Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - (Page 17) NOVEMBER 24, 2008 • 17 Estimated Europe light-vehicle registrations by manufacturer, October & 10 months Oct. 2008 Oct. Percent 2007 change 10 mos. 2008 10 mos. Percent 2007 change Volkswagen division 133,676 Audi 57,803 Seat 25,475 Skoda 32,751 Other 243 VOLKSWAGEN AG 249,948 Peugeot 75,911 Citroen 69,582 PSA GROUP 145,493 Ford division 94,738 Volvo 17,233 FORD MOTOR CO. 111,971 Opel/Vauxhall 77,144 Chevrolet/GM Daewoo 12,115 Saab 4,989 GM U.S. 231 GENERAL MOTORS 94,479 Renault division 84,287 Dacia 17,357 RENAULT 101,644 Fiat division 74,828 Lancia 9,789 Alfa Romeo 8,959 Other 376 FIAT GROUP 93,952 BMW division 56,725 Mini 9,517 BMW GROUP 66,242 Toyota Division 52,728 Lexus 1,884 TOYOTA MOTOR 54,612 Mercedes-Benz 53,152 Smart 8,602 DAIMLER AG† 61,754 NISSAN 22,226 HYUNDAI 19,973 HONDA 17,268 SUZUKI 19,383 MAZDA 17,330 KIA 17,198 MITSUBISHI 9,067 Jaguar 2,568 Land Rover 3,679 TATA MOTORS†† 6,247 CHRYSLER LLC† 5,265 OTHER 19,980 TOTAL 1,134,031 142,198 55,970 31,649 40,413 283 270,513 93,043 80,768 173,811 101,863 25,203 127,066 102,479 16,458 6,904 467 126,308 110,584 15,028 125,612 81,686 9,160 10,627 543 102,016 61,903 11,996 73,899 68,709 2,753 71,462 63,990 10,027 74,017 26,577 24,011 23,252 23,788 19,658 21,524 10,770 2,154 7,685 9,839 10,405 12,240 1,326,768 –6.0 1,345,346 1,380,297 3.3 565,126 563,887 –19.5 293,459 329,198 –19.0 392,563 404,441 –14.1 3,311 4,149 –7.6 2,599,805 2,681,972 –18.4 881,230 946,172 –13.8 748,727 810,020 –16.3 1,629,957 1,756,192 –7.0 1,068,946 1,114,821 –31.6 193,722 223,671 –11.9 1,262,668 1,338,492 –24.7 1,012,393 1,149,715 –26.4 159,670 170,673 –27.7 57,418 70,668 –50.5 4,678 4,814 –25.2 1,234,159 1,395,870 –23.8 967,819 1,028,039 15.5 156,374 139,992 –19.1 1,124,193 1,168,031 –8.4 840,059 831,297 6.9 99,266 106,240 –15.7 87,449 123,899 –30.8 5,820 4,905 –7.9 1,032,594 1,066,341 –8.4 585,897 585,479 –20.7 128,106 120,990 –10.4 714,003 706,469 –23.3 661,349 762,142 –31.6 24,979 34,182 –23.6 686,328 796,324 –16.9 600,806 635,773 –14.2 85,413 76,492 –16.6 686,219 712,265 –16.4 299,188 263,914 –16.8 234,277 254,018 –25.7 233,006 272,363 –18.5 222,354 242,704 –11.8 219,952 206,827 –20.1 207,196 209,403 –15.8 105,974 121,762 19.2 33,526 28,830 –52.1 62,006 88,780 –36.5 95,532 117,610 –49.4 83,678 101,179 63.2 181,303 167,258 –14.5 12,852,387 13,578,994 –2.5 0.2 –10.9 –2.9 –20.2 –3.1 –6.9 –7.6 –7.2 –4.1 –13.4 –5.7 –11.9 –6.4 –18.7 –2.8 –11.6 –5.9 11.7 –3.8 1.1 –6.6 –29.4 18.7 –3.2 0.1 5.9 1.1 –13.2 –26.9 –13.8 –5.5 11.7 –3.7 13.4 –7.8 –14.5 –8.4 6.3 –1.1 –13.0 16.3 –30.2 –18.8 –17.3 8.4 –5.4 ■ 25 with Dodge Dick Scott, right, of Dick Scott Dodge in Plymouth, Mich., receives a 25-year award for Dodge from Brian Schnurr, director of Chrysler LLC’s Great Lakes Business Center. ■ 50 with Mercedes Robert Garff, right, of Ken Garff Automotive Group in Salt Lake City received a 50-year award for Mercedes-Benz from Bob Woerner, general manager of Mercedes-Benz USA’s western region. 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E-mail items to: autonews@crain.com Or send them to: Dealers Section Automotive News, 1155 Gratiot Ave. Detroit, MI 48207-2997 †DaimlerChrysler sold the Chrysler group on Aug. 3, 2007; Chrysler LLC and Daimler AG totals through July 2007 are extracted from DaimlerChrysler. ††Ford Motor Co. sold Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata Motors on June 2, 2008; Jaguar and Land Rover sales through May 2008 are included with Tata Motors for comparison purposes only. Note: Reflects estimated registration data from 28 European countries; excludes most commercial vehicles Source: ACEA Europe’s worst month hits all automakers Jesse Snyder jsnyder@crain.com No automaker escaped the impact of Europe’s worst sales month this year. Every auto group lost volume in October compared with a year earlier. New-car sales plunged 14.5 percent to 1.13 million units. On a percentage basis, August’s 15.4 percent drop was slightly higher. But October’s loss of 193,000 units was substantially more than the 150,000unit decline in August, traditionally Europe’s slowest-selling month. October’s biggest losers were the world’s largest auto groups: Toyota Motor Corp., off 23.6 percent, and General Motors, down 25.2 percent. After 10 months in 2007, GM was No. 3 in Europe, but it now trails Ford Motor Co. by 28,000 units. Toyota lost the No. 7 spot to BMW, the only major European auto group to eke out a gain through the first 10 months. Through October, combined industry sales are off 5.4 percent. It was the sixth consecutive monthly loss after a modest gain during the first four months of the