Forbes - According to the contract, Wonder Auto is expected to supply approximately 800,000 automotive alternators to a Shanghai-registered international auto parts procurement center over the next three years. All alternators supplied through this contract

Mexico’s aerospace role rising
AZCentral.com - Mexico has felt the downside of globalization in recent years as cheaper Asian manufacturers of everything from electronics to auto parts have undercut the advantages provided by looser North American trade barriers. Now, Mexican officials are

Worker: ‘Toyota Way’ Ignored at Factory
Newsday - But she has been assigned to putting auto parts in boxes, and is no longer allowed to inspect vehicles. Her bosses have repeatedly threatened to fire her, according to the lawsuit. Cameron said NUMMI management blocked her attempts to relay quality

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China’s Geely to Build Auto Venture in Russia
Industry Week - Geely, a Chinese homegrown private car maker, said Nov. 26 it would set up a production joint venture in Russia, in an apparent revival of a business after a plan was shelved last year. Last December Geely announced it would supply auto parts and

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On Mileage, Car Makers Offer a Hybrid Message
Wall Street Journal - The Dearborn, Mich., auto maker will install GTDI on its new Lincoln MKS luxury sedan — one of the Ford models that will make its debut at today’s show — but not until several months after the model is launched next summer. Also at the show

Timeline: GM Walkouts
Wall Street Journal - The United Auto Workers strike, which ended today, was the first to hit General Motors Corp. since 1998, and the first strike over a national contract since 1970. Here’s a look at some major labor disputes between the union and the auto maker, going

Ford’s Jan.-Oct. sales outpace Chinese market
Reuters - GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co (F.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), the No. 2 U.S. auto maker, moved 31 percent more vehicles in China in 2007’s first 10 months, outpacing the world’s second largest auto market after opening a huge plant

Tata CEO defends $2,500 car
Charlotte.com - Already, French auto maker Renault SA and its Japanese partner, Nissan Motor Co., are trying to determine if they can sell a compact car for less than $3,000. Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp., South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. and Chinese automaker Chery

UAW Ratchets Up Heat on Chrysler in Talks
Wall Street Journal - The United Auto Workers union stepped up the pace of negotiations with Chrysler LLC over the weekend, signaling that union leaders plan to test the auto maker’s new private-equity owners before moving on to Ford Motor Co. The UAW, which began formal

German Top Car Makers Defy Sluggish Market
Wall Street Journal - Italian auto maker Fiat SpA’s registrations increased 7.7% as it rolled out the new small 500 model in Europe. Ford Motor Co. posted a 7.2% rise in registrations, partly thanks to rising registrations at its Swedish Volvo premium brand, up 20% from a

Judge throws out Hyundai suit; appeal expected
Montgomery Advertiser - Poundstone IV, a lawyer representing Hyundai, said executives of the Korean auto-maker are pleased by Shashy’s ruling. They never thought their company should have been a defendant in the first place, Poundstone said. “It confirms what we’ve been

Fight Over Jobs, Cost Cuts Spurs Walkout at GM
Wall Street Journal - DETROIT — Workers at General Motors Corp. walked out of factories across the U.S., exploding a nearly decadelong truce between the auto maker and its union. The strike came as negotiations over a new national contract foundered on a big issue

Ford’s UAW Members Ratify Labor Agreement
Wall Street Journal - The United Auto Workers union said its members at Ford Motor Co. ratified a new labor agreement that will allow the auto maker to shift its retiree health-care obligations to a union-run trust and pay new employees a lower wage. The deal also

Who Won - In addition to Tanner Foust, Ken Gushi will return with his thundering V8-powered Toyo Tires/Ford Performance/Gushi Auto Ford Mustang, while Stephan Papadakis will once again demonstrate his versatile driving abilities with his AEM/Memphis Car Audio

McDermid Takes Third Championship in Wild SCCA American Sedan Race
Who Won - McDermid started second in his No. 24 Felice Race Engines/Lane Auto Ford Mustang but got the jump on polesitter Jason Von Kluge s No. 78 Mr. K s racing Ford Mustang at the start on the damp, but drying track. McDermid held a comfortable advantage

Ford’s better idea: more, brighter colors
Columbus Dispatch - Here’s a peek at some of the new colors in store at Ford in the coming years: from left, a cinnamon Flex, a vapor silver Lincoln MKZ, a kiwi green Escape, a white chocolate Limited F-150, an ice blue Mercury Mariner, a redfire Focus and an grabber

