All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Automotive

   GM takes a leading role in reducing dependence on crude oil.  After the EV1 was undeservedly shot down, GM is back again and even better.  I feel any new technology, that will reduce or eliminate our dependence on foreign oil, is a win-win for the manufacturