Automotive News - March 17, 2008 - (Page 37)

MARCH 17, 2008 • 37 Scheduled plant overtime Plant Orion Township, Mich. Arlington, Texas 3/22 car truck x x x – Chrysler LLC 3/17-3/21 Sterling Heights, Mich. Toluca, Mexico Jefferson North (Detroit) Newark, Del. Saltillo, Mexico Toledo (Ohio) Supplier Park car car/truck truck truck truck truck x x x x x x – – – – – – 3/22 Plant closings Plant St. Louis (North) Week(s) Units lost down per week Strike dents GM truck output As of Saturday, March 15, General Motors had lost an estimated 41,272 units of light-truck production because of the American Axle strike. U.S. car and truck production reached 2 million on Tuesday, March 11, three days later than in 2007. North America car and truck production reached 3 million on Thursday, March 13, one day later than in 2007. — Debi Domby Chrysler LLC 3/17 2,900 5,900 Ford Motor Co. Kansas City, Mo. (SUV) truck 3/17-3/21 Ford Motor Co. Hermosillo, Mexico 3/17 x 3/17-3/21 x 3/22 General Motors Oshawa (Ontario) Car (Line 1)† Total units †Down for changeover until 4th quarter of 2008 to install flex line and add Chevrolet Camaro Source: Automotive News Data Center General Motors Bowling Green, Ky. Fairfax (Kansas City, Kan.) Lordstown, Ohio car car car x x – – – x 8,800 North America car and truck production 3/103/15/08† 3/13/15/08† 1/13/15/08† Unless noted vehicles are cars and assembled in the United States. 3/103/15/08† 3/13/15/08† 1/13/15/08† 1/13/17/07 1/13/17/07 3/103/15/08† 3/13/15/08† 1/13/15/08† 1/13/17/07 AM GENERAL Hummer H2 (trk.) 0 Ford Mustang 2,386 Mazda Mazda6 sedan 1,648 Mazda Mazda6 hatchback 165 Mazda Mazda6 wagon 0 AUTOALLIANCE 4,199 Z4 Coupe 68 Z4 Roadster 353 X5 (trk.) 2,291 Total U.S. car 421 Total U.S. truck 2,291 BMW MFG. CORP.‡ 2,712 Chevrolet Equinox (trk.) 2,729 Pontiac Torrent (trk.) 969 Suzuki XL-7 (trk.) 511 CAMI 4,209 300 (Can.) 2,619 PT Cruiser (Mex.) 1,718 PT Cruiser convertible (Mex.) 0 Sebring 1,750 Sebring convertible 1,124 Aspen (trk.) 1,053 Pacifica (Can. trk.) 0 Town & Country (trk.) 503 Town & Country (Can. trk.) 3,548 Total Chrysler Division 12,315 Avenger 398 Caliber 3,549 Challenger (Can.) 9 Charger (Can.) 3,848 Magnum (Can.) 679 Viper 39 Dakota (trk.) 1,312 Durango (trk.) 880 Grand Caravan/Caravan (trk.) 1,107 Gr. Caravan/Caravan (Can. trk.) 2,404 Journey (Mex. trk.) 2,393 Nitro (trk.) 1,273 Ram (trk., 2008 model) 2,486 Ram (trk., 2009 model) 5 Ram (Mex. trk.) 3,283 Sprinter (trk.)† 344 Total Dodge 24,009 Commander (trk.) 735 Compass (trk.) 1,261 Grand Cherokee (trk.) 1,836 Liberty (trk.) 2,776 Patriot (trk.) 1,680 Wrangler (trk.) 1,193 Wrangler Unlimited 4-door (trk.) 2,352 Total Jeep 11,833 Total Chrysler group 48,157 Mitsubishi Raider 239 Volkswagen Routan (Can. trk.) 6 Total U.S. car 6,860 Total Canada car 7,155 Total Mexico car 1,718 Total U.S. truck 21,035 Total Canada truck 5,958 Total Mexico truck 5,676 CHRYSLER LLC* 48,402 DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG* 0 Crown Victoria (Can.) 1,432 Fiesta Ikon (Mex.) 0 Five Hundred 0 Focus 4,506 Fusion (Mex.) 4,530 New Taurus 0 E series, Econoline (trk.) 4,174 Edge (Can. trk.) 3,811 Escape (trk.) 4,596 Expedition (trk.) 1,419 Explorer (trk.) 3,205 F series (trk.) 10,446 F-series Heritage (Mex. trk.) 667 F-series Super Duty (trk.) 6,657 F-series chassis (trk.) 182 Freestyle (trk.) 0 Ranger (trk.) 1,661 Taurus X (trk.) 0 Total Ford brand 47,286 MKZ (Mex.) 762 Town Car 0 Town Car (Can.) 564 Mark LT (trk.) 147 MKX (Can. trk.) 1,286 Navigator (trk.) 465 Total Lincoln 3,224 Grand Marquis (Can.) 831 Milan (Mex.) 627 Montego 0 Sable 0 Mariner (trk.) 1,088 Mountaineer (trk.) 350 Total Mercury 2,896 B series (trk.) 109 Tribute (trk.) 489 Total Mazda 598 Total U.S. car 4,506 Total Canada car 2,827 Total Mexico car 5,919 89 4,763 3,287 329 0 8,379 135 704 5,173 839 5,173 6,012 5,449 1,929 1,016 8,394 5,231 2,883 0 3,495 2,245 2,209 0 1,005 7,120 24,188 795 7,089 17 7,686 1,356 78 2,620 1,846 2,211 4,825 4,558 2,796 7,854 8 6,227 685 50,651 1,614 2,518 4,033 6,098 3,356 2,383 4,698 24,700 99,539 478 11 13,702 14,290 2,883 46,412 11,956 10,785 100,028 0 2,855 0 0 9,003 9,053 2,171 8,343 7,615 9,186 2,836 6,406 20,879 1,332 13,305 365 0 3,320 1,246 97,915 1,523 0 1,125 293 2,570 929 6,440 1,656 1,253 0 383 2,175 699 6,166 217 978 1,195 11,557 5,636 11,829 2,155 23,284 17,833 1,572 0 42,689 676 3,452 29,383 4,128 29,383 33,511 24,095 8,926 4,768 37,789 21,108 12,048 0 17,446 10,391 8,501 0 4,300 32,476 106,270 21,504 36,994 48 31,078 5,921 412 7,852 8,184 9,362 21,816 17,643 10,269 31,742 9 24,483 4,109 231,426 6,260 10,768 16,281 22,905 15,583 12,106 22,930 106,833 444,529 1,433 30 86,747 58,155 12,048 192,594 54,322 42,126 445,992 0 14,966 0 0 47,743 44,941 13,123 40,766 38,712 47,166 14,907 29,760 109,200 6,526 64,047 2,036 0 17,408 6,428 497,729 6,722 0 4,850 1,808 12,505 4,873 30,758 7,213 5,511 0 1,937 11,167 4,835 30,663 1,470 5,459 6,929 62,803 27,029 57,174 2,295 33,270 16,190 2,255 399 52,114 1,859 5,598 22,833 7,457 22,833 30,290 24,083 7,485 9,715 41,283 19,108 25,756 3,851 23,018 343 5,665 24,917 11,831 21,197 135,686 25,033 45,320 0 21,533 6,100 0 13,214 15,423 45,918 15,386 0 21,961 39,751 0 22,357 2,549 274,545 11,101 20,148 21,206 20,309 8,047 12,600 21,429 114,840 525,071 1,000 0 93,714 46,741 29,607 272,152 61,500 22,357 526,071 560,574 17,949 1,944 9,745 33,612 36,076 0 44,398 41,623 36,543 29,852 41,421 107,949 8,754 61,930 1,860 6,764 17,677 0 498,097 6,701 10,961 0 2,776 11,581 7,240 39,259 13,407 8,228 2,225 0 7,574 5,447 36,881 2,116 6,057 8,173 56,543 31,356 52,949 Total U.S. truck Total Canada truck Total Mexico truck FORD MOTOR CO. LaCrosse/Allure (Can.) Lucerne Enclave (trk.) Rainier (trk.) Terraza (trk.) Total Buick CTS (2007 model) CTS (2008 model) DTS STS XLR Escalade (trk.) Escalade ESV (trk.) Escalade EXT (Mex. trk.) SRX (trk.) Total Cadillac Chevy C2 (Mex.) Cobalt Corvette HHR (Mex.) Impala (Can.) Classic/Malibu Malibu Monte Carlo (Can.) Avalanche (Mex. trk.) Captiva Sport (Mex. trk.) Colorado (trk.) Express (trk.) Medium (trk.) Medium (Mex. trk.) Silverado (trk.) Silverado (Can. trk.) Silverado (Mex. trk.) Suburban (trk.) Suburban (Mex. trk.) Tahoe (trk.) TrailBlazer (trk.) Uplander (trk.) Total Chevrolet Acadia (trk.) Canyon (trk.) Envoy (trk.) Medium (trk.) Savana (trk.) Sierra (trk.) Sierra (Can. trk.) Sierra (Mex. trk.) Yukon (trk.) Yukon XL (trk.) Yukon XL (Mex. trk.) Total GMC Hummer H3 (trk.) Ascender (trk.) i-280, i-350 pickup (trk.) Medium (trk.) Total Isuzu Opel GT roadster G5/Pursuit G6 Grand Prix (Can.) Solstice Montana SV6 (trk.) Total Pontiac Saab 9-7X (trk.) Aura Ion Sky Outlook (trk.) Relay (trk.) Vue (trk.) Vue (Mex. trk.) Total Saturn Total U.S. car Total Canada car Total Mexico car Total U.S. truck Total Canada truck Total Mexico truck GENERAL MOTORS CSX (Can.) TL MDX (Can. trk.) RDX (trk.) Total Acura Accord Accord (Mex.) Civic Civic (Can.) CR-V (trk.) CR-V (Mex trk.) Element (trk.) Odyssey (trk.) Pilot (trk.) Pilot (Can. trk.) Ridgeline (Can. trk.) Total Honda Division Total U.S. car 34,988 5,097 667 54,004 937 1,311 1,359 0 0 3,607 0 1,764 893 430 40 926 613 157 396 5,219 1,124 5,109 768 1,549 6,316 0 4,884 0 931 426 1,637 0 183 36 0 0 2,281 430 237 1,676 0 1,815 29,402 2,122 453 0 171 0 0 0 647 607 251 194 4,445 748 0 33 3 36 140 961 3,203 0 211 634 5,009 0 1,411 0 234 249 0 0 1,581 3,475 21,359 7,253 2,673 14,306 0 6,490 52,081 90 913 1,513 570 3,086 7,782 0 3,022 5,484 1,600 1,049 320 4,163 2,135 0 889 26,444 11,717 71,177 10,185 1,332 111,716 1,872 2,617 2,754 0 0 7,243 0 3,521 1,782 859 80 1,849 1,224 314 802 10,431 2,242 10,198 1,533 3,089 12,618 0 9,749 0 1,857 850 3,267 1,739 362 72 0 0 4,550 1,556 473 4,680 278 3,623 62,736 4,298 904 85 338 693 0 0 1,291 2,190 1,203 387 11,389 1,493 1 66 4 71 279 1,919 6,394 0 421 1,266 10,000 5 2,817 0 467 504 0 0 3,153 6,941 42,636 14,490 5,331 35,184 0 12,947 110,588 180 1,764 3,022 1,126 6,092 15,038 0 5,839 10,955 3,160 2,098 632 8,223 4,217 0 1,776 51,938 22,641 361,330 51,217 6,526 566,079 11,469 12,111 13,475 0 0 37,055 0 18,480 8,274 4,436 405 9,065 5,282 1,891 3,531 51,364 11,627 49,374 7,887 17,756 52,735 0 49,582 0 11,064 2,947 14,981 22,077 1,089 426 59,152 18,860 27,452 9,881 2,815 30,757 20,149 18,675 429,286 21,077 3,836 6,108 1,016 8,354 23,150 11,212 7,683 15,514 11,343 2,301 111,594 7,005 99 317 4 420 912 9,809 34,546 0 1,560 6,172 52,087 443 13,649 0 1,649 2,469 0 0 17,946 35,713 212,674 64,204 29,383 315,021 30,072 74,525 725,879 900 10,474 16,007 6,240 33,621 88,209 0 33,267 57,162 16,842 10,582 4,010 43,587 22,550 0 8,800 285,009 131,950 379,604 53,204 8,754 582,410 7,468 18,798 0 1,303 1,162 28,731 10,385 0 12,203 4,059 231 7,605 2,718 2,303 4,461 43,965 11,802 46,650 8,595 17,815 74,629 28,929 0 4,663 15,311 0 19,567 18,460 2,343 557 94,938 52,865 15,236 5,702 9,921 28,268 30,251 17,175 503,677 18,575 4,417 9,735 5,019 6,627 30,445 22,419 4,288 13,932 7,832 4,770 128,059 12,338 147 299 169 615 1,038 12,552 20,074 14,071 5,440 3,314 55,451 952 14,445 23,321 2,691 10,891 5 13,810 131 65,294 209,411 100,831 29,617 372,460 75,284 52,517 840,120 497 14,052 15,744 5,310 35,603 82,837 5,266 38,456 44,100 8,703 0 8,024 41,736 22,802 14,044 8,542 274,510 135,345 Total Canada car Total Mexico car Total U.S. truck Total Canada truck Total Mexico truck HONDA Sonata Santa Fe (trk.) HYUNDAI GL class (trk.) M class (trk.) R class (trk.) MERCEDES-BENZ* Eclipse Eclipse convertible Galant Endeavor (trk.) Total U.S. car Total U.S. truck MITSUBISHI MOTOR MFG. Infiniti QX56 (trk.) Altima coupe Altima