyssey (trk.) 3,269 Pilot (trk.) 3,471 Pilot (Can. trk.) 0 Ridgeline (Can. trk.) 444 Total Honda Division 26,505 Total U.S. car 10,723 Total Canada car 6,102 26,873 146,810 132,160 104,417 835,289 1,001,690 17,165 118,644 126,762 4,284 19,571 19,240 196,341 1,357,558 1,519,816 4,800 26,937 25,114 6,496 30,237 46,933 6,509 31,302 12,624 0 0 2,561 0 0 3,144 17,805 88,476 90,376 0 0 23,529 8,040 48,009 0 3,665 18,711 30,691 1,318 10,611 10,926 151 953 823 2,433 17,264 21,756 1,028 8,290 7,811 429 3,684 4,063 2,039 11,165 11,926 19,103 118,687 111,525 5,311 28,600 35,431 18,881 126,420 126,834 2,856 18,951 20,495 7,284 43,526 52,463 28,125 153,168 183,296 0 0 70,664 22,789 127,261 0 0 0 10,889 2,383 21,669 30,205 1,204 6,537 0 6,527 37,762 47,256 10,342 38,736 62,759 1,019 3,138 6,382 262 1,480 1,716 24,932 116,928 258,071 12,119 45,543 128,046 7,337 57,459 50,668 3,147 19,829 14,337 887 6,769 9,199 13,616 64,924 94,271 12,763 38,181 82,001 7,012 47,198 45,065 188,796 1,004,079 1,330,048 8,271 45,333 51,670 1,557 10,438 11,820 4,560 12,372 23,933 1,540 8,226 13,603 4,113 15,272 18,108 10,443 44,443 84,136 5,819 24,589 50,995 2,275 17,093 12,337 6,312 30,904 39,480 3,153 21,254 20,669 1,096 6,459 13,875 49,139 236,383 340,626 2,393 9,085 27,673 123 341 1,860 0 701 1,904 54 191 488 177 1,233 4,252 369 2,938 2,291 5,665 30,298 32,470 13,002 89,527 66,732 0 0 52,674 564 4,140 14,653 2,343 13,476 12,035 21,574 137,441 178,564 523 1,146 2,842 6,009 34,553 31,002 0 0 27,502 1,035 5,513 7,496 2,295 10,561 25,362 0 0 5 0 0 16,929 7,066 48,131 26,268 16,405 98,758 134,564 90,840 548,122 513,041 32,925 180,105 271,973 12,595 72,126 87,894 139,047 658,460 1,022,481 17,938 70,132 179,041 22,939 169,281 148,331 316,284 1,698,226 2,222,761 95 1,496 1,486 4,793 27,703 37,490 5,736 39,794 36,425 2,040 14,711 11,679 12,664 83,704 87,080 29,206 212,283 207,972 0 0 13,258 8,378 70,390 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Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Automotive News - July 21, 2008 Automotive News - July 21, 2008 Gray sky, not blue; store values wilt Sour Chery: Bricklin suit claims corruption Germans in U.S. eye VW work S.C. warranty insurer faces shutdown LaNeve: Make do with less marketing money Tesla CAFE: 244 mpg Lincoln's big crossover Schaeffler goes shopping: Can supplier land Continental? Dealers cut, shift their ad spending Truck for the times? Oklahoma pickup gets 37 mpg For Chrysler sensations, glory days are gone Kuzak: Redone Fords must have best fuel economy The Fisher brothers: Quite a body of work Kazamai concept: Mazda's design heard round the world 3 years later, Mitsubishi, UAW resume contract talks Big-pickup production will plunge Nason's NHTSA: More rules, fewer penalties A vote for the Volt Hyundai: Genesis gives brand a new beginning in luxury GM may survive; to thrive, it needs hot products GM just bought some time Green can be cool; it's up to the maker Why don't we drive diesels in the U.S.? Hooray! Joint effort stops airbag deaths All-Stars: Look beyond top brass Leno was right about U.S. cars Toyota recalls Siennas, disputes safety issue This time, the industry embraces connectivity Telematics connects with consumers Telematics gets no respect — the word, that is Tapping mapping for an extra eye on the road Drivers can check CO2 'tire print' Pay As You Drive insurance tracks cars to trim costs Subscribers, sponsors may fund telematics services Big-truck sales fall 14% in June Continental plant to make brakes Lear to shut Mo. seating plant Modine shifts production to Ky. Linamar buys Visteon plant Picture this Lexus revamps 'Taste' marketing extravaganzas Suzuki hires new auto ad agency Fisker turns to Finnish firm to make first hybrids American Suzuki gets new president Canada sales slip 5.6% in June Dealers A big fuel saver: Easy-rolling tires (but watch braking) MPG now! Automakers race to boost efficiency Products — not entire brands — likely to be ditched Pared ad budget is back on the chopping block GM goal: Big small-car profits Congress mulls arbitration bill 2009 Mazda6 price: $19,220 Copart files antitrust suit Denton's out, Leuliette's in as Dura CEO June output falls 13.8% Dodge Challenger: Not quite a sellout Magazine is raided in Renault espionage case Ya gotta believe: Dealers buy GM stock States of the auto industry Will the big guns pull the trigger? Lear a year later: Icahn's offer in hindsight Midcourse correction in Toyota's global sales outlook Chattanooga: A good site better Automotive News - July 21, 2008 Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - (Page