Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - (Page 25) DECEMBER 8, 2008 • 25 Scheduled plant overtime Plant Ford Motor Co. Louisville, Ky. until Jan. 11 Michigan Truck (Wayne, Mich.)* St. Thomas, Ontario until Jan. 4 Twin Cities (St. Paul, Minn.) until Jan. 4 1,775 2,600 2,500 Fewer days sink Nov. output ■ Total North America vehicle production fell 33.8 percent in General Motors 12/8-12/83‡ Arlington, Texas Fort Wayne, Ind. San Luis Potosi, Mexico truck truck car x x x General Motors Oshawa (Ontario) Car (Line 1)† Plants working 4-day weeks Plant closings Plant Belvidere, Ill. Jefferson North (Detroit) Toledo (Ohio) Supplier Park Week(s) Units lost down per week Hyundai: Montgomery, Ala. (1,875 units lost per week) Mercedes-Benz: Vance, Ala. (1,050) Nissan: Canton, Miss. (2,500) and Smyrna, Tenn. (1,625) ‡Overtime worked during the week could be daily, Saturday or both. *Down for changeover until mid 2010 †Down for changeover until Feb. 2009 to install flex line and add Chevrolet Camaro Source: Automotive News Data Center and company sources Chrysler LLC 12/8 12/8 12/8 4,725 2,300 1,950 November over November 2007. But November also had three fewer production days in the United States and two fewer production days in Canada than in 2007. North America car output fell 9.5 percent. North America truck production fell 34.8 percent. ■ Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. launched the Toyota RAV4 on Thursday, Dec. 4, at its new plant in Woodstock, Ontario. — Debi Domby Stories about these companies are on these pages: Acura 9 American Honda Finance 3 Audi 9, 24 BMW 9 Buick 1, 6 Cadillac 1, 12 Cerberus 8, 12, 23 Chery Automobile 8 North America car and truck production 12/112/6/08† Nov. total 1/112/6/08† Unless noted vehicles are cars and assembled in the United States. 12/112/6/08† Nov. total 1/112/6/08† Chevrolet 1, 12, 23 Chrysler 1, 3, 4, 8, 12, 23, 26 Chrysler Financial 3, 8, 23 Daimler 8 DealerTrack 17 Delphi 8 Denny Hecker Automotive Group 3 Dodge 8 Exponent 16 Fiat 26 Ford 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, 21, 23, 26 GM .1, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 23, 24, 26 GMAC 23 GMC 1 Gold Mobile 16 Honda 3, 9, 21, 23, 24 Hummer 6, 23, 24 Hyundai-Kia 23 Infiniti 9 Insignia Group 17 izmocars.com 17 Johnson Controls 6 Land Rover 10 Lear 6 Lexus 3, 9 Lincoln 16 Los Angeles City Hyundai 4 Magna 26 Mercedes-Benz 6, 9, 21 Mercury 16, 21 Mini 23 Nissan 4, 8, 21, 23 Oldsmobile 1 Pontiac 6, 24 Renault-Nissan 26 RPA 9 Saab 6, 23, 24 Saturn 1, 6, 24, 26 Snap-On Business Solutions 16 Total Interior Systems-America 6 Toyota 3, 6, 17, 21, 23, 26 Toyota Boshoku America 6 Trim Masters 6 TRW 16 Volkswagen 24, 26 Zeledyne 16 1/112/1/07 1/112/1/07 12/112/6/08† Nov. total 1/112/6/08† 1/112/1/07 AM GENERAL Hummer H2 (trk.) 96 Ford Mustang 0 Mazda Mazda6 sedan 0 Mazda Mazda6 hatchback 0 Mazda Mazda6 wagon 0 AUTOALLIANCE 0 Z4 Coupe 0 Z4 Roadster 0 X5 (trk.) 1,526 X6 (trk.) 748 Total U.S. car 0 Total U.S. truck 2,274 BMW MFG. CORP.‡ 2,274 Chevrolet Equinox (trk.) 0 Pontiac Torrent (trk.) 0 Suzuki XL7 (trk.) 0 CAMI 0 300 (Can.) 1,448 PT Cruiser (Mex.) 849 PT Cruiser convertible (Mex.) 0 Sebring 763 Sebring convertible 244 Aspen (trk.) 661 Pacifica (Can. trk.) 0 Town & Country (trk.) 0 Town & Country (Can. trk.) 2,305 Total Chrysler Division 6,270 Avenger 1,365 Caliber 2,000 Challenger (Can.) 1,233 Charger (Can.) 1,874 Magnum (Can.) 0 Viper 5 Dakota (trk.) 150 Durango (trk.) 875 Grand Caravan/Caravan (trk.) 0 Gr. Caravan/Caravan (Can. trk.) 2,893 Journey (Mex. trk.) 2,264 Nitro (trk.) 0 Ram (trk., 2008 model) 0 Ram (trk., 2009 model) 4,790 Ram (Mex. trk.) 1,840 Sprinter (trk.)