Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - (Page 41) NOVEMBER 10, 2008 • 41 Scheduled plant overtime Plant Ford Motor Co. Oakville, Ontario 11/10 4,200 N.A. output falls 19.9% ■ North America vehicle production fell to 1,161,342 units last month, down 19.9 percent from October 2007. U.S. car production rose 2.3 percent, Canada car output fell 15.9 percent, Mexico car production rose 8.4 percent, and North America car output fell 0.2 percent. U.S. truck production fell 37.7 percent, Canada truck output fell 48.0 percent, Mexico truck production rose 11.7 percent, and North America truck production fell 35.3 percent. Total U.S. vehicle production fell 23.1 percent, Canada vehicle output dropped 31.0 percent, and Mexico vehicle production rose 9.4 percent. — Debi Domby Stories about these companies are on these pages: AI23 Systems 22 Acura 38 Asahi Tec 29 ASC 3 Aston Martin 30 Audi 3, 6, 37, 42 AutoNation 37 Unless noted vehicles are cars and assembled in the United States. General Motors 11/10-11/15‡ Arlington, Texas Fort Wayne, Ind. Lordstown, Ohio Orion Township, Mich. truck truck car car x x x x General Motors Flint, Mich. 11/10 Janesville, Wis. (Line 1) 11/10 Oshawa (Ontario) Car (Line 1)† Oshawa Truck 11/10 Wilmington, Del. 11/10, 11/17, 11/24 2,050 1,500 2,025 450 Plant closings Plant Week(s) Units lost down per week Nissan Canton, Miss.* Smyrna, Tenn* 11/10 11/10 2,500 1,625 CAMI Ingersoll, Ontario 11/10 2,900 1,500 2,400 Chrysler LLC Jefferson North (Detroit) Toledo (Ohio) Supplier Park 11/10 11/10 ‡Overtime worked during the week could be daily, Saturday or both. †Down for changeover until 1st quarter of 2009 to install flex line and add Chevrolet Camaro *Down 1 day, truck side only Source: Automotive News Data Center and company sources TO COMPANIES North America car and truck production 11/311/8/08† Oct. total 1/111/8/08† 1/111/10/07 11/311/8/08† Oct. total 1/111/8/08† 1/111/10/07 11/311/8/08† Oct. total 1/111/8/08† 1/111/10/07 Bank of America 6 BMW 4, 6, 10, 42 BorgWarner 8 Cerberus 8, 12, 39, 42 Chery Automobile 38 Chevrolet 14, 20, 24, 37 China FAW Group 38 Chongqing Changan Automobile 38 Chrysler 1, 3, 12, 16, 29, 37, 40 Chrysler Financial 12, 40 Continental Plastics 37 Daihatsu 25 Daimler 12, 16 Dodge 3, 16, 37 EnovaPremier 37 Ferrari 30 Ford .1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 24, 25, 29, 30, 37, 38 Ford Credit 30 GM 1, 3, 8, 12, 20, 24, 29, 37, 42 GMAC 3, 8, 12 Group 1 Automotive 37 Honda 12, 24, 37, 38, 42 Hymotion 22 Hyundai 37 Jaguar 10 Jeep 16 Land Rover 10 Lear 8, 42 Lexus 26, 37, 42 Lithia Motors 37 Lotus 16 Magna 8 Maybach 4 Mazda 25, 42 Mercedes-Benz 4, 6, 10, 16 Merrill Lynch 6 Metaldyne 29 Mini 6, 37 Nissan 37, 42 Nissan-Renault 25 Pontiac 42 Porsche 6, 10 Premier Financial Services 30 Putnam Leasing 30 Saleen Automotive 3 Saturn 42 Scion 42 Service Repair Solutions 29 Smart 4, 16 Tata 25 Tiger Truck 38 Toyota 3, 6, 12, 14, 16, 17, 22, 25, 26, 37, 42 Toyota Financial Services 26 Volkswagen 3, 6 Zhejiang Geely Automobile 38 AM GENERAL Hummer H2 (trk.) 163 Ford Mustang 819 Mazda Mazda6 sedan 1,927 Mazda Mazda6 hatchback 0 Mazda Mazda6 wagon 0 AUTOALLIANCE 2,746 Z4 Coupe 0 Z4 Roadster 0 X5 (trk.) 2,328 X6 (trk.) 1,026 Total U.S. car 0 Total U.S. truck 3,354 BMW MFG. CORP.