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| | North America car and truck production -- August and YTD
| | | Aug. 2012 | Aug. 2011 | Aug. % change | 8 mos. 2012 | 8 mos. 2011 | 8 mos. change | | AutoAlliance | 9,634 | 12,413 | -22% | 103,381 | 75,044 | 38% | | BMW Mfg. Corp. | 27,563 | 26,467 | 4% | 200,429 | 179,801 | 12% | | Chrysler Group | 220,101 | 170,502 | 29% | 1,599,704 | 1,315,246 | 22% | | Ford Motor Co. | 242,272 | 232,672 | 4% | 1,773,892 | 1,718,637 | 3% | | Ford incl. joint venture* | 247,818 | 241,927 | 2% | 1,839,907 | 1,772,701 | 4% | | General Motors | 296,676 | 299,172 | -1% | 2,206,143 | 2,087,519 | 6% | | Honda** | 146,511 | 109,397 | 34% | 1,147,982 | 669,378 | 72% | | Hyundai-Kia Automotive* | 71,655 | 59,922 | 20% | 475,852 | 408,688 | 16% | | Mercedes-Benz** | 17,665 | 16,296 | 8% | 120,467 | 107,489 | 12% | | Mitsubishi Motor Mfg.** | 3,225 | 4,219 | -24% | 17,448 | 30,218 | -42% | | Nissan | 128,962 | 117,010 | 10% | 915,160 | 751,740 | 22% | | Subaru | 27,659 | 22,250 | 24% | 189,092 | 148,717 | 27% | | Tesla** | 56 | 0 | 0% | 108 | 0 | 0% | | Think** | 0 | 46 | 0% | 0 | 351 | 0% | | Toyota** | 154,237 | 100,076 | 54% | 1,155,361 | 696,758 | 66% | | Toyota incl. joint venture* | 162,989 | 108,703 | 50% | 1,219,171 | 748,070 | 63% | | Vehicle Product Group | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1,375 | 0 | 0% | | Volkswagen | 82,139 | 53,174 | 55% | 496,418 | 354,316 | 40% | | Other truck | 37,042 | 28,163 | 32% | 280,137 | 218,492 | 28% | | Total North America car | 674,408 | 545,113 | 24% | 4,822,089 | 3,728,302 | 29% | | Total North America truck | 790,989 | 706,666 | 12% | 5,860,860 | 5,034,092 | 16% | | Total U.S. | 963,608 | 827,988 | 16% | 7,021,975 | 5,628,133 | 25% | | Total Canada | 235,148 | 193,585 | 22% | 1,670,060 | 1,392,058 | 20% | | Total Mexico | 266,641 | 230,206 | 16% | 1,990,914 | 1,742,203 | 14% | | Total North America production | 1,465,397 | 1,251,779 | 17% | 10,682,949 | 8,762,394 | 22% | | Total N.A. light vehicle production | 1,428,355 | 1,223,616 | 17% | 10,402,812 | 8,543,902 | 22% | | | *Production are not included in grand totals | | **Automotive News estimates | | Source: Automotive News Data Center and company sources | |
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| JUST IN TIME | DAVID SEDGWICK
Opportunity knocks with Toyota's supplier shake-up
Toyota's famed keiretsu network of suppliers has begun to crack under the stress of the strong yen.
Mitsuhisa Kato, the automaker's new global r&d chief, last week told Automotive News' Hans Greimel that the automaker will design vehicles that can accommodate parts made by overseas suppliers.
And if Toyota's current suppliers can't compete on price and technology, that's too bad.
Wow. Now, we don't expect behemoths such as Denso Corp., Aisin Seiki and Toyota Boshoku to be driven out of business. But I suspect that Kato means what he says and says what he means.
In April, Toyota unveiled a plan to reduce engineering costs by 30 percent, partly by standardizing half of the parts used in a typical Toyota vehicle.
This could be a very real opportunity for European and North American suppliers.