† 153 Total Dodge 19,442 Commander (trk.) 127 Compass (trk.) 818 Grand Cherokee (trk.) 2,165 Liberty (trk.) 0 Patriot (trk.) 1,904 Wrangler ( trk.) 1,159 Wrangler Unlimited 4-door (trk.) 786 Total Jeep 6,959 Total Chrysler group 32,671 Mitsubishi Raider 2 Volkswagen Routan (Can. trk.) 1,487 Total U.S. car 4,377 Total Canada car 4,555 Total Mexico car 849 Total U.S. truck 13,590 Total Canada truck 6,685 Total Mexico truck 4,104 CHRYSLER LLC* 34,160 DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG* 0 Crown Victoria (Can.) 1,371 Fiesta Ikon (Mex.) 0 Five Hundred 0 Focus 4,779 Fusion (Mex.) 4,050 New Taurus 571 E series, Econoline (trk.) 0 Edge (Can. trk.) 3,335 Escape (trk.) 5,387 Expedition (trk.) 0 Explorer (trk.) 0 F series (trk.) 6,400 F-series Heritage (Mex. trk.) 513 F-series Super Duty (trk.) 3,147 F-series chassis (trk.) 0 Flex (Can. trk.) 612 Freestyle (trk.) 0 Medium (Mex. trk.) 0 Ranger (trk.) 0 Taurus X (trk.) 159 Total Ford brand 30,324 MKS 643 MKZ (Mex.) 629 Town Car 0 Town Car (Can.) 492 Mark LT (trk.) 0 MKX (Can. trk.) 672 Navigator (trk.) 0 Total Lincoln 2,436 Grand Marquis (Can.) 746 Milan (Mex.) 1,019 Montego 0 Sable 56 Mariner (trk.) 384 Mountaineer (trk.) 0 Total Mercury 2,205 B series (trk.) 0 Tribute (trk.) 510 Total Mazda 510 Total U.S. car 6,049 Total Canada car 2,609 Total Mexico car 5,698 Total U.S. truck 15,987 658 3,057 8,652 0 0 11,709 0 0 7,476 3,687 0 11,163 11,163 2,160 662 85 2,907 5,504 2,378 0 2,443 781 2,115 0 0 8,758 21,979 4,369 6,401 4,684 7,122 0 13 479 2,799 0 10,994 6,339 884 0 15,331 6,993 535 66,943 304 2,619 5,197 2,641 6,094 3,710 2,516 23,081 112,003 6 5,649 14,007 17,310 2,378 45,230 25,401 13,332 117,658 0 5,208 0 0 15,294 15,390 1,827 3,101 8,670 12,930 5,276 6,507 20,480 1,950 10,071 0 1,590 0 287 6,210 510 115,301 2,059 2,392 0 1,869 0 1,748 781 8,849 2,834 3,873 0 179 922 268 8,076 324 1,225 1,549 19,359 9,911 21,655 68,605 6,725 90,603 68,468 1,564 0 160,635 1,474 8,201 117,132 34,575 9,675 151,707 161,382 78,374 28,949 12,372 119,695 61,769 56,415 0 52,069 25,457 23,518 0 12,993 130,345 362,566 79,625 124,740 26,970 113,670 4,733 1,550 27,469 23,701 58,302 107,251 120,547 37,445 113,661 60,061 93,126 15,032 1,007,883 18,937 44,736 70,904 77,443 89,086 50,828 73,971 425,905 1,796,354 4,515 20,177 283,441 207,142 56,415 802,602 257,773 213,673 1,821,046 0 62,246 0 0 225,515 195,513 45,472 119,768 126,042 204,392 54,179 87,433 306,408 33,492 186,692 3,829 37,523 0 5,760 89,000 21,056 1,804,320 22,362 32,398 0 18,759 4,823 31,539 13,490 123,371 28,436 33,253 0 12,018 31,972 10,172 115,851 4,320 15,738 20,058 305,367 109,441 261,164 1,153,272 12,593 139,480 40,703 6,400 706 187,289 5,686 19,118 122,084 0 24,804 122,084 146,888 96,232 38,680 29,217 164,129 114,034 93,567 11,100 74,091 30,670 25,407 48,722 22,388 107,222 527,201 118,497 152,815 0 112,496 24,453 208 51,432 46,918 104,285 86,397 0 108,349 222,390 0 160,580 16,587 1,205,407 55,344 64,966 117,043 95,133 96,126 58,353 87,526 574,491 2,307,099 3,810 0 376,281 250,983 104,667 1,176,057 242,341 160,580 2,310,909 1,570,164 65,297 5,975 13,349 175,016 170,353 50,184 168,764 165,970 194,366 101,366 159,139 467,573 35,764 294,433 9,835 0 11,564 848 92,644 27,082 2,209,522 0 35,221 21,478 0 9,023 46,499 24,575 136,796 50,550 36,922 4,041 17,108 33,620 23,734 165,975 5,514 22,358 27,872 281,176 115,847 248,471 1,645,590 Total Canada truck 4,619 Total Mexico truck 513 FORD MOTOR CO. 35,475 LaCrosse/Allure (Can.) 1,156 Lucerne 1,276 Enclave (trk.) 1,383 Rainier (trk.) 0 Terraza (trk.) 0 Total Buick 3,815 CTS (2007 model) 0 CTS (2008 model) 1,693 DTS 704 STS 87 XLR 0 Escalade (trk.) 449 Escalade ESV (trk.) 124 Escalade EXT (Mex. trk.) 65 SRX (trk.) 190 Total Cadillac 3,312 Aveo (Mex.) 746 Camaro (Can.) 0 Chevy C2 (Mex.) 1,365 Cobalt 4,997 Corvette 0 HHR (Mex.) 3,145 Impala (Can.) 7,117 Classic/Malibu 0 Malibu 5,910 Monte Carlo (Can.) 0 Avalanche (Mex. trk.) 469 Captiva Sport (Mex. trk.) 652 Colorado (trk.) 782 Express (trk.) 2,709 Medium (trk.) 225 Medium (Mex. trk.) 0 Silverado (trk.) 6,701 Silverado (Can. trk.) 1,903 Silverado/Cheyenne (Mex. trk.) 2,720 Suburban (trk.) 955 Suburban (Mex. trk.) 0 Tahoe (trk.) 2,603 TrailBlazer (trk.) 1,481 Traverse (trk.) 3,475 Uplander (trk.) 