Daytonabrands, Inc. to Attend AAPEX, the World’s Largest
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Forbes - Annual average auto fuel costs have dropped to 4% of household income, from 6% in 1980. This is one part of a broad macro-economic trend toward primary fuel costs moving in to the “twilight” of our ever-changing, ever-larger, ever-less-commodity

UPDATE 2-Conoco to rent Singapore oil storage in trading push
Reuters UK - It will also take up another 100,000-150,000 cubic metres of storage for gasoline by the fourth quarter under Vopak’s latest expansion, giving it the infrastructure to catapult it to among the top traders in Asia of the auto fuel. A ConocoPhillips

Fuel bill unlikely this year, White House official says
Detroit News - WASHINGTON — A top White House economic official said an interview today he doesn’t expect Congress to pass an energy bill to boost auto fuel mileage standards before year’s end. “My honest assessment on Capitol Hill is we would very much like

Tribune - He said Kumbhat Holograms is the prime sponsor while other co-sponsors include Pioneer Cranes and Elevators, Mahindra Stiller Auto Trucks, Param International, Top Team Machines, Willwin, NK Forging and Rolling Industries, Indico Power Tools, Bull

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Akron Beacon Journal - South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. said it is shutting its auto plant in Montgomery, Ala., for 10 days in the fourth quarter amid sluggish demand. The plant, which makes the midsize Sonata sedan and the Santa Fe sport utility vehicle, was closed on

Alabama recruiters ready if Volkswagen considers U.S. plant
International Herald Tribune - Since German automaker Mercedes picked Vance in 1993 for an auto plant, Alabama has become what some industry watchers called the “Detroit of the South,” with Hyundai in Montgomery and Honda in Lincoln, plus Toyota and Navistar engine plants in

Quality inspector sues GM, Toyota over retaliation in Fremont plant
San Francisco Gate - Cameron, who said she has worked at the plant for 23 years, is now on medical leave, she said in an interview, because of the “emotional distress” allegedly caused her by her experiences at the auto plant. Cameron and Armstrong said it was not known

Moscow shares TFN at a glance outlook
CNBC - share in Russian car market next year (Vedomosti) -UES has sent out invitations to Russian strategic investors to bid for its 25 pct minus one share Power Machines stake (Vedomosti) -Canada’s Magna to build 500 mln usd Russian auto plant

Auto Industry 1991-2000
Kommersant - In June, Ivan Kostin, KamAZ’s general director, announced that the EBRD had agreed to a restructuring of the auto plant’s debts to it ($141 million with penalties and fines on principal of $100 million) in a share offset. In July, Vice-premier Il’ya

Tampa Officials Tour Charlotte, Come Away Impressed
The Ledger - It boasts the nation’s largest concentration of German-owned businesses, owing in part to the presence of a BMW auto plant about 1 1/2 hours away in Greer, S.C. The Tampa delegation got a bus tour of an “uptown” (so named because it’s built on a hill

Who Won - McDermid started second in his No. 24 Felice Race Engines/Lane Auto Ford Mustang but got the jump on polesitter Jason Von Kluge s No. 78 Mr. K s racing Ford Mustang at the start on the damp, but drying track. McDermid held a comfortable advantage

Daytonabrands, Inc. and QMI Set The Stage for Worldwide Product Launch
MSN MoneyCentral - Checker, Kragen, Advance Auto, Schucks, Autozone, AJ Prindle, Access Garage Doors, Silvo, Pantograms, Herrington, Egg Shops, GarageToys.com, garagedepot.com, Garage Doors and More, Car Care, Logo Advantage, Marwest, Meban Tuire and Auto, Ford Lincoln

Ford’s better idea: more, brighter colors
Columbus Dispatch - Here’s a peek at some of the new colors in store at Ford in the coming years: from left, a cinnamon Flex, a vapor silver Lincoln MKZ, a kiwi green Escape, a white chocolate Limited F-150, an ice blue Mercury Mariner, a redfire Focus and an grabber