sedan Maxima Platina (Mex.) Sentra (2007, Mex.) Tiida (Mex.) Tsuru (Mex.) Versa (Mex.) Armada (trk.) Frontier (trk.) Pathfinder (trk.) Pickup (Mex. trk.) Quest (trk.) Titan (trk.) Xterra (trk.) Total Nissan Division Renault Clio (Mex.) Total U.S. car Total Mexico car Total U.S. truck Total Mexico truck NISSAN‡ Pontiac Vibe Toyota Corolla Toyota Tacoma (trk.) Total U.S. car Total U.S. truck NUMMI‡ Subaru Legacy Toyota Camry Subaru Tribeca (trk.) Total U.S. car Total U.S. truck SUBARU‡ Lexus RX 350 (Can. trk.) Avalo http://3ds.com/automotive http://3ds.com/automotive

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Leases grow as alternative to long loans Toyota dealers balk at upgrades Up for grabs: China importer Testing Chevy's Camaro Escalade first vehicle to get full LED headlamps Hoops fans take a shot at China Toyota will cut Tundra, Sequoia production F-150's risk-reward strategy: Ramp up before the revamp As UAW, American Axle talk, CEO Dauch in Fla. Ex-GM purchasing executive indicted Court allows higher Plastech credit line Saab sticker prices rise as sales fall; will U.S.-built 9-7X offset losses? VW plant capacity in U.S.: 250,000 units Bad cruise control switch haunts Ford Continental plans to bring r&d in-house Rieter expects to increase its global footprint Stadler: Audi considers U.S. plant Another General charges into electric cars Toyota sees its first checkered flag as sign NASCAR's paying off A pickup may figure in Kia's future Analysts: Lampert no threat to AutoNation More likely to be spent to keep suppliers alive in '08 2 suppliers plan Alabama plants UAW seeks job guarantees to end American Axle strike Revolving door continues to spin at Nissan GM, top marketers to share research Electric power steering is grabbing the wheel Delphi completes sale of interiors unit to Renco Mercedes again is true-luxury king How electric power steering works It's time for dealer-factory collaboration Ford must close stores but remain open to diversity The small print Here's a question for Obama, Clinton Didn't you ever hear of a halo? Hurray for affordable performance cars Politics can age a car overnight Good for planet, good for GM What 'scientific consensus'? Lutz may be right but said it wrong Lutz had the courage to tell the truth Big Apple isn't very green 23 finalists in running for PACE honors Canada sales up 14.5% in Feb. RV shipments drop 7.1% in Jan. Wagoner: No sure thing on state air rules Conquest sales, Asia growth boost ADP Brockman: Reynolds focuses on service OEConnection links to ADP Geneva goings-on Judge: Dealer suit over transfer of GM franchise can proceed Honda will build Ridgeline in Alabama So who's running the show at Chamco? GM seeks Plastech tooling Federal-Mogul reports gains Chrysler sells plant to Fiat BMW's new sales boss Odell is named COO at Ford of Europe Strike dents GM truck output Tony Stewart blows a gasket Illingworth leaving — and staying with — Toyota A note to eager auto execs: Invaders sometimes get icy reception in Russia Hush, hush: Baby Nason on board For rent: Ford's PAG palace on the West Coast Chrysler cuts Calif. studio

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