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 Automakers would dearly love to shed the weight, cost and bulk of full-sized or mini spare tires, and it's starting to look like they've found a preferred alternative: tire repair kits. According to Edmunds.com, 70 car models sold in the United States in the 2012 model year were equipped with tire repair kits, up from 23 in 2009. ...
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| | North America car and truck production -- November and YTD
| | | November 2012 | November 2011 | % change | 11 mos. 2012 | 11 mos. 2011 | % change | | AutoAlliance | 2,629 | 10,840 | -76% | 124,901 | 106,920 | 17% | | BMW Mfg. Corp. | 25,478 | 24,679 | 3% | 280,917 | 255,359 | 10% | | Chrysler Group | 208,577 | 183,339 | 14% | 2,209,487 | 1,831,920 | 21% | | Ford Motor Co. | 239,500 | 227,500 | 5% | 2,522,532 | 2,425,188 | 4% | | Ford incl. joint venture* | 242,129 | 233,027 | 4% | 2,609,867 | 2,498,067 | 5% | | General Motors | 282,788 | 255,282 | 11% | 3,044,074 | 2,879,114 | 6% | | Honda* | 144,417 | 84,812 | 70% | 1,580,471 | 998,946 | 58% | | Hyundai-Kia Automotive | 63,360 | 55,418 | 14% | 673,476 | 574,623 | 17% | | Mercedes-Benz* | 16,226 | 13,143 | 24% | 170,591 | 149,861 | 14% | | Mitsubishi Motor Mfg.* | 5,096 | 1,834 | 178% | 32,435 | 35,147 | -8% | | Nissan* | 119,849 | 107,021 | 12% | 1,224,263 | 1,080,384 | 13% | | Subaru | 22,911 | 24,986 | -8% | 260,131 | 218,689 | 19% | | Tesla* | 1,063 | 0 | - | 2,170 | 0 | - | | Think | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 432 | - | | Toyota* | 140,762 | 127,938 | 10% | 1,580,583 | 1,068,197 | 48% | | Toyota incl. joint venture* | 148,335 | 136,356 | 9% | 1,667,968 | 1,139,794 | 46% | | Vehicle Product Group | 0 | 243 | - | 1,375 | 481 | 186% | | Volkswagen | 69,374 | 52,652 | 32% | 737,238 | 509,713 | 45% | | Other truck* | 21,725 | 31,560 | -31% | 362,141 | 313,262 | 16% | | Total North America car | 629,385 | 536,180 | 17% | 6,731,357 | 5,360,396 | 26% | | Total North America truck | 734,370 | 665,067 | 10% | 8,075,428 | 7,087,840 | 14% | | Total U.S. | 868,924 | 755,603 | 15% | 9,703,111 | 8,009,518 | 21% | | Total Canada | 226,040 | 205,573 | 10% | 2,327,709 | 1,974,111 | 18% | | Total Mexico | 268,791 | 240,071 | 12% | 2,775,965 | 2,464,607 | 13% | | TOTAL NORTH AMERICA | 1,363,755 | 1,201,247 | 14% | 14,806,785 | 12,448,236 | 19% | | TOTAL NA LIGHT VEHICLES | 1,342,030 | 1,169,687 | 15% | 14,444,644 | 12,134,974 | 19% | | | *Production are not included in grand totals | | Source: Automotive News Data Center and company sources | |
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| | | Suppliers to the 2013 SRT Viper
Engineers added 40 hp to boost the Viper's V-10 to 640 hp. Torque is up 7 percent to 600 pounds-feet. Chrysler plans a production run of about 2,000 cars a year. These supplier data are compiled by SupplierBusiness. Click here to download our supplier list in PDF format
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| JUST IN TIME | DAVID SEDGWICK
Suppliers just say no to this automaker most often
If a recent survey by IRN Inc. is any indication, suppliers are learning to just say no when their customers demand price cuts. And you might be surprised which automaker gets rejected by suppliers most often.
Last month, the survey asked 130 suppliers how they responded when customers sought price reductions on existing contracts.
Thirty-six percent of those who supplied Toyota said they gave the automaker a price cut of zero percent. As in none at all.
Twenty-nine percent of Nissan suppliers granted price cuts of zero, and 27 percent of Ford suppliers did likewise. Twenty-two percent of General Motors suppliers rejected any price cuts, while 19 percent of Chrysler suppliers did so.
