Toyota beats GM in world sales NZ Herald | Toyota is on its way to breaking GM's 77-year sales reign. Photo / AP | DETROIT - General Motors, pummelled by falling US sales and high gas prices, lost the global sales lead to Toyota in the first half of this year, but the churning market makes it difficult to predict which automaker will end t...
Honda's next green idea NZ Herald | Honda will unveil a lightweight sports car concept at the London motor show on July 22. | The two-seat concept is called the OSM. It is designed to be fuel-efficient and low in CO2 emissions. OSM stands for Open Study Model. | The concept was styled at Honda's research and development centre in Of...
U.S. unemployment claims jump, home sales sag Houston Chronicle TOOLS | WASHINGTON - The number of newly laid off people filing claims for unemployment benefits bolted past 400,000 last week as companies trimmed their work forces to cope with a slowing economy and fallout from a collapsed housing market. | The La...
Vacation plans;Fuel prices up 8.8% but sales increased only 2.4%: StatsCan Canada Dot Com Published: Thursday, July 24, 2008 | High gasoline prices were supposed to force Canadians to change their travel habits, and statistics made public this week suggest we are spending less on fuel. | But at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the imp...
Daimler lowers profit forecast even as second quarter sales rise Turkish Press | The Mercedes star is seen on Daimler model. The German car maker Daimler has posted a six-percent increase in second-quarter sales to 25.4 billion euros (40 billion dollars) but warned that its would not meet a full-year operating profit forecast. ...
Ford posts US$8.8-billion loss as SUV sales fall Canada Dot Com | DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. posted a wider-than-expected US$8.7-billion quarterly net loss on Thursday amid declining sales of large pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles in North America.It also vowed to add new smaller vehicles to its lineup as p...
Ford posts $8.8 billion loss as SUV sales fall Canada Dot Com | DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co posted a wider-than-expected $8.7 billion quarterly net loss on Thursday amid declining sales of large pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles in North America. | It also vowed to add new smaller vehicles to its l...
Shares fall on news of declining sales of pickups and SUVs Canada Dot Com Published: Thursday, July 24, 2008 | DETROIT - Ford Motor Co posted a wider-than-expected $8.7 billion quarterly net loss Thursday amid declining sales of large pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles in North America. | It also vowed to add new sm...
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Bmw M5 The Times | When BMW launched the current M5 in 2005, the only thing faster than the 507bhp sports saloon was the wave of customers rushing to showrooms to snap up one of the V10-powered mac...
Canadians head south to buy cars Canada Dot Com | The slump in the United States economy and the strong Canadian dollar are good news for Canadian car buyers who have been snapping up U.S. vehicles twice as fast as they did a ye...
Nikkei index in longest slide since 1965 CNN | TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's most-watched stock index has fallen for the 10th straight session -- its longest slide since 1965. | Auto and banking shares fell Wednesday as investors rem...
Daimler posts second quarter sales rise but lowers profit forecast Turkish Press | The Mercedes star is seen on Daimler model. The German car maker Daimler posted a six-percent increase in second-quarter sales to 25.4 billion euros (40 billion dollars). | (DDP/AFP/File) | The German car maker Daimler posted on Thursday a six-perc...
Daimler posts sales rise but lowers profit forecast The Times Of India | FRANKFURT: The German car maker Daimler posted on Thursday a six-per cent increase in second-quarter sales to 25.4 billion euros ($40 billion). | But net profit fell by one-quarter to 1.3...
Hyundai Motor profit slips as sales rise Fresno Bee | SEOUL, South Korea (AP) South Korea's Hyundai Motor said Thursday that its second-quarter net profit declined nearly 11 percent despite higher sales, and vowed to fight high oil prices by aggressively exporting more fuel efficient vehicles. | Hyund...
