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The 24/7 Wall St. Interview With Ford CEO Alan Mulally

24/7 Wall St. sat down with Alan Mulally, who has been Ford’s (F) CEO for three years, on September 15. The…

Toyota (TM) To Spend $1 Billion To Get Back US Momentum

An IPO Coming Tied To Autos, Really… (GS, CPRT)

KAR Holdings, Inc. is going to sound like a bit of a strange initial public offering if you have gotten…

24/7 Wall St. TV: GM’s Own “Clunkers” Program

The “cash for clunkers” program was not kind to GM. It did not have a single vehicle on the list…

GM’s Own “Cash For Clunkers” Program

The “cash for clunkers” program was not kind to GM. It did not have a single vehicle on the list…

GM Will Probably Sell Opel To Magna

The GM board, which was looking at four or give options for its Opel units, has apparently decided to sell…

GM May Take Opel Into Bankruptcy

GM may have learned something from its US-government backed bankruptcy in America. A car company can make it through Chapter…

Taxpayers Unlikely To Get GM And Chrysler Investment Back

Taxpayers will probably not get the tens of billions of dollars that they put into Chrysler and GM back, ever.…

“Cash For Clunkers” Data Extremely Inaccurate, Favors Japanese

The “cash for clunkers” data by car manufacturer and model type is incorrect. The Department of Transportation numbers reports cars…

24/7 Wall St. TV: August Cars Sales, And Beyond

August light vehicle sales in the US have to be good. The “clunkers” program produced almost 700,000 sales. The industry…

August Car Sales: An Anomaly And A Short One (F)(TM)HMC)

August light vehicle sales in the US have to be good. The “clunkers” program produced almost 700,000 purchases. The industry…

Toyota (TM) Cuts: A Warning For The Industry

Toyota (TM) plans to cut its global capacity to manufacture vehicles by as much as one million units per year.…

GM Kills New Buick Before It Is Born

GM’s aged product chief, Robert Lutz, says he can tell a successful car by looking at it. Marketing studies are…

“Clunkers” Shows How The Entire Stimulus Package Goes Wrong

The “cash for clunkers” program was close to being a perfect part of the $787 billion stimulus package. It helped…

US Car Quality Getting Better As Sales Disintegrate

The New York Times got ahold of an early version of the 2009 new vehicle study done by The University of…