year. So far this year, the European market is down almost three-quarters of a million vehicles, at 12.85 million. And this year, central Europe’s socalled new EU isn’t strong enough to carry the larger developed markets of Western Europe. In 2007, the 12 countries that joined the European Union since 2004 gained 14.5 percent. That accounted for nearly all of Europe’s Estimated Europe registrations by country 10 mos. Percent 2008 change Germany 2,630,287 United Kingdom 1,922,771 Italy 1,879,165 France 1,750,703 Spain 1,025,651 Belgium 483,729 Netherlands 463,015 Poland 263,462 Austria 258,149 Romania 252,924 Greece 245,902 Switzerland 242,519 Sweden 219,210 Portugal 176,851 Ireland 150,790 Hungary 135,321 Denmark 133,219 Finland 128,714 Czech Republic 121,973 Norway 95,846 Slovenia 61,120 Slovakia 58,858 Luxembourg 46,172 Bulgaria 38,202 Estonia 22,202 Lithuania 19,480 Latvia 17,239 Iceland 8,913 TOTAL 12,852,387 Note: Excludes most commercial vehicles Source: ACEA 0.3 –8.8 –12.0 2.2 –23.8 4.1 1.0 9.0 0.6 –2.4 –1.4 2.2 –11.7 3.7 –18.2 –6.4 –0.3 7.5 10.1 –12.5 9.0 19.6 3.6 14.5 –16.7 13.7 –37.7 –35.1 –5.4 1.1 percent sales growth last year. But this year, the new EU is up by less than 25,000 units, not enough to offset big losses in three of the top five Western European markets: the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain. c AUTO SHOWS — 2008 Nov. 21-30 — Los Angeles Auto Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, 310-444-1850, www.laautoshow.com Nov. 22-29 — San Francisco International Auto Show, Moscone Convention Center, 415-331-4406, sfautoshow@att.net Nov. 25-27 — AutoCee, InterContinental Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic, 44 (0) 20 7368 9465, www.autoconferences.com Nov. 26-30 — Central Florida International Auto Show, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla., 323-782-2216, www.motortrendautoshows.com Nov. 27-30 — Arizona International Auto Show, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, 323-782-2216, www.motortrendautoshows.com Nov. 28-30 — Motor Trend International Auto Show – Las Vegas, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, 323-782-2216, www.motortrendautoshows.com Nov. 28-30 — Nashville International Auto Show, Nashville Convention Center, Nashville, 323-782-2216, www.motortrendautoshows.com Nov. 28-Dec. 7 — Istanbul Auto Show, CNR Expo Center, Istanbul, Turkey, 90 212 4657475, www.itf-autoshow.com Nov. 29-Dec. 7 — Essen Motor Show, Essen Trade Fair Ground, Essen, Germany, 49-201-72440, www.essen-motorshow.de Dec. 3-7 — New England International Auto Show, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, 781-237-5533, www.bostonautoshow.com Dec. 5-14 — Bologna Motor Show, Bologna Exhibition Centre, Bologna, Italy, 39 051 6451 011, www.motorshow.it Dec. 16-19 — Riyadh Motor Show, Riyadh Exhibition Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 966-1-454-1448, www.recexpo.com Dec. 26-Jan. 1 — Indianapolis Auto Show, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, 317-266-8455, www.indyautoshow.com Dec. 31-Jan. 4 — San Diego International Auto Show, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, 858-550-0080, www.sdautoshow.com GENERAL — 2008 Dec. 4 — APMA Automotive Outlook Conference, Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, Renaissance Toronto Airport Hotel, Toronto, 416-620-4220, www.apma.ca Dec. 10-11 — Telematics for the Environment, Radisson SAS, Gothenburg, Sweden, +46 768 843 227, www.telematicsvalley.org Dec. 10-12 — Automechanika Shanghai, Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Shanghai, 7 495-721-1057, www.automechanika.com Dec. 11 — Fully Charged? 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Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Automotive News - November 24, 2008 Iacocca tip: 'Equality of sacrifice' Ch. 11 would hit dealers hard â fast Detroit 3: Bankruptcy = doom Down the road and a continent away Used-vehicle demand shrivels O'Neill will lead Power GM tweaks production plan Mitsubishi: No to Detroit Ford will cut more output Nardelli: Chrysler is running on fumes GMAC on brink of bankruptcy, S&P warns Off with their heads! (But whose?) In defense (kind of) of Detroit Bailout Motors? Britain went down that road CEOs could have pre-empted the grilling Ford: We still want Mazda expertise Imports clog ports as sales plunge Volvo's N.A. boss will resume leases to boost volume Nissan expects Chrysler pickup deal will survive Toyota: Venza is a trendsetter, not a crossover It's time to put partisanship aside; Detroit needs help What GM needs is GMAC.2 'Buy American' talk won't help industry Readers weigh in on auto industy