rorty:::tort: DAILY: Ford accelerates plans to reduce global vehicle platforms | Chrysler to boost Jeep Wrangler output in Ohio | Smoother vehicle development at GM saves $1B a year

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January 11, 2012

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2012 AUTOMOTIVE NEWS WORLD CONGRESS
Ford accelerates plans to reduce global vehicle platforms

DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. is accelerating its One Ford global product development plan by reducing its target for vehicle platforms worldwide to nine from eleven previously, and by moving the target date up to 2013 from 2014, global marketing chief Jim Farley said today.
>> story Published: Jan 11 12:20 pm U.S. Eastern time

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Chrysler to boost Jeep Wrangler output in Ohio

TOLEDO, Ohio -- Chrysler Group and UAW officials have agreed to a plan that will increase Jeep Wrangler output by 90 units a day by June at a plant in Toledo, Ohio.
The agreement calls for 25 workers on each of the two 10-hour shifts at the Toledo ... >> story Published: Jan 11 1:11 pm U.S. Eastern time

2012 AUTOMOTIVE NEWS WORLD CONGRESS
GM's Barra: Smoother vehicle development saves $1B a year

DETROIT -- General Motors product chief Mary Barra today said GM has largely eliminated the on-again, off-again nature of its vehicle development programs, part of the company's broader goal of reducing costs and complexity.
Barra told the ... >> story Published: Jan 11 2:37 pm U.S. Eastern time

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Read the blog Published: Jan 11 1:40 pm U.S. Eastern time

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