Intro) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Gray sky, not blue; store values wilt (Page 1) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Gray sky, not blue; store values wilt (Page 2) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Lincoln's big crossover (Page 3) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Truck for the times? Oklahoma pickup gets 37 mpg (Page 4) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Truck for the times? Oklahoma pickup gets 37 mpg (Page 5) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - 3 years later, Mitsubishi, UAW resume contract talks (Page 6) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - 3 years later, Mitsubishi, UAW resume contract talks (Page 7) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - A vote for the Volt (Page 8) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - A vote for the Volt (Page 9) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Hyundai: Genesis gives brand a new beginning in luxury (Page 10) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Hyundai: Genesis gives brand a new beginning in luxury (Page 11) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Why don't we drive diesels in the U.S.? (Page 12) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Why don't we drive diesels in the U.S.? (Page 13) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Leno was right about U.S. cars (Page 14) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Leno was right about U.S. cars (Page 15) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Toyota recalls Siennas, disputes safety issue (Page 16) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Toyota recalls Siennas, disputes safety issue (Page GM1) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Toyota recalls Siennas, disputes safety issue (Page GM2) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Telematics connects with consumers (Page 17) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Telematics connects with consumers (Page 18) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Telematics gets no respect — the word, that is (Page 19) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Tapping mapping for an extra eye on the road (Page 20) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Pay As You Drive insurance tracks cars to trim costs (Page 20A) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Pay As You Drive insurance tracks cars to trim costs (Page 20B) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Pay As You Drive insurance tracks cars to trim costs (Page 20C) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Subscribers, sponsors may fund telematics services (Page 20D) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Subscribers, sponsors may fund telematics services (Page 21) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Linamar buys Visteon plant (Page 22) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Picture this (Page 23) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Fisker turns to Finnish firm to make first hybrids (Page 24) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Canada sales slip 5.6% in June (Page 25) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Canada sales slip 5.6% in June (Page 26) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Canada sales slip 5.6% in June (Page 27) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Canada sales slip 5.6% in June (Page 28) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Canada sales slip 5.6% in June (Page 29) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Canada sales slip 5.6% in June (Page 30) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Canada sales slip 5.6% in June (Page 31) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Dealers (Page 32) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - MPG now! Automakers race to boost efficiency (Page 33) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - GM goal: Big small-car profits (Page 34) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Denton's out, Leuliette's in as Dura CEO (Page 35) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Denton's out, Leuliette's in as Dura CEO (Page 36) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - June output falls 13.8% (Page 37) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Chattanooga: A good site better (Page 38) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Chattanooga: A good site better (Page 39) Automotive News - July 21, 2008 - Chattanooga: A good site better (Page 40)
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