0 Total Chevrolet 47,955 Acadia (trk.) 1,725 Canyon (trk.) 353 Envoy (trk.) 747 Medium (trk.) 346 Savana (trk.) 504 Sierra (trk.) 2,538 Sierra (Can. trk.) 748 Sierra (Mex. trk.) 1,122 Yukon (trk.) 1,409 Yukon XL (trk.) 606 Yukon XL (Mex. trk.) 0 Total GMC 10,098 H3 (trk.) 161 H3 SUT (trk.) 109 Total Hummer 270 Ascender (trk.) 0 i-280, i-350 pickup (trk.) 0 Medium (trk.) 18 Total Isuzu 18 Opel GT roadster 7 G3/Wave (Mex.) 402 G5/Pursuit 1,881 G6 2,475 Grand Prix (Can.) 0 Solstice 90 Montana SV6 (trk.) 0 Total Pontiac 4,848 Saab 9-7X (trk.) 60 Aura 1,081 Ion 0 Sky 135 Outlook (trk.) 378 Relay (trk.) 0 Vue (trk.) 0 Vue (Mex. trk.) 2,124 Total Saturn 3,718 Total U.S. car 20,336 Total Canada car 8,273 Total Mexico car 5,658 Total U.S. truck 30,031 Total Canada truck 2,651 Total Mexico truck 7,152 GENERAL MOTORS 74,101 CSX (Can.) 68 TL 1,528 MDX (Can. trk.) 300 RDX (trk.) 42 Total Acura 1,938 Accord 7,117 Accord (Mex.) 0 Civic 2,490 Civic (Can.) 7,106 CR-V (trk.) 1,909 CR-V (Mex trk.) 1,036 Element (trk.) 21 Odyssey (trk.) 451 Pilot (trk.) 416 Pilot (Can. trk.) 0 Ridgeline (Can. trk.) 435 Total Honda Division 20,981 Total U.S. car 11,135 12,008 2,237 133,775 4,392 2,041 4,425 0 0 10,858 0 5,416 1,126 277 98 1,438 396 246 608 9,605 2,836 0 5,188 15,988 1,732 11,950 27,044 0 18,911 0 1,782 2,477 2,501 8,667 315 0 19,953 3,045 10,339 3,056 0 8,330 4,738 11,120 0 159,972 5,521 1,129 2,391 663 1,612 7,346 1,196 4,265 4,507 1,938 0 30,568 515 349 864 0 0 25 25 0 1,527 6,018 7,918 0 0 0 15,463 192 3,458 0 0 1,209 0 0 8,070 12,737 62,983 31,436 21,501 92,944 4,241 27,179 240,284 281 5,619 1,252 406 7,558 25,959 0 8,282 29,645 9,971 4,138 198 7,763 7,947 0 1,816 95,719 39,860 195,104 39,252 2,063,600 48,719 50,313 58,975 0 0 158,007 0 82,004 30,661 14,574 1,451 25,869 10,571 5,008 16,515 186,653 21,315 0 63,446 238,190 29,589 100,858 293,664 0 236,902 0 27,273 16,857 56,144 92,279 7,499 1,589 226,791 66,732 97,918 31,273 7,295 93,808 69,593 34,807 63,588 1,877,410 87,853 16,635 25,556 14,962 27,269 87,798 35,952 33,180 50,748 30,995 7,034 417,982 14,667 2,956 17,623 310 701 505 1,516 3,117 5,194 55,761 151,913 0 6,522 20,430 239,820 3,050 61,439 0 8,516 21,387 0 0 85,968 177,310 970,952 342,383 190,813 1,
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Automotive News - December 8, 2008 Saturn: What's next? Feds tighten strings on Detroit 3 Ford stance: A cut above ailing rivals Summer sizzlers fizzle in fall Dealers back Detroit 3 aid, want spiffs Ford modifies pricing promo to equalize rebates High-fliers Toyota, Honda are struggling, too Chrysler: Bankruptcy counsel supports its stance Dealer Hecker hospitalized Ford to add a shift, OT for F-150 Koreatown dealer scrambles to hang on in L.A. Nissan bucks trend, will move to bigger trucks Why GM must stay with Buick Mercedes prices new GLK below $35,000 Diana T. Kurylko Pride of Sweden set to be Detroit castoffs Toyota pushes breakup of seat suppliers to boost competition Panel to discuss innovation, sustainability Capitol quandary: Can Chrysler survive? Steve Miller: Detroit 3 need 'pseudo-bankruptcy' Acura aims to deliver big-league luxury TL campaign is important for Acura's ad shop, too Appeals court upholds franchise termination GM loses bid to relocate Chevy store This is a very big week for America Obama must steer clear of state fuel standards Higher fuel taxes are not the answer A $15,000 rebate, not a blank check Chrysler retirees look for equality Isn't an auto show a place to sell? Are we turning our back on diversity? If only we'd had an energy policy Personnel GM sets Jan. 1 deadline for dealers to adopt Windows-based parts system Ford picks TRW steering system Ford cuts noise with windshields Dealers, factories battle over Fla. warranty law Online systems boost accessories sales Mercedes cuts output in Ala. Ford will kill Sable, Taurus X November sales suffer car wreck Honda, Audi pull out of racing series Saturn: A different kind of franchise agreement Fewer days sink Nov. output Detroit 3 road trip: Quiznos and humble pie LaNeve: Death talk keeps the showrooms empty Toyota cuts bonuses in bid to stay in the black Auto blowout sends Andrettis to the pits Saturn founder Neil DeKoker still believes And then there were . . . 