‡ 3,354 Chevrolet Equinox (trk.) 0 Pontiac Torrent (trk.) 0 Suzuki XL7 (trk.) 0 CAMI 0 300 (Can.) 1,092 PT Cruiser (Mex.) 1,343 PT Cruiser convertible (Mex.) 0 Sebring 784 Sebring convertible 210 Aspen (trk.) 347 Pacifica (Can. trk.) 0 Town & Country (trk.) 0 Town & Country (Can. trk.) 1,194 Total Chrysler Division 4,970 Avenger 1,314 Caliber 2,483 Challenger (Can.) 1,143 Charger (Can.) 2,161 Magnum (Can.) 0 Viper 27 Dakota (trk.) 280 Durango (trk.) 432 Grand Caravan/Caravan (trk.) 0 Gr. Caravan/Caravan (Can. trk.) 1,503 Journey (Mex. trk.) 2,997 Nitro (trk.) 831 Ram (trk., 2008 model) 0 Ram (trk., 2009 model) 4,284 Ram (Mex. trk.) 2,120 Sprinter (trk.)† 112 Total Dodge 19,687 Commander (trk.) 306 Compass (trk.) 557 Grand Cherokee (trk.) 1,085 Liberty (trk.) 1,624 Patriot (trk.) 2,011 Wrangler ( trk.) 1,089 Wrangler Unlimited 4-door (trk.) 1,184 Total Jeep 7,856 Total Chrysler group 32,513 Mitsubishi Raider 0 Volkswagen Routan (Can. trk.) 672 Total U.S. car 4,818 Total Canada car 4,396 Total Mexico car 1,343 Total U.S. truck 14,142 Total Canada truck 3,369 Total Mexico truck 5,117 CHRYSLER LLC*† 33,185 DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG* 0 Crown Victoria (Can.) 1,439 Fiesta Ikon (Mex.) 0 Five Hundred 0 Focus 4,021 Fusion (Mex.) 5,176 New Taurus 912 E series, Econoline (trk.) 0 Edge (Can. trk.) 2,604 Escape (trk.) 4,521 Expedition (trk.) 1,832 Explorer (trk.) 1,253 F series (trk.) 3,724 F-series Heritage (Mex. trk.) 418 F-series Super Duty (trk.) 2,206 F-series chassis (trk.) 19 Flex (Can. trk.) 1,133 Freestyle (trk.) 0 Medium (Mex. trk.) 135 Ranger (trk.) 1,915 Taurus X (trk.) 388 Total Ford brand 31,696 MKS 998 MKZ (Mex.) 374 Town Car 0 Town Car (Can.) 239 Mark LT (trk.) 0 MKX (Can. trk.) 478 Navigator (trk.) 226 Total Lincoln 2,315 Grand Marquis (Can.) 705 Milan (Mex.) 830 Montego 0 Sable 266 Mariner (trk.) 539 Mountaineer (trk.) 168 Total Mercury 2,508 B series (trk.) 85 Tribute (trk.) 204 Total Mazda 289 Total U.S. car 6,197 Total Canada car 2,383 Total Mexico car 6,380 703 6,134 12,045 4,707 88,365 131,440 11,041 61,743 37,150 0 1,564 5,673 0 0 706 15,748 151,672 174,969 0 1,474 5,558 0 8,201 18,443 8,698 110,458 114,594 3,889 31,166 0 0 9,675 24,001 12,587 141,624 114,594 12,587 151,299 138,595 1,652 76,214 87,876 557 28,287 35,284 91 12,287 27,318 2,300 193,002 150,478 4,741 56,222 106,084 5,780 54,434 87,286 0 0 10,757 4,738 48,601 70,969 1,278 24,848 29,415 914 20,574 23,535 0 0 46,271 1,492 13,903 21,055 9,915 120,689 96,709 28,858 339,271 492,081 7,932 76,119 111,097 14,210 121,915 145,402 4,968 22,094 0 9,388 107,036 102,851 0 4,733 22,994 166 1,579 127 1,364 26,914 48,296 1,136 20,287 44,903 3,691 57,738 98,023 12,483 97,493 80,277 13,273 114,340 0 2,195 36,658 104,081 0 113,661 208,000 19,265 62,416 0 9,771 88,906 148,835 503 14,182 15,411 100,345 966,071 1,130,297 1,476 18,298 52,934 2,686 40,972 61,692 4,059 59,915 111,334 2,511 74,419 86,183 9,726 83,972 89,830 5,264 47,899 55,193 5,721 72,449 82,410 31,443 397,924 539,576 160,646 1,703,266 2,161,954 0 4,003 3,810 5,580 13,099 0 28,324 273,062 357,010 19,097 190,085 231,929 5,780 54,434 98,043 62,003 768,260 1,106,690 27,978 231,281 223,257 23,044 203,246 148,835 166,226 1,720,368 2,165,764 0 0 1,570,164 4,892 57,106 61,031 0 0 5,975 0 0 13,349 23,123 209,463 161,039 23,808 181,249 157,080 5,246 43,986 47,268 9,706 116,667 159,726 9,895 116,641 155,046 20,345 190,596 183,537 5,953 50,735 96,395 4,071 82,179 150,511 21,411 283,252 441,178 1,924 31,447 32,870 12,683 175,680 278,553 108 3,848 9,188 4,304 36,454 0 0 0 11,564 623 5,608 264 8,617 84,705 