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for 01/27/2009

(last updated 7:30am EST 01/27/2009)

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• Suzuki Announces 2009 Roadracing Plans Suzuki Announces 2009 Roadracing Plans
01/27/2009
American Suzuki will compete in the 2009 AMA Pro American Superbike class with riders Mat Mladin, Tommy Hayden, and Blake Young. (3 h ago)

• Honda cuts output by 50,000 vehicles Honda cuts output by 50,000 vehicles
01/27/2009
Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday it is cutting production in Japan and North America by an additional 50,000 vehicles amid a severe slump in global sales. (7 h ago)

• New Fuel-Efficiency Standards Could Add ... New Fuel-Efficiency Standards Could Add Up to $10,000 to Price of Cars
01/26/2009
President Barack Obama wants automakers to make greener cars at a time when General Motors and Chrysler are hanging by the thread of a massive government loan and auto sales have plummeted to their lowest ... (11 h ago)

• H-D Releases New Low-Cost Bike H-D Releases New Low-Cost Bike
01/26/2009
Harley-Davidson Inc. is introducing a new bike in one of its most affordable lines. (15 h ago)

• GM to cut jobs in Michigan, Ohio GM to cut jobs in Michigan, Ohio
01/26/2009
General Motors Corp. says it will cut 2,000 jobs at plants in Michigan and Ohio, and it will halt production for several weeks at nine plants over the next six months due to slow sales. (19 h ago)

• Could Silicon Valley Become the Next Det... Could Silicon Valley Become the Next Detroit
01/26/2009
Could Silicon Valley become another Detroit? It's hard to imagine as you crawl along the traffic-choked lanes of Routes 101 and 280 between San Francisco and San Jose, past office parks and gleaming campuses ... (23 h ago)

• Number of US car dealers down 988 in a y... Number of US car dealers down 988 in a year
01/26/2009
ABOUT 988 General Motors , Ford , and Chrsyler car dealerships were closed or were consolidated last year, a US conference heard at the weekend. (1 d ago)

• Japanese stocks dip with most Asian mark... Japanese stocks dip with most Asian markets closed
01/25/2009
The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average edged down 0.2 percent to 7,728.28 in afternoon trading after tumbling 3.8 percent to a two-month low on Friday. (1 d ago)

• GM says no to bailout cash GM says no to bailout cash
01/25/2009
General Motors of Canada has turned down an offer by the federal and Ontario governments of emergency short-term aid, a move that has stunned some analysts and left negotiations on a highly touted auto bailout ... (1 d ago)

• Detroit 3 say they'll need help to go el... Detroit 3 say they'll need help to go electric
01/25/2009
When Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., strolled into the Ford Motor Co. display this month at the Detroit Auto Show, Mark Fields had his pitch for electric vehicles ready. (1 d ago)

• Toyota Japan output to drop 60 percent i... Toyota Japan output to drop 60 percent in April: report
01/25/2009
Toyota Motor Corp plans to reduce vehicle production in Japan by nearly 60 percent in April, a level that could force it to cut its domestic workforce amid slumping car sales, Tokyo Shimbun newspaper reported ... (1 d ago)

• Ford Does Not Need U.S. Government Loans... Ford Does Not Need U.S. Government Loans: CEO
01/25/2009
Ford Motor Co has enough liquidity to fund its restructuring plan and despite the deep downturn in auto sales still sees no need to ask for government loans, Chief Executive Alan Mulally said on Saturday. (2 d ago)

• Harley to cut 1,100 jobs Harley to cut 1,100 jobs
01/25/2009
Harley-Davidson Inc. said Friday that it will cut 1,100 jobs over the next two years in response to diminishing demand for its heavyweight motorcycles. (2 d ago)

• GM Buys Additional Stake in GMAC GM Buys Additional Stake in GMAC
01/24/2009
General Motors Corp. said in a securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday that it used the proceeds of an $884 million Treasury department loan to increase its equity stake in its financing arm to about ... (2 d ago)

• Car dealers try to survive as economy, s... Car dealers try to survive as economy, sales drop
01/24/2009
At this year's version of the National Automobile Dealers Association convention, survival has passed maximizing profits as the focus of the annual event. (2 d ago)

• Genuine Parts Company Updates 2008 Sales... Genuine Parts Company Updates 2008 Sales and Earnings Expectations
01/24/2009
Announces Dividend Increase for 53rd Consecutive Year ATLANTA, January 23, 2009: Genuine Parts Company announced today that it now expects full year 2008 sales to increase approximately 2% compared to fiscal ... (2 d ago)

• Nyse Lowers Listing Minimum Nyse Lowers Listing Minimum
01/24/2009
The New York Stock Exchange relaxed listing requirements at the world's largest equity market, reducing the minimum value for companies to $15 million following the worst year for US stocks since the Great ... (2 d ago)

• GM to list new cuts at plants GM to list new cuts at plants
01/24/2009
General Motors Corp. plans to make an announcement Monday about further production cuts at its assembly plants, a source familiar with the plans said Friday. (3 d ago)

• Nippon Steel doubles production cuts Nippon Steel doubles production cuts
01/24/2009
Nippon Steel Corp, the world's second-biggest steelmaker, said on Friday that it would double its planned output cuts for the October-March period in response to slowing demand for Japanese cars and machines. (3 d ago)

• Obama Directs Regulators to Tighten Auto... Obama Directs Regulators to Tighten Auto Rules
01/27/2009
President Obama directed regulators to move swiftly on an application by 14 states to set stricter emissions rules. (7 h ago)

• Detroit Calls Emissions Proposals Too St... Detroit Calls Emissions Proposals Too Strict
01/26/2009
Automakers said that stricter emissions standards could force them to cut production of more profitable vehicles. (8 h ago)

• Wheels: Obama Directs the Future of the ... Wheels: Obama Directs the Future of the Automobile
01/26/2009
President Barack Obama revealed his bold energy policy on Monday, promising to increase fuel efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions of automobiles. (10 h ago)

• Grandson of Toyota Founder Will Lead Grandson of Toyota Founder Will Lead
01/24/2009
Toyota Motor named Akio Toyoda, 52, to head the company in a widely expected management reshuffling. (2 d ago)

• Injury Report From the Car Injury Report From the Car
01/24/2009
BMW has added an accident notification feature that estimates the injuries passengers have received and relays that information to medical personnel. (2 d ago)

• Greentech: Dealing With Realities of an ... Greentech: Dealing With Realities of an Electric-Car Fleet
01/24/2009
The effort to turn to electric cars has raised awareness of the challenges that automakers will face in making the shift. (2 d ago)

• Behind the Wheel | 2009 Volkswagen Routa... Behind the Wheel | 2009 Volkswagen Routan: German Engineers Fail the Paternity Test
01/24/2009
The 2009 Routan isn’t engineered by Germans. It is merely a rebadged, slightly rebodied, mildly retuned Chrysler minivan. (2 d ago)

• Collecting: What Crisis? Collector Car P... Collecting: What Crisis? Collector Car Prices Soften but Don’t Crash
01/24/2009
All things considered, the collectible car market showed resilience at sales in Scottsdale, Ariz.; a long-predicted free fall in prices didn’t occur. (3 d ago)

• Auto market rebound depends on housing Auto market rebound depends on housing
01/27/2009
When will the moribund automotive market rebound? For an answer, it pays to monitor the state of the housing market. (3 h ago)

• Green rules will challenge automakers, b... Green rules will challenge automakers, buyers
01/26/2009
President Barack Obama wants automakers to make greener cars at a time when General Motors and Chrysler are hanging by the thread of a massive government loan. (14 h ago)

• Obama moves to let states cap car emissi... Obama moves to let states cap car emissions
01/26/2009
President Obama on Monday moved to give states a freer hand in curbing greenhouse gas emissions from cars, and to enact tighter fuel-efficiency standards that could remake the auto industry. (21 h ago)

• Chrysler exec sees automaker ‘viable’ by... Chrysler exec sees automaker ‘viable’ by spring
01/25/2009
A top Chrysler LLC executive says the automaker should be viable by springtime because of its restructuring, introduction of new and improved vehicles, and higher sales. (1 d ago)

• Coming Soon: Concours in the Desert Coming Soon: Concours in the Desert
01/26/2009
Pebble Beach, Villa d'Este, Amelia Island... watch out! Your concours may be world class but there's a bright new competitor ready to join you in the list of "events not to be... (1 d ago)

• Obama clearing way for Califor... Obama clearing way for California emissions waiver
01/26/2009
The president will ask the EPA today to allow states to set their own, stricter rules for auto emissions, sources say. President Obama will direct the EPA today to reconsider a Bush-era decision that stopped California and more than a dozen other states from setting their own stricter limits on auto emissions, according to sources familiar with the matter. (1 d ago)