woes No one bailed out Oldsmobile It's time to move to mass transport We still need manufacturing Bankruptcy is a bet Let's get wages under control Will America be better off? First step: Bring the jobs home America owes it to GM to help The answer is simple: Leasing What about dealerships? Detroit 3 CEOs must offer to quit Oct. truck sales fall 17.4% Honda plant adds parts center They're sold on Camaro Drawn to Ferrari Japan poised to control key batteries Europe's worst month hits all automakers Dealers BMW: Diesel 7 series could come to U.S. Honda's FC Sport mixes green and go Infiniti G37's hard top retracts in 30 seconds Redesign of Lexus RX series hard to see Mini electric: Jolt comes from sticker Ford hybrid sedans aim at Camry After only 3 years, Ford revamps Fusion Hyundai plans new crossover, turbo engine Restyled Mustang: More refinement, horsepower Honda: Don't count on CR-Z gasoline variant '09 Nissan Z delivers more of what fans like Mazda3 gets new look, powertrains Nissan Cube joins the box brigade Infiniti upgrades powertrains Lincoln MKZ gets a makeover Porsche won't stall Panamera 2010 GLK priced below rival Bentley's Azure T gets 500 hp Detroit 3 squeezed by credit, cash â politics Waxman could mean trouble for Detroit GM formulates a 'Plan B' if it doesn't get federal loan Infiniti replaces Igo Sharks vs. Jets, D.C.-style What's good for â uh, how'd that go again? Mazda deal imperils Ford training ground More like Toyota, Honda? Careful what you wish for Maybe he's Buck-a-year Bob now Romney: Bankruptcy, not bailout Automotive News - November 24, 2008 Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - (Page Intro) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Detroit 3: Bankruptcy = doom (Page 1) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Detroit 3: Bankruptcy = doom (Page 2) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Ford will cut more output (Page 3) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Off with their heads! (But whose?) (Page 4) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Off with their heads! (But whose?) (Page 5) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - CEOs could have pre-empted the grilling (Page 6) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - CEOs could have pre-empted the grilling (Page 7) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Volvo's N.A. boss will resume leases to boost volume (Page 8) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Volvo's N.A. boss will resume leases to boost volume (Page 9) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Toyota: Venza is a trendsetter, not a crossover (Page 10) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Toyota: Venza is a trendsetter, not a crossover (Page 11) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - 'Buy American' talk won't help industry (Page 12) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - 'Buy American' talk won't help industry (Page 13) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Detroit 3 CEOs must offer to quit (Page 14) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Drawn to Ferrari (Page 15) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Japan poised to control key batteries (Page 16) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Dealers (Page 17) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Dealers (Page 18) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Dealers (Page 19) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Dealers (Page 20) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Dealers (Page 21) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Dealers (Page 22) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Mini electric: Jolt comes from sticker (Page 23) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Restyled Mustang: More refinement, horsepower (Page 24) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Bentley's Azure T gets 500 hp (Page 25) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Bentley's Azure T gets 500 hp (Page 26) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - GM formulates a 'Plan B' if it doesn't get federal loan (Page 27) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Infiniti replaces Igo (Page 28) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Infiniti replaces Igo (Page 29) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Romney: Bankruptcy, not bailout (Page 30) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Romney: Bankruptcy, not bailout (Page 31) Automotive News - November 24, 2008 - Romney: Bankruptcy, not bailout (Page 32)
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