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Ford Shakes up European and International Markets as CFO Shanks Retires. Restructuring Continues as Stock Languishes
The more significant news, perhaps, is happening at Ford’s European money pit and its struggling International Markets Group. Peter Fleet, president of IMG, has announced his intention to retire. Fleet, 51, held leading in Ford marketing, sales and service, and business operations globally for nearly 30 years. Prior to the establishment of the International Markets Group, Fleet served as president of Asia Pacific, leading all of Ford’s operations and partnerships across the region. Previously, he was president of Ford ASEAN and vice president, Sales, Ford of Europe. Continue reading
Record Electric Car Sales in California. Taxpayers on the Hook
Electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars are now 7.8% of all new car sales in California, and some areas such as Sacramento and San Luis Obispo counties, nearly doubled their EV rebates this past year. Known as the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP), its potential impact on funding is now a matter of discussion among officials. Continue reading
BMW Manufacturing Largest US Auto Exporter Again
The news comes as the disastrous results of President Trumps’ trade tampering were published. (Trump Record Deficit Watch – Another Proposed Increase) The U.S.’s trade deficit in goods with the rest of the world rose to its highest level in history in 2018 as the United States imported a record number of products, including from China. This increased the deficit to $891.3 billion as Trump caree Continue reading
Ford Exits Heavy Truck Business in South America
Most of these pre-tax special item charges and cash outflows of 4460 million will be recorded in 2019 and are part of the $11 billion in EBIT charges with cash-related effects of $7 billion the company expects to take in the redesign of its global business. Continue reading
Japanese-brand Automakers Generate 1.52 Million Jobs in US
It doesn’t estimate how many are lost to oversees manufacturing and imports. Thus, go the one-sided volleys in the ongoing automotive trade wars. Continue reading
Posted in economy, financial results, labor issues, manufacturing, news analysis
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, connected vehicles, jama, Ken Zino, Manny Manriquez, new vehicle reviews, Rutgers University Economics Professor Thomas J. Prusa, The Contribution of the Japanese-Brand Automakers to the United States Economy
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Doomsday? No-Deal Brexit Impact on UK Light Vehicle Market
If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, then the LMC assumption would be that vehicles exported to the EU from the UK would be subject to a tariff of 10% as the UK would, by then, have become a ‘third country’ under EU trade rules. Continue reading
GM Declares Q1 2019 Dividend of 38 Cents
GM is counting on the longer, wider and taller Silverado HD to bolster profits. It has a new 6.6-liter V8 gas engine with direct injection with a six-speed automatic transmission. Continue reading
Ghosn to be Gone at Next Nissan Shareholders Meeting
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi is today the world’s largest automotive partnership, with combined sales of more than 10.6 million vehicles. Continue reading
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Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, carlos ghosn, connected vehicles, Greg Kelly, Jean-Dominique Senard Renault Chairman, Ken Zino, new vehicle reviews, Nissan leaf, Philippe Lagayette, Renault Chief Executive Officer Thierry Bolloré, Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance
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Final Winter NAIAS Charity Preview Raises $4,000,000
Now in its 43rd year, Charity Preview has raised over $121,000,000 for southeastern Michigan children’s charities since the Detroit Auto Dealers Association established the event. Continue reading
Volkswagen and Ford Announce Alliance Without Cross Equity
The history of such industry collaborations is difficult and littered with road kill. The problem is whether the two global giants and hundreds of thousands of workers can walk in step together or stumble over each other. Continue reading
Posted in auto news, economy, engineering, financial results, manufacturing, marketing, mobility company, new vehicle, news analysis
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, CEO, connected vehicles, Dr. Herbert Diess, Dr. Thomas Sedran, Ford Motor Company, Jim Farley, Jim Hackett, Ken Zino, new vehicle reviews, Volkswagen AG, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
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GM Projects Strong Earnings, Improved Cash Flow in 2019
In 2019, despite a diminishing car market, GM expects the overall U.S. market to remain strong, projecting total industry sales in the low 17-million range. The company will benefit from a full year of volume from GM’s all-new Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra light-duty full-size pickups. The trucks have contributed to retail market share growth in the light- duty pickup segment every month since August, with average transaction prices that have surpassed those of key competitors. Continue reading
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Ford to Restructure European Business Once Again
Near term, Ford is cutting costs by a reduction of surplus labor across all functions – salaried and hourly. A change in management structure, announced in December, already is underway through Ford’s hoeing and weeding its global salaried workforce. Continue reading
Corporate Raiders After Ford Motor Stock at Deep Discount
Baker Mills’ offer price of $7.00 per share in cash is approximately ~17.84% lower than the $8.52 closing price of Ford common stock on Dec. 14, 2018, the last closing price prior to commencement of the offer. The markets are closed today. Continue reading
Japanese Scrooges Run Amok as Carlos Ghosn Re-Arrested. Christmas Locked Up for the Gaijin!
Prosecutors then re-arrested Ghosn on new charges in a sordid tale that goes back to Ghosn’s first arrest on 19 November 2018. Ghosn could now be in a tiny jail cell for another 10 days or more, where he has been locked up since last month on initial allegations of financial misconduct. Continue reading
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EU Antitrust Allegations to Hurt BMW Earnings – €1 Billion!
The BMW Group provision will likely exceed €1 billion. The EBIT margin in the BMW Automotive Segment for the current financial year is expected to be 1-1.5 percentage points below the previous target range of 6-8%. Continue reading →