6? Dealers Automotive News - December 8, 2008 Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - (Page Intro) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Ford stance: A cut above ailing rivals (Page 1) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Ford stance: A cut above ailing rivals (Page 2) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Chrysler: Bankruptcy counsel supports its stance Dealer Hecker hospitalized (Page 3) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Nissan bucks trend, will move to bigger trucks (Page 4) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Nissan bucks trend, will move to bigger trucks (Page 5) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Panel to discuss innovation, sustainability (Page 6) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Panel to discuss innovation, sustainability (Page 7) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Steve Miller: Detroit 3 need 'pseudo-bankruptcy' (Page 8) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Steve Miller: Detroit 3 need 'pseudo-bankruptcy' (Page 8a) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Steve Miller: Detroit 3 need 'pseudo-bankruptcy' (Page 8b) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Steve Miller: Detroit 3 need 'pseudo-bankruptcy' (Page 8c) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Steve Miller: Detroit 3 need 'pseudo-bankruptcy' (Page 8d) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Steve Miller: Detroit 3 need 'pseudo-bankruptcy' (Page 8e) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Steve Miller: Detroit 3 need 'pseudo-bankruptcy' (Page 8f) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Steve Miller: Detroit 3 need 'pseudo-bankruptcy' (Page 8g) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Steve Miller: Detroit 3 need 'pseudo-bankruptcy' (Page 8h) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - TL campaign is important for Acura's ad shop, too (Page 9) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - GM loses bid to relocate Chevy store (Page 10) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - GM loses bid to relocate Chevy store (Page 11) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Chrysler retirees look for equality (Page 12) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Chrysler retirees look for equality (Page 13) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - If only we'd had an energy policy (Page 14) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - If only we'd had an energy policy (Page 15) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Ford cuts noise with windshields (Page 16) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Online systems boost accessories sales (Page 17) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Online systems boost accessories sales (Page 18) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Online systems boost accessories sales (Page 19) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Online systems boost accessories sales (Page 20) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Ford will kill Sable, Taurus X (Page 21) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Ford will kill Sable, Taurus X (Page 22) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - November sales suffer car wreck (Page 23) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Saturn: A different kind of franchise agreement (Page 24) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - Fewer days sink Nov. output (Page 25) Automotive News - December 8, 2008 - And then there were . . . 6? 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