Team Toyo’s Tanner Foust Leads Formula D Championship Points Entering
Who Won - In addition to Tanner Foust, Ken Gushi will return with his thundering V8-powered Toyo Tires/Ford Performance/Gushi Auto Ford Mustang, while Stephan Papadakis will once again demonstrate his versatile driving abilities with his AEM/Memphis Car Audio

Raleigh News & Observer - There were no reported injuries, the release said. A vehicle inside the auto repair shop caught fire, and the fire started spreading throughout the building. The Carrboro, Chapel Hill and New Hope fire departments responded. Fire, smoke and water

Elgin officials eyeball SW side
Courier News - Farnham, who owns La Gloria, the small, pink candy store on Hendee just off National, and the auto repair shop just to its north, feels the neighborhood provides many options for development. “What we need is a master plan for this whole area,” he said

ZBA delays ATM tree, auto repair decisions
Recorder - GREENFIELD — A ”money tree,” tree service business and new auto repair shop will have to wait until January for decisions from the Zoning Board of Appeals. The ZBA Thursday night continued three of its four public hearings after 3 hours of

Officers train to spot business deception
El Paso Times - Common cases included home improvement, landscaping, auto repair and transmission repair businesses. Cross said a simple example of deceptive business, is “if I’m selling beef, and I sell you four pounds of beef. But I only give you two pounds. What

Salvage yard bid opposed
La Grange Daily News - Santoro said he realized an auto salvage yard is something different for the area and the city has had trouble with salvage yards before, but promised to run the business like an auto repair shop. He said it wouldn t have leaky cars with grass

Bills tackle insurance rates in city
Detroit News - And, because of a record of high claims, traffic congestion and costly auto repair shops and medical care in certain areas, drivers are paying rates based on ZIP codes. “Our insurance rates should be based on our individual driving record,” said Rep

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Detroit Free Press - But their problem is, if there’s an alternative to oil, it would impact their monopoly on auto fuel. Judging by their sequestering of the NiMH batteries, I’d say they believe it, whether or not it’s rational. Perhaps someone should try to convince

US retail sales rise more than expected in September
Newratings.com - NEW YORK, October 12 (newratings.com) - US retail sales in September were stronger than expected, according to data published on Friday by the Commerce Department. The Commerce Department said retail sales rose by 0.6% in September, led by auto, fuel

Dodd: nation needs a leader who already knows Congress
Boston Globe - He also is seeking a steep increase in auto fuel economy standards to 50 miles per gallon by 2017 and requiring the government to use clean-energy vehicles. “We tax cigarettes, why not tax carbon as well?” he said. “The only way we’re going to change

Greater China economic and corporate news summary
CNBC - PetroChina begins seismic survey at South China Sea block -CNPC not planning to inject downstream assets into PetroChina -Cigna, Standard Life China JVs win approval to set up Sichuan units -Biofuel not feasible as alternative auto fuel

UPDATE 2-Conoco to rent Singapore oil storage in trading push
Reuters UK - It will also take up another 100,000-150,000 cubic metres of storage for gasoline by the fourth quarter under Vopak’s latest expansion, giving it the infrastructure to catapult it to among the top traders in Asia of the auto fuel. A ConocoPhillips

More air passengers ‘Think BGM’ in quarter
Sun and Press - Beardsley also credited the increased passenger activity to the summer’s vacation and leisure travel, higher volumes of business-related travel in September due to economic improvements in the region, increased auto fuel costs that made flying

Democrats falling short on energy goals
Houston Chronicle - The House bill, which left out auto fuel efficiency, included a requirement that utilities generate 15 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2020. That’s well below the goal of 25 percent set early in the year by the Center for American

Romney vows to help pull Michigan out of economic slump
Detroit News - Responding to a question during a 40-minute town hall-style event, Romney also said any changes to federal auto fuel-economy standards should be made with the input of the auto industry and should not give an edge to foreign automakers over domestic

Greens split over roads vs. rails measure
Seattle Post Intelligencer - It is very likely that this improvement in auto fuel efficiency will happen by the time the light rail in Prop 1 is scheduled to be completed in 20 years. Many cars already get more than 28 mpg. Van pools are already much more energy efficient and

September 2006
Cape Cod Today - Heating and Auto Fuel Costs; Regressive Tax policies; Health and Homeowners Insurance; Loss of People and livable wage jobs. List the Top 5 issues facing the Cape and Islands. Water quality Management; Public Transportation; Home owners Insurance