Suppliers were most accommodating with Honda. It got flat rejections from only 17 percent of the suppliers in the survey.
Granted, suppliers are rejecting price cuts at a time when North America's auto industry is straining to keep up with rising production. It will be interesting to see how quickly this trend reverses when production starts to decline.
Published: Dec 11 12:01 am U.S. Eastern time
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Production will flatten in first quarter -- but don't panic
North American production is expected to decline 1.4 percent from 2012 levels to 3.9 million light vehicles in the first three months of 2013, but that's not a sign the economic recovery is endangered. LMC Automotive, a suburban Detroit research firm, is forecasting a slight drop in production from the year-ago period, when Japanese automakers were replenishing inventories after the March 2011 ... story
| Superchargers expand -- slowly -- beyond high-performance niche
The supercharger -- traditionally consigned to a niche of high-performance cars -- is getting a second look as a fuel saver. Eaton Corp., the world's leading supplier of superchargers, says it has a production contract from an unnamed global automaker that plans to pair Eaton's TVS supercharger with a turbocharger to boost a small engine. ... story
| Suppliers cut prices in 2012 by survey's smallest margin ever
As North America's vehicle production increases, suppliers are resisting automakers' demands for price cuts. A newly released survey of 130 suppliers by IRN Inc. found that automakers requested price cuts averaging 3.0 percent this year on existing contracts. ... story
| Supplier personnel
Personnel changes for Nexteer Automotive, BASF and Schaeffler Group. ... story
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November and YTD | | | Nov. 2012 | | 1 | Ford F series/Super Duty | 68,164 | | 2 | Chevrolet Silverado | 42,669 | | 3 | Dodge Ram | 40,688 | | 4 | Honda Accord* | 34,997 | | 5 | Toyota Corolla* | 33,315 | | 6 | Nissan Altima* | 33,043 | | 7 | Honda CR-V* | 31,700 | | 8 | Ford Escape (2nd gen., trk.) | 31,079 | | 9 | Toyota Camry* | 30,068 | | 10 | VW Jetta (6th gen., Mex.) | 29,699 | | | | | | | | 11 mos. | | 1 | Ford F series/Super Duty | 781,156 | | 2 | Chevrolet Silverado | 469,333 | | 3 | Toyota Camry* | 429,377 | | 4 | Dodge Ram | 390,825 | | 5 | Honda Accord* | 371,176 | | 6 | Honda Civic* | 365,802 | | 7 | Toyota Corolla* | 341,011 | | 8 | Honda CR-V* | 334,010 | | 9 | VW Jetta (6th gen., Mex.) | 310,110 | | 10 | Nissan Altima* | 309,650 | | *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 November and YTD | | | Nov. 2012 | | | 11 mos. | | 1 | VW Puebla, Mexico (C) | 52,440 | | VW Puebla, Mexico (C) | 572,896 | | 2 | Nissan Smyrna, Tenn. (C/T)* | 45,730 | | Toyota Georgetown, Ky. (C)* | 434,303 | | 3 | Honda Marysville, Ohio (C/T)* | 38,232 | | Honda Marysville, Ohio (C/T)* | 407,917 | | 4 | Honda Alliston, Ontario (C/T)* | 35,832 | | Nissan Smyrna, Tenn. (C/T)* | 387,999 | | 5 | Toyota Georgetown, Ky. (C)* | 34,723 | | Honda Alliston, Ontario (C/T)* | 384,079 | | 6 | GM Oshawa (Ontario) (C/T) | 32,863 | | GM Oshawa (Ontario) (C/T) | 355,739 | | 7 | Hyundai Montgomery, Ala. (C) | 32,600 | | Ford Dearborn (Mich.) Truck Assembly (T) | 345,162 | | 8 | Nissan Aguascalientes, Mexico (C)* | 32,414 | | Hyundai Montgomery, Ala. (C) | 338,248 | | 9 | Chrysler Windsor, Ontario (T) | 31,925 | | Nissan Aguascalientes, Mexico (C)* | 335,301 | | 10 | Ford Louisville (T) | 31,079 | | Kia West Point, Ga. (C/T) | 335,228 | | NOTE: C=car plant; T=truck plant
*Automotive News estimate
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