All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Automotive

Remarks made by Toyota executives in South Korea this week echoed those being made by other auto company executives during this weeks press days for the New York auto show where the economy more than the cars grabbed the spotlight.

With 2007 vehicle sales declining to 16,153,952 from 16,500,989 the preceding year, a further decline to the 14,950,000 level as forecast by JD Power creates a tremendous problem for the industry. Consumer confidence is a polite way of saying the ecomony is very weak. The growth of extended term financing,...

For those of us in the car business, the short-term pain in the industry may bring some long-term gain.

Tata Motors, the Indian automaker that's about to burst on the global scene as the new owner of Jaguar and Land Rover, is the new face of globalization. In the long run, will it be good for Detroit?

Ford, Chrysler and General Motors It’s Hard to Feel Sorry for Detroit Auto Makers   I have been in marketing for over thirty-five years and believe me there is nothing more pathetic than watching a consumer/durable goods giant circle the drain when their sales go south. No one ever fixes the...

U.S. sales of cars and light duty trucks are expected to drop sharply in 2008, hitting their lowest level since 1994.

 President Bush, apparently, is going to let the dollar drop like a stone. This is not going to make us any friends overseas; even Mexico and Canada are getting a little nervous. In fact this is driving the European Union, China and OPEC nuts. OPEC will take the blame for higher gas prices when...

Shares of GM and Ford fell to historic lows Thursday after Morgan Stanley Research cut its earnings forecast based on a lowered outlook for U. S. auto sales.

With Toyota's sales down or flat for the past eight months in the U.S. Toyota is looking to reduce production of its largest models.

It may be that Volvo will be percieved as Ford's European luxury brand now that Jaguar and Land Rover are gone. But Now is the time for Volvo to take a hard look at the brand on a market by market basis. *    Not too long ago, DeVoe Volvo in Southwest Florida sold the most convertibles...