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Milestones – One Millionth Porsche 911
The Porsche 911 arguably created a new category and remains a premium sports car despite its rear engine design – that critics pointed out was like a trying to throw a dart backwards at high speeds. Continue reading
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WEC – Porsche 919 Hybrid on Pole in Spa. Toyota Faster
Qualifying, took place in cool, dry conditions. For the six-hour race on Saturday, raising temperatures and sunshine are forecast. Continue reading
Ford Motor Virtual Annual Meeting Dumps Personal Contact
Executives will thereby be insulated from stockholders and not subject to photographs. There will be no media access. Continue reading
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GM Rebuffs Pending Greenlight Director Nominations
“Greenlight’s candidates were nominated specifically to advance Greenlight’s dual-class stock plan, which GM’s Board views as high-risk and detrimental to the long-term best interests of GM and its shareholders. Continue reading
April Showers – U.S. Auto Sales Drop Yet Again
Of note is President Trump’s belligerent attitude toward North Korea and his disdain for trade agreements, which puts South Korean based Hyundai and Kia – clearly in the sights of two military powers. Continue reading
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Tagged April 2017 U.S. Auto Sales, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, Top Ten Sales April
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GM Reports 2017 Q1 Net Income of $2.6 Billion – up +33.5%
During the first quarter, GM delivered globally 2,343,773 vehicles, -34,261 or -1.4%. In the U.S., it delivered 689,521 total vehicles, with a 16% increase in crossover deliveries and a 3% increase in truck deliveries. However, truck and SUVs are not resulting in incremental sales but rather hurting the sales of cars. Continue reading
Chevrolet Bolt EV at 4.5 Million Miles
These all-electric miles by Chevy’s calculation have resulted in more than 175,000 gallons of fuel saved – based on the average EPA-estimated 26 mpg for 2017 vehicles in the U.S. Continue reading
Toyota to Use Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Zero Emission Trucking
The Project Portal platform is designed to provide the target performance required to support port drayage operations. The truck generates more than 670 horsepower and 1325 pound feet of torque from two Mirai fuel cell stacks and a 12kWh battery, in what appears to be a small battery to support class 8 loads. The concept’s gross combined weight capacity is 80,000 pounds and its estimated driving range is more than 200 miles, under normal operation. Continue reading
Silverstone: Toyota Beats Porsche. Chan Racing Wins LMP2. Ford Bests Ferrari, Porsche in GT Pro. Ferrari takes GT Am
The race – pure England at this time of year (or any time) – was run under mixed weather conditions, forcing teams to choose between tires – slicks, so-called intermediates or rain rubber in changing conditions that forced drivers to extract the best performance out of the world’s most exciting racing machines. Continue reading
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Tagged aston martin, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, ferrari, ford gt, Ken Zino, le mans, porsche, Silverstone, sports car endurance racing, Toyota Yazoo, wec
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New Car Dealership Employment Sets Record in 2016
“Total dealership employment has consistently risen every year since the Great Recession,” said NADA Chief Economist Steven Szakaly. “In addition, hundreds of thousands of other local jobs are dependent on dealerships.” Continue reading
Posted in economy, financial results
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, car service, Dealership Employment, Ken Zino, nada, recalls, warranty
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Greenlight or Red Light – GM Proxy Fight Coming?
In the filing, Greenlight – a $10 billion investment firm – said in essence that GM lied when it asserted that a credit downgrade was possible if the stock were split into two classes. Greenlight also said it repeats its request that GM has denied on numerous occasions to consent for Greenlight to speak directly to the rating agencies about the Plan so that it can be accurately evaluated by a formal rating committee. Continue reading
Dodge Challenger SRT Demon Runs Fastest Quarter-Mile Ever
With 840 horsepower and 770 pounds-feet of torque from a supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi V8 engine, the new 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is the most-powerful production muscle car in history. It posted the world’s fastest quarter-mile with an elapsed time (ET) … Continue reading
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Porsche Q1 2017 Best in History
Growth came from China, the company’s home market of Germany, as well as the Panamera and Macan model lines that had double-digit growth. Continue reading
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Daimler Group Q1 EBIT Significantly Better Than Expectations
Daimler Group AG (ticker: DAI) has achieved a Group EBIT* for Q1 of 2017 that is significantly above market expectations. Group EBIT of €4,008 million surpassed Q1 2016 at €2,148 million. All figures are preliminary and unaudited. Continue reading
Volkswagen America Launches Best SUV Warranty
Barring a competitive response, the six-year/72,000-mile coverage includes the powertrain coverage for engines, transmissions and the optional 4Motion all-wheel-drive system. Major competitors to Atlas, namely Ford Explorer, Honda Pilot, Toyota Highlander and Nissan Pathfinder, have a three-year/36,000-mile basic warranty and a five-year/60,000-mile powertrain coverage. Continue reading
