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Milestones – Ford Twin Cities Plant in Minnesota
McMahon’s focus is on the Twin Cities plant, home of Ranger compact truck production for nearly 20 years, that had a reputation among Ford executives as the highest quality Ford assembly plant in America. Continue reading
Posted in labor issues, manufacturing, milestones
Tagged Albert Kahn, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Mike Davis, Twin Cities Assembly
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Colored Wheels – The Next Big Thing in Car Personalization?
For more than 60 years, bright metal wheel covers have been fashionable for covering ugly but functional automotive wheels. Now that fad in design seems to be changing radically. The last couple of years, black and occasionally gray wheel covers have begun showing up, mostly I have observed as aftermarket items on low-line imports from Volkswagen and Honda. Continue reading
Posted in design and styling
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, colored wheels, hubcaps, Mike Davis
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Do Promotional Events Sell? Chicago Auto Show Says Yes
The question that has plagued automakers and dealers since the first new-car auto show in New York City a hundred and ten years ago is whether the bottom-line expense of participating pays off in incremental sales. Continue reading
Sad Saga of Detroit’s Ford Auditorium
Barring a miracle the Ford Auditorium, like two other famous Ford Buildings in Dearborn – the Rotunda, which burned and was not rebuilt, and the old Executive Office building, with its stunning Art Deco design, which fell to a wrecking ball – will vanish from the landscape. Continue reading
Posted in auto news, economy, news analysis, people
Tagged auto informed, auto news, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive news, Ford, ford auditorium, ford motor, henry ford, Ken Zino, Mike Davis, ren cen
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Winners And Losers in 2010 U.S. Sales
The land rush of automotive media conferences and announcements in connection with the North American International Auto Show in Detroit early in January pretty much overwhelmed any in-depth analysis of the winners and losers in 2010’s car and truck sales.
So, herewith, are a few morsels to gnaw upon: Continue reading
North Korea – Arsonist Striking Matches
North Korea is an arsonist nation playing with matches that could hurt not only Hyundai and Kia sales, but global trade. Continue reading
Posted in auto news, economy
Tagged auto informed, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, daewoo, hyundai, kia, kim jong ii, koean war, korea china, korean, Mike Davis, north korea, zino
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