Published: Sep 11 12:01 am U.S. Eastern time
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Aluminum suppliers expand rapidly as demand soars
 The auto industry’s weight watchers should have a field day with the redesigned Range Rover to be displayed this month at the Paris auto show. The vehicle’s all-aluminum body is 926 pounds lighter than its predecessor, and Land Rover brags that the vehicle is the world’s first all-aluminum SUV. ... story
| New CEO David Dauch looks beyond SUV era, GM at American Axle
 Now that David Dauch has succeeded his father as CEO of American Axle & Manufacturing, he must reduce his dependence on the customer, GM, that saved his company from bankruptcy three years ago. Dauch says he has a plan to do just that. American Axle, which derived 73 percent of its revenue last year from GM, has begun to win a considerable number of non-GM contracts. ... story
| Waste not, want not: Engineers make use of lost engine heat
 Engineers say that 60 percent of the energy used by a gasoline engine is wasted because of thermal losses from exhaust heat and radiator coolant. By contrast, engine friction wastes just 3 percent. ... story
| Supplier personnel
Personnel changes for SET Enterprises, International Automotive Components Group, Timken and PPG Industries. ... story
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Top 10 vehicles
produced in North America,
August and YTD | | | Aug. 2012 | | 1 | Ford F series/Super Duty | 86,871 | | 2 | Chevrolet Silverado | 52,041 | | 3 | Dodge Ram | 45,455 | | 4 | Toyota Camry* | 42,501 | | 5 | Honda Accord* | 36,158 | | 6 | Toyota Corolla* | 35,720 | | 7 | Honda Civic* | 33,454 | | 8 | VW Jetta (6th gen.) | 33,349 | | 9 | Ford Escape (2nd gen.) | 31,628 | | 10 | Honda CR-V* | 30,585 | | | | | | | | 8 mos. | | 1 | Ford F series/Super Duty | 551,911 | | 2 | Chevrolet Silverado | 352,410 | | 3 | Toyota Camry* | 329,063 | | 4 | Dodge Ram | 281,731 | | 5 | Honda Civic* | 279,910 | | 6 | Honda Accord* | 271,287 | | 7 | Toyota Corolla* | 243,072 | | 8 | Honda CR-V* | 233,056 | | 9 | VW Jetta (6th gen.) | 217,345 | | 10 | Nissan Altima | 215,382 | | *Automotive News estimates.
Source: Automotive News Data Center and company sources
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|  | | North America car and light-truck production by plant -- Top 10 plants for August and YTD | | | Aug. 2012 | | | 8 mos. | | 1 | VW Puebla, Mexico (C) | 63,110 | | VW Puebla, Mexico (C) | 403,170 | | 2 | Nissan Aguascalientes, Mexico (C)* | 46,185 | | Toyota Georgetown, Ky. (C)* | 329,493 | | 3 | Toyota Georgetown, Ky. (C)* | 41,224 | | Honda Marysville, Ohio (C/T)* | 301,347 | | 4 | Honda Marysville, Ohio (C/T)* | 39,814 | | Nissan Smyrna, Tenn. (C/T) | 281,962 | | 5 | GM Oshawa (Ontario) (C/T) | 39,331 | | Honda Alliston, Ontario (C/T)* | 279,886 | | 6 | Nissan Smyrna, Tenn. (C/T) | 38,703 | | Nissan Aguascalientes, Mexico (C)* | 276,133 | | 7 | Honda Alliston, Ontario (C/T)* | 36,834 | | GM Oshawa (Ontario) (C/T) | 255,577 | | 8 | Chrysler Windsor, Ontario (T) | 36,438 | | Ford Dearborn (Mich.) Truck Assembly (T) | 251,551 | | 9 | Kia West Point, Ga. (C/T)* | 36,411 | | Kia West Point, Ga. (C/T)* | 238,365 | | 10 | Ford Dearborn (Mich.) Truck Assembly (T) | 35,795 | | Hyundai Montgomery, Ala. (C) | 237,487 | | NOTE: C=car plant; T=truck plant
*Automotive News estimate
Source: Automotive News Data Center and company sources |
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