87,350 2,229 388 24,992 158,938 1,670,004 2,076,916 5,737 20,658 0 1,719 28,735 32,269 0 0 21,478 812 25,095 0 0 4,823 8,681 1,815 29,597 43,630 736 12,935 23,919 10,819 121,843 129,977 2,398 25,561 46,906 3,818 29,191 34,363 0 0 4,041 1,531 12,049 16,293 2,424 31,205 31,993 546 81,094 22,869 10,717 179,100 156,465 381 4,081 5,140 917 14,207 21,043 1,298 18,288 26,183 35,637 286,156 263,468 8,102 107,762 107,937 29,345 239,175 229,687 Total U.S. truck 17,080 Total Canada truck 4,215 Total Mexico truck 553 FORD MOTOR CO. 36,808 LaCrosse/Allure (Can.) 915 Lucerne 996 Enclave (trk.) 1,261 Rainier (trk.) 0 Terraza (trk.) 0 Total Buick 3,172 CTS (2007 model) 0 CTS (2008 model) 1,027 DTS 630 STS 80 XLR 0 Escalade (trk.) 347 Escalade ESV (trk.) 104 Escalade EXT (Mex. trk.) 95 SRX (trk.) 123 Total Cadillac 2,406 Aveo (Mex.) 1,076 Camaro (Can.) 0 Chevy C2 (Mex.) 1,755 Cobalt 5,344 Corvette 386 HHR (Mex.) 2,797 Impala (Can.) 6,512 Classic/Malibu 0 Malibu 4,834 Monte Carlo (Can.) 0 Avalanche (Mex. trk.) 259 Captiva Sport (Mex. trk.) 552 Colorado (trk.) 581 Express (trk.) 2,195 Medium (trk.) 186 Medium (Mex. trk.) 0 Silverado (trk.) 5,141 Silverado (Can. trk.) 0 Silverado/Cheyenne (Mex. trk.) 1,940 Suburban (trk.) 591 Suburban (Mex. trk.) 0 Tahoe (trk.) 1,649 TrailBlazer (trk.) 962 Traverse (trk.) 2,295 Uplander (trk.) 0 Total Chevrolet 39,055 Acadia (trk.) 1,742 Canyon (trk.) 165 Envoy (trk.) 429 Medium (trk.) 334 Savana (trk.) 433 Sierra (trk.) 1,985 Sierra (Can. trk.) 0 Sierra (Mex. trk.) 793 Yukon (trk.) 1,196 Yukon XL (trk.) 594 Yukon XL (Mex. trk.) 0 Total GMC 7,671 H3 (trk.) 56 H3 SUT (trk.) 130 Total Hummer 186 Ascender (trk.) 0 i-280, i-350 pickup (trk.) 0 Medium (trk.) 13 Total Isuzu 13 Opel GT roadster 0 G3/Wave (Mex.) 296 G5/Pursuit 1,007 G6 2,212 Grand Prix (Can.) 0 Solstice 0 Montana SV6 (trk.) 0 Total Pontiac 3,515 Saab 9-7X (trk.) 48 Aura 1,000 Ion 0 Sky 0 Outlook (trk.) 248 Relay (trk.) 0 Vue (trk.) 0 Vue (Mex. trk.) 2,223 Total Saturn 3,471 Total U.S. car 17,516 Total Canada car 7,427 Total Mexico car 5,924 Total U.S. truck 22,808 Total Canada truck 0 Total Mexico truck 5,862 GENERAL MOTORS 59,537 CSX (Can.) 68 TL 1,818 MDX (Can. trk.) 300 RDX (trk.) 126 Total Acura 2,312 Accord 8,347 Accord (Mex.) 0 Civic 2,508 Civic (Can.) 7,099 CR-V (trk.) 3,022 CR-V (Mex trk.) 1,034 Element (trk.) 62 Odyssey (trk.) 2,405 Pilot (trk.) 2,462 Pilot (Can. trk.) 0 Ridgeline (Can. trk.) 435 Total Honda Division 27,374 90,127 16,014 2,547 181,772 4,028 3,236 7,251 0 0 14,515 0 4,622 2,048 361 0 1,737 522 436 556 10,282 4,949 0 8,075 30,730 1,735 12,866 28,653 0 27,798 0 1,193 2,539 3,338 12,622 1,067 0 23,192 2,854 8,923 3,142 0 8,423 5,531 13,195 0 200,825 10,017 949 2,465 1,920 2,491 8,970 1,198 3,647 6,194 3,291 0 41,142 320 746 1,066 0 0 75 75 40 1,361 5,793 12,720 0 551 0 20,425 275 5,749 0 816 1,424 0 0 10,225 18,214 96,199 32,681 27,251 119,713 4,052 26,963 306,859 300 8,362 1,323 599 10,584 38,396 0 9,279 31,320 14,344 4,758 294 12,684 11,686 0 1,919 124,680 1,136,395 182,692 37,055 1,989,235 44,086 47,992 54,428 0 0 146,506 0 138,367 29,461 14,290 1,353 24,329 10,155 4,984 15,840 238,779 19,494 0 58,898 222,549 28,243 88,560 266,015 0 216,915 0 5,148 14,363 53,442 83,098 7,145 1,589 205,275 61
