Automotive News - March 10, 2008 - (Page 45)

MARCH 10, 2008 • 45 Scheduled plant overtime Plant Orion Township, Mich. Arlington, Texas 3/15 car truck x x x – Chrysler LLC Feb. output is up slightly In February, North America vehicle production rose to 1,316,817 units, up 2.3 percent from February 2007. Last month, U.S. car production was up 3.9 percent; Canada car output rose 0.8 percent; Mexico car output rose 11.3 percent; and North America car output was up 4.7 percent. U.S. truck production fell 0.6 percent; Canada truck output fell 14.0 percent; Mexico truck production was up 49.0 percent; and North America truck production rose 0.5 percent. U.S. light-vehicle output was up 1.1 percent; Canada vehicle output fell 7.0 percent; and Mexico vehicle production rose 23.1 percent. — Debi Domby Stories about these companies are on these pages: Acura 6, 20 ADESA 22 ADP Dealer Services 20 Allied Transportation Technology 28 American Axle 8 American Honda Finance 20 Arkona 4 Asbury O T AutomotiveM P A 4 C O Group N I E S Audi 1, 3, 30 AutoNation 43 AutoTec 22 Behr India 28 Bentley 43 BMW 1, 27, 30 Buick 46 Cadillac 1, 41, 42 Cerberus Capital Management 12 Chamco 8 Chevrolet 6, 41 Chrysler 4, 6, 12, 43, 44, 46 Concentric 28 Credit Union Direct Lending 20 Daimler 1 DealerTrack 4 Delphi 16 Denso 43 Dodge 4, 6, 41, 44, 46 Ferrari 46 Fiat 33 Ford 1, 3, 6, 12, 30, 34, 41, 43, 46 Gale Banks Engineering 16 GM 1, 3, 8, 12, 28, 32, 33, 34, 41, 43, 46 GM Planworks 3 Great Wall Motor 6 Group 1 Automotive 8 Gulf States Toyota 8 Haldex Traction Systems 28 Hebei Zhongxing Automobile 8 Honda 6, 16, 20, 26, 30, 41, 46 Hummer 32, 41 Hyundai 3, 6, 16, 26, 27 Infiniti 27, 30 Jatco 30 Jaguar 3 Jeep 4, 12, 41, 46 Johnson Controls 12 Kia 6, 42 Land Rover 3 Lexus 27, 30, 41 Lincoln 41 Lincoln Mercury 1 Magna Electronics 28 Manheim 22 Mazda 1, 3, 46 Mercedes-Benz 1, 16, 27, 30, 46 Microsoft 4 Mini 46 Mitsubishi 43 Modernista 32 NEC 3 Nissan 3, 26, 30, 41 Opel 12, 33 Plastech 12 Pontiac 1, 41, 46 Porsche 1 Reynolds and Reynolds 4 Saab 28, 32, 34, 43 Saturn 33 Scion 41 Seat 43 Shenyang Brilliance Jinbei Automobile 6 Skoda 43 Smart 32 Sonic Automotive 8 Suzuki 6, 46 Tata 3, 28, 33 Toyota ..1, 6, 26, 28, 32, 34, 41, 42, 46 Toyota Financial Services 20 TRW 43 Universal Computer Systems 4 Volkswagen 1, 3, 14, 30, 34 Volvo 1, 6, 14, 32 ZF Friedrichshafen 30 Zhejiang Geely Holding Group 6 3/10-3/14 Sterling Heights, Mich. Toluca, Mexico Jefferson North (Detroit) Newark, Del. Saltillo, Mexico Toledo (Ohio) Supplier Park Windsor, Ontario car car/truck truck truck truck truck truck x x x x x x – – – x – x x x 3/15 Plant closings Plant St. Louis (North) Week(s) Units lost down per week Chrysler LLC 3/10 2,900 3,800 Ford Motor Co. Kansas City, Mo. (SUV) truck Ford Motor Co. 3/10-3/14 Chicago 3/10 x 3/10-3/14 x 3/15 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 6,700 North America car and truck production 3/33/8/08† Feb. total 1/13/8/08† Unless noted vehicles are cars and assembled in the United States. 3/33/8/08† Feb. total 1/13/8/08† 1/13/10/07 1/13/10/07 3/33/8/08† Feb. total 1/13/8/08† 1/13/10/07 AM GENERAL Hummer H2 (trk.) 350 Ford Mustang 2,381 Mazda Mazda6 sedan 1,639 Mazda Mazda6 hatchback 164 Mazda Mazda6 wagon 0 AUTOALLIANCE 4,184 Z4 Coupe 67 Z4 Roadster 351 X5 (trk.) 2,882 Total U.S. car 418 Total U.S. truck 2,882 BMW MFG. CORP.‡ 3,300 Chevrolet Equinox (trk.) 2,720 Pontiac Torrent (trk.) 960 Suzuki XL-7 (trk.) 505 CAMI 4,185 300 (Can.) 2,612 PT Cruiser (Mex.) 1,165 PT Cruiser convertible (Mex.) 0 Sebring 1,745 Sebring convertible 1,121 Aspen (trk.) 1,156 Pacifica (Can. trk.) 0 Town & Country (trk.) 502 Town & Country (Can. trk.) 3,572 Total Chrysler Division 11,873 Avenger 397 Caliber 3,540 Challenger (Can.) 8 Charger (Can.) 3,838 Magnum (Can.) 677 Viper 39 Dakota (trk.) 1,308 Durango (trk.) 966 Grand Caravan/Caravan (trk.) 1,104 Gr. Caravan/Caravan (Can. trk.) 2,421 Journey (Mex. trk.) 2,165 Nitro (trk.) 1,523 Ram (trk., 2008 model) 5,368 Ram (trk., 2009 model) 3 Ram (Mex. trk.) 2,944 Sprinter (trk.)† 341 Total Dodge 26,642 Commander (trk.) 879 Compass (trk.) 1,257 Grand Cherokee (trk.) 2,197 Liberty (trk.) 3,322 Patriot (trk.) 1,676 Wrangler ( trk.) 1,190 Wrangler Unlimited 4-door (trk.) 2,346 Total Jeep 12,867 Total Chrysler group 51,382 Mitsubishi Raider 239 Volkswagen Routan (Can. trk.) 5 Total U.S. car 6,842 Total Canada car 7,135 Total Mexico car 1,165 Total U.S. truck 25,377 Total Canada truck 5,998 Total Mexico truck 5,109 CHRYSLER LLC* 51,626 DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG* 0 Crown Victoria (Can.) 1,423 Fiesta Ikon (Mex.) 0 Five Hundred 0 Focus 4,497 Fusion (Mex.) 4,523 New Taurus 2,171 E series, Econoline (trk.) 4,169 Edge (Can. trk.) 3,804 Escape (trk.) 4,590 Expedition (trk.) 1,417 Explorer (trk.) 3,201 F series (trk.) 10,433 F-series Heritage (Mex. trk.) 598 F-series Super Duty (trk.) 6,648 F-series chassis (trk.) 182 Freestyle (trk.) 0 Ranger (trk.) 1,659 Taurus X (trk.) 1,246 Total Ford division 50,561 MKZ (Mex.) 761 Town Car 0 Town Car (Can.) 561 Mark LT (trk.) 147 MKX (Can. trk.) 1,284 Navigator (trk.) 464 Total Lincoln 3,217 Grand Marquis (Can.) 825 Milan (Mex.) 626 Montego 0 Sable 383 Mariner (trk.) 1,087 Mountaineer (trk.) 350 Total Mercury 3,271 B series (trk.) 109 Tribute (trk.) 489 Total Mazda 598 Total U.S. car 7,051 Total Canada car 2,809 Total Mexico car 5,910 1,395 10,000 7,661 553 0 18,214 261 1,412 11,641 1,673 11,641 13,314 11,424 0 2,125 17,584 9,665 5,124 0 6,806 4,374 4,098 0 2,109 15,717 47,893 10,833 14,869 28 14,202 2,506 165 5,232 3,424 4,636 10,651 9,527 4,697 22,052 1 11,774 1,432 116,029 2,931 5,281 7,323 10,244 7,037 4,641 9,150 46,607 210,529 955 19 37,047 26,401 5,124 95,243 26,387 21,301 211,503 0 5,976 0 0 18,889 18,093 3,909 17,510 15,975 19,278 5,951 10,243 43,817 2,649 27,923 763 0 6,969 2,244 200,189 3,043 0 2,355 618 5,393 1,949 13,358 3,467 2,503 0 690 4,564 1,119 12,343 458 2,053 2,511 23,488 11,798 23,639 2,564 20,902 16,185 1,407 0 38,494 608 3,099 27,092 3,707 27,092 30,799 21,366 3,922 4,257 33,580 18,489 10,330 0 15,696 9,267 7,448 0 3,797 28,928 93,955 21,106 33,445 39 27,230 5,242 373 6,540 7,304 8,255 19,412 15,250 8,996 29,256 4 21,200 3,765 207,417 5,525 9,507 14,445 20,129 13,903 10,913 20,578 95,000 396,372 1,194 24 79,887 51,000 10,330 171,559 48,364 36,450 397,590 0 13,534 0 0 43,237 40,411 13,123 36,592 34,901 42,570 13,488 26,555 98,754 5,792 57,390 1,853 0 15,747 6,428 450,375 5,960 0 4,286 1,662 11,219 4,408 27,535 6,382 4,884 0 1,937 10,079 4,486 27,768 1,362 4,970 6,332 58,297 24,202 51,255 1,942 30,122 14,645 2,043 360 47,170 1,715 5,088 20,605 6,803 20,605 27,408 21,390 6,694 8,613 36,697 19,108 25,756 3,851 21,443 175 4,917 21,445 10,865 18,517 126,077 22,529 41,089 0 21,533 6,100 0 11,019 14,062 41,484 13,337 0 19,367 32,786 0 18,445 2,140 243,891 9,367 18,894 18,170 18,485 6,186 11,016 19,560 101,678 471,646 758 0 85,236 46,741 29,607 239,076 53,299 18,445 472,404 503,290 15,304 1,785 9,745 29,057 32,356 0 40,028 38,372 31,937 26,861 41,421 97,792 7,887 54,397 1,622 6,764 15,426 0 450,754 5,932 9,927 0 2,512 10,706 6,430 35,507 11,924 7,467 2,225 0 6,793 5,447 33,856 1,983 5,353 7,336 50,954 27,228 47,540 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 36,191 5,088 598 57,647 935 1,306 1,395 0 0 3,636 0 1,757 889 429 40 923 611 187 406 5,242 1,129 5,089 765 1,789 6,302 0 4,865 0 1,107 507 1,630 2,484 0 43 0 0 2,715 1,126 282 3,004 