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Monday, July 16, 2012

DAILY: GM appoints Tim Lee as head of global manufacturing | Toyota's Fay, Carter get bigger roles | Small and mid-sized cars, minivans, hybrids are among 2012 winners

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GM appoints Tim Lee as head of global manufacturing
image GM tapped its head of China and other key international markets to also lead its global manufacturing operations. Tim Lee, 61, was appointed GM's vice president of global manufacturing. ... >> story  Published: Jul 16 10:05 am U.S. Eastern time
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Toyota shuffles U.S. sales, marketing staffs
Fay, Carter get bigger roles as Esmond plans to retire
image Toyota Motor Sales USA has tapped Bill Fay to lead the Toyota Division and has promoted division chief Bob Carter as part of a broad shuffling of its sales and marketing ranks, effective today. ... >> story  Published: Jul 16 1:51 pm U.S. Eastern time / UPDATED: 7/16/12 3:57 pm ET - details, archive links added

Small and mid-sized cars, minivans, hybrids are among 2012 winners
Big SUVs, some sports cars out of favor
imageSmall, budget-friendly cars with miserly engines and mid-sized sedans are hot. So are hybrids, minivans and traditional mid-sized SUVs. But big SUVs -- luxurious or not -- aren't so must-have these days when gasoline prices seem volatile. A U.S. ... >> story  Published: Jul 14 12:01 am U.S. Eastern time
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    KEITH CRAIN
    Time to start flipping a coin
    image The price of gasoline now seems to have inched up and stabilized. Is crude oil going up or down? Which segments do buyers want? Large, small, or both? So if both segments are strong, what's going on? Like a lot of other things these days, it's difficult to say Keith Crain is editor-in-chief of Automotive News. ... >> Read the column  Published: Jul 16 12:01 am U.S. Eastern time


    YANG JIAN
    In China, mid-sized car slump bodes ill for GM
    imageAlthough General Motors has maintained overall sales growth in China so far this year, sales of its mid-sized Buick and Chevrolet models have declined sharply. That's a bad sign Yang Jian is managing editor of Automotive News China. ... >> Read the column  Published: Jul 16 12:01 am U.S. Eastern time


    DAVID SEDGWICK
    Crash avoidance gear gets a boost from insurers
    image You could hear suppliers sighing with relief on July 3 after the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released its safety analysis of collision avoidance technology. The study reassures Delphi Automotive, Robert Bosch, Continental, Denso and others that have invested heavily in such systems David Sedgwick is a special correspondent for Automotive News. ... >> Read the column  Published: Jul 16 12:01 am U.S. Eastern time


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    Information about George Dexter, 88, a multifranchise dealer in California's Marin County. >> story  Published: Jul 16 12:01 am U.S. Eastern time

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    Merv isn't real, but self-driving cars are really coming
    The dream of letting your vehicle handle itself while you relax is not a complete fantasy anymore. In this week’s issue of Automotive News, I wrote about research being done on technology that would let cars and trucks drive themselves. Google already has a whole fleet of self-driving cars that it has been testing on roads in California and Nevada. ... arrow Read the blog  Published: Jul 16 2:56 pm U.S. Eastern time
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    Fit-based crossover? Honda could be eyeing new variant
    Honda has a few tricks up its sleeve for the next-generation Fit due next year. Honda already has said the Fit will pioneer a new regional r&d strategy -- in which global nameplates will break from a one-size-fits-all approach and be developed and built locally. But Honda apparently is planning a new Fit-based crossover to help it sell more than 1 million vehicles off the new platform, according to Japan's Nikkei business daily. ... arrow Read the blog  Published: Jul 16 1:29 pm U.S. Eastern time
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    Mazda's videos tease front design of new Mazda6
    RYAN BEENE: Mazda is teasing the production 2014 Mazda6 with videos on YouTube showing glimpses of the redesigned sedan's grille, headlamps and front fenders. ... arrow Read the blog  Published: Jul 14 6:52 am U.S. Eastern time
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