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Automotive News - November 10, 2008 Life at 11 million: Slash, rethink The options: Bailout or disaster Can Toyota reheat the frozen Tundra? Chrysler dealers cheer halt to merger talk VW will unveil roadster at Detroit auto show BMW boosts dealers' year-end ad money Mercedes' $220 million flagship Mercedes hit hard in Northeast, once a sales stronghold Mercedes will kill CLK, add larger coupe, convertible Mitsubishi reclaims its finance business Toyota's Esmond to speak at congress Loss is more: Europe snatches bigger share of U.S. market Cash burn rates threaten GM, Ford GMAC: We're nobody's captive As losses mount, suppliers risk cash-flow crunch Tata: Yes to Jaguar XF derivative, no to SUV U.S. aid is needed now, but not to help Cerberus They are too big to fail Why should we help GM and Chrysler? First and foremost, you must be flexible U.S. trade policy gives it all away To the Editor: A rough ride is nothing new for autos Dealer's politics were pertinent Chrysler's 1st electric: Probably a cargo van Auto meltdown forces Mercedes to scrap prediction of sales record Boosting mpg will bump up stickers, too Adding up the tab for fuel economy Camaro Black: Eye-catching, affordable and available Honda sees green in Civic HFP's street performance Honda offers peek at future Fit Ford F-150 Raptor flies off-road Souped-up, tricked-out â and headed for the showroom Report: Toyota plans $5,000 car Amid gloom, Mazda chief sees revival in 2009-10 Report: Past-due subprime loans jump Toyota aims to win loyalty with credit card Study: Car buyers turn green for different reasons Thanks, buddy Hyundai helps Dealers Metaldyne offers pennies to bondholders Obituaries Personnel As expected, Oct. sales sank Another Chinese automaker plans Mexico factory Honda backs off U.S. clean diesels Industry pal, foe vie for key post in Congress Industry expects more activism from D.C. N.A. output falls 19.9% Toyota moves in striking distance of GM's U.S. sales crown Going, going . . . An ex-GM exec's view: It's going to get nasty Sex, Nazis, chicken and BMW: A scandal that puts fiction writers to shame Recession rips up roadster market Toyota takes heat for 'the herpes of the advertising world' Want to boost mpg? Turn up the heat on AC Cutting energy loss: A nibble here, a nibble there ... Carbon slashes weight, but it's still too pricey Carmakers shift to gears in search of mpg gains Natural gas draws interest as alternative fuel Friction? Ay, there's the rub Electric for a week Automotive News - November 10, 2008 Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - (Page Intro) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - (Page Bellyband1) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - (Page Bellyband2) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - The options: Bailout or disaster (Page 1) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - The options: Bailout or disaster (Page 2) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - VW will unveil roadster at Detroit auto show (Page 3) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Mercedes hit hard in Northeast, once a sales stronghold (Page 4) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Mercedes hit hard in Northeast, once a sales stronghold (Page 5) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Loss is more: Europe snatches bigger share of U.S. market (Page 6) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Loss is more: Europe snatches bigger share of U.S. market (Page 7) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - As losses