0 1,808 34,645 2,176 451 0 0 991 0 0 771 1,583 952 231 7,155 745 0 33 0 33 0 958 3,191 0 0 632 4,781 0 1,406 0 0 255 0 0 1,882 3,543 20,695 7,237 2,918 21,205 0 7,725 59,780 83 984 1,622 629 3,318 8,155 0 2,957 5,596 1,618 1,018 474 4,126 2,163 0 777 26,884 12,096 145,459 21,368 2,649 228,401 3,926 5,485 5,686 0 0 15,097 0 7,380 3,735 1,800 167 3,875 2,565 770 1,656 21,948 4,489 21,375 3,215 7,026 26,469 0 20,432 0 4,542 1,377 5,215 10,434 727 174 34,207 11,633 11,179 4,732 1,162 12,617 11,674 7,592 200,271 8,874 1,444 3,581 678 4,160 13,662 7,136 3,157 6,648 3,997 948 54,285 2,385 40 105 0 145 584 4,022 13,400 0 881 2,653 20,956 214 5,904 0 978 1,040 0 0 7,313 15,235 89,358 30,395 11,515 150,461 18,769 30,622 331,120 326 4,286 6,357 2,657 13,626 35,533 0 12,885 22,030 6,788 4,182 2,000 17,424 9,136 0 3,085 113,063 52,704 326,344 46,120 5,792 512,010 10,532 10,800 12,116 0 0 33,448 0 16,716 7,381 4,006 365 8,139 4,669 1,764 3,135 46,175 10,514 44,265 7,1

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Cheaper small cars are part of VW's U.S. plan Ford offers to buy back 81 stores As dollar dives, automakers juggle global strategies Jaguar-Land Rover deal will be signed within weeks GM Planworks chief leaves Jacoby cites dealer role in VW makeover Slim fast Nissan: Electric car to get here in 2010 Family honor Suddenly, Arkona's a key software player Chrysler may build vehicles in Russia Congress may ban mandated arbitration Volvo signs dealers willing to exit Breeding a hybrid? Prius could be a brand Honda adds benefits for same-sex partners Top China execs to speak at conference Manual for Challenger waits until '09 Ex-Sonic president: Gulf States raided Sonic GM, American Axle: Ties that bind Boardroom coup ousts Chamco executives False data imperil all auto financing Dealers would suffer if Calif. gets its way GM, Ford should bring Euro cars here Fresh ideas are fine, but Chrysler must be wary We need that 10% of useful inventions Safety options: Let consumers decide Tire monitors are full of problems Germany's labor setup just doesn't work Alabama adding auto jobs more slowly Engineer Banks strives to sip fuel, burn rubber Toyota Financial takes risks to aid dealers Honda captive beefs up dealer training in leasing NADA releases 2 subprime guides ADP develops e-sales brochure Credit unions' share of auto loans declines Upgraded auction ID carries a fee Dealers At hard-charging Hyundai, the plan is simple: More — now Genesis sedan's assignment: Boost image of all Hyundais Allied will supply sensing systems to Magna Haldex opens Mexico plant Behr gets Nano pact How Tupelo talked Toyota into building a plant there Infiniti FX showcases new Nissan technology Ford may consider hatchback for U.S. Audi to launch A4 sedan, wagon together BMW M3 convertible Saab hybrid concept has solar roof panels Toyota could bring tiny 4-seater to U.S. Hummer to push H3 pickup's usefulness New look for the SL Tiny Nano makes big waves GM's Opel unveils small hatchback that could become part of Saturn line Who says Americans don't want hatchbacks? 9-3 will dominate Saab marketing Lutz: Green takes greenbacks Leap year added to Feb. misery 9 U.S. Toyota executives will retire Ford gives employees $1,000 bonus Denso picks new N.A. CEO GM extends buyout offers CAW OKs TRW pact Lampert ups AutoNation stake Sagging Chrysler boosts spiffs Feb. output is up slightly Buick offers the Cadillac of caddies GM's board: The royal robe fits Fritz Be it metal or men, Geneva all about style Raising the roof (price) Italian cops bust Fiero-aris Consumer Reports' verdict on Chrysler products: Eeeee-uuw!

Automotive News - March 10, 2008

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