Automobile Industry News--4.2.12

The Midwest's Big Economic Miscalculation The Atlantic Cities The Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce has launched a new effort called MICHauto, devoted to "promoting, retaining and growing" Michigan's auto industry. But I'm concerned that this "renaissance" may ultimately do more harm than good to the future of ... See all stories on this topic » The Atlantic Cities

Classic car showcase: Lincoln Zephyr TheChronicleHerald.ca The 1930s Depression was a desperate time for the automobile industry, especially luxury car makers. Most people could not consider buying a new car of any kind, let alone a luxury model, and many who could preferred to forgo ostentation in the face of ... See all stories on this topic » TheChronicleHerald.ca

Global and China Automotive Wheel Hub Industry Report 2011-2012 SBWire (press release) 2011 is a year of harvest for Chinese aluminum wheel hub industry manufacturers, whose main export destinations were United States, Russia, Germany and the UAE, of which, the US market occupied around half of total shares. The US automobile industry ... See all stories on this topic »

Opel's Future Weighs Heavily on German Town New York Times The burden of reducing that costly production surplus is likely to fall disproportionately on communities like Bochum, which depend on the automobile industry for jobs. The city of 367000 people in Germany's industrial Ruhr Valley has already suffered ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

TABLE-Japan overall auto sales for March Reuters | TOKYO, April 2 (Reuters) - Japan's industry-wide auto sales, including 660cc minivehicles, rose 72 percent in March from a year earlier to 751888 vehicles, industry data showed on Monday. A breakdown of domestic vehicle sales data follows, ... See all stories on this topic »

Firing on All Cylinders Voice & Data Online The automobile industry has over the years risen from being traditional manufacturing set-ups to becoming modernized organizations, which are leveraging all the relevant tools in the ICT space. The automobile companies these days are leveraging tools ... See all stories on this topic » Voice & Data Online

Handpresso makes a new espresso machine for use in the car while driving ... ABC News Kelley Styring, an expert on consumer behavior and a consultant to the auto industry, isn't at all surprised by the advent of in-car espresso--or, for that matter, by the in-car pizza ovens or a host of other after-market gizmos that make your car more ... See all stories on this topic » ABC News

Car sales rise at faster clip in March, but full year figures disappoint Livemint Car sales saw a spike in March with buyers rushing to beat an anticipated price hike, but sales for the year ended 31 March painted a dismal picture, although analysts expect 2012-13 to be better. Most Indian companies close their books on 31 March, ... See all stories on this topic »