mount, suppliers risk cash-flow crunch (Page 8) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - As losses mount, suppliers risk cash-flow crunch (Page 9) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Tata: Yes to Jaguar XF derivative, no to SUV (Page 10) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Tata: Yes to Jaguar XF derivative, no to SUV (Page 11) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - First and foremost, you must be flexible (Page 12) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - First and foremost, you must be flexible (Page 13) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Dealer's politics were pertinent (Page 14) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Dealer's politics were pertinent (Page 15) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Auto meltdown forces Mercedes to scrap prediction of sales record (Page 16) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Boosting mpg will bump up stickers, too (Page 17) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Boosting mpg will bump up stickers, too (Page 18) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Boosting mpg will bump up stickers, too (Page 19) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 20) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 21) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22a) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22b) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22c) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22d) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22e) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22f) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22g) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22h) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22i) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22j) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22k) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22l) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 23) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Souped-up, tricked-out â and headed for the showroom (Page 24) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Amid gloom, Mazda chief sees revival in 2009-10 (Page 25) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Toyota aims to win loyalty with credit card (Page 26) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Hyundai helps (Page 27) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Dealers (Page 28) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Personnel (Page 29) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Personnel (Page 30) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Personnel (Page 31) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Personnel (Page 32) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Personnel (Page 33) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Personnel (Page 34) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Personnel (Page 35) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Personnel (Page 36) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - As expected, Oct. sales sank (Page 37) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Honda backs off U.S. clean diesels (Page 38) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Industry expects more activism from D.C. 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