Automobile Industry News--3.15.12

Remarks by Vice President Biden on the Automotive Industry eNews Park Forest It's good having a dad in the automobile business, man. (Laughter.) Hey, I'm back, you're back, and the industry is back. (Applause.) The President and I made a bet, a simple bet. We bet on you. We bet on American ingenuity. We bet on you and we won. See all stories on this topic »

Dems credit Obama for auto aid Toledo Blade BY IGNAZIO MESSINA Ken Lortz, UAW regional director, said President Obama saved the automobile industry while Republicans opposed the bailout that ultimately worked. THE BLADE Enlarge | Photo Reprints One day ahead of Vice President Joe Biden's Toledo ... See all stories on this topic » Toledo Blade

Rajkot components industry woos auto majors Business Standard The Rajkot based auto components industry seems to have attracted major auto companies including Tata Motors, Asia Motor Works (AMW) and Peugeot once again. At a buyer-seller meet held on Thursday in Rajkot, major auto companies evinced interest to ... See all stories on this topic »

Joe Biden dispatched to Ohio to make middle class campaign pitch CBS News In the first in a series of speech he plans to give on the economy in the coming weeks, Biden delivered remarks today tailored to auto industry workers in the swing state of Ohio. At the United Auto Workers Local 12 Hall in Toledo, Ohio, ... See all stories on this topic » CBS News

Japan Auto Makers Want Yen to Weaken Further Wall Street Journal By YOSHIO TAKAHASHI TOKYO—While praising the yen's recent weakening, top executives in Japan's auto industry say they think the yen is still a far cry from being where it needs to be to ease pressure on domestic production. See all stories on this topic »

Japan Auto Executives Don't Think Yen Weak Enough Yet Wall Street Journal (Combines comments on the yen by the head of Automobile Manufacturers Association and Mazda's CEO.) By Yoshio Takahashi Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES TOKYO (Dow Jones)--While praising the yen's recent weakening, top executives in Japan's auto industry say ... See all stories on this topic »

Gen-Y Attitudes are Shaping the Automotive Future MLive.com For the past four years, Voorhees, an assistant professor of marketing the Broad College of Business at MSU, and Deloitte, LLC, a consultant to the automobile industry, have worked together to build a nationwide consumer preference data set. See all stories on this topic » MLive.com

US Auto Dealers Who Survived Debacle See Record Sales Bloomberg Spring Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge-Ram in Houston was one of the fortunate US auto dealers to have survived the industry meltdown of 2008 and 2009. "It was tough times," Al Heggs, the dealership's general manager, said of the period when sales plunged to less ... See all stories on this topic » Bloomberg

Mexican Auto Sector Willing to Accept Quotas on Exports to Brazil Latin American Herald Tribune MEXICO CITY – Mexico's automobile industry said it is willing to accept temporary quotas on its exports to Brazil as long as the restrictions are lifted after a period of no more than three years. The two countries have been reviewing their bilateral ... See all stories on this topic » Latin American Herald Tribune

Auto dealers rebound with record sales Bizjournals.com Automobile dealers in Houston and nationwide that survived the auto industry crisis of the past few years are now seeing record sales. Profit per store across the industry has almost tripled since 2008, Bloomberg reports. See all stories on this topic »

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Malaysia: time to liberalise its automobile sector | East Asia Forum Author: Vikram Nehru, Carnegie Endowment Last month the Malaysian and Southeast Asian media was abuzz with the dramatic twists and turns surrounding ... www.eastasiaforum.org/.../malaysia-time-to-liberalise-its-auto...

Remarks by the Vice President on the Automotive Industry | The ... Remarks by the Vice President on the Automotive Industry. UAW Local 12, Main Hall Toledo, Ohio. 11:18 A.M. EDT. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hey, folks, how are ... www.whitehouse.gov/.../remarks-vice-president-automotive-in...

china market research China Automobile Sector Forecast to 2012 ... According to our latest study "China Automobile Sector Forecast to 2012", China produced a total 9.3 Million vehicles in 2008, surpassing United States as. www.articlesarefree.com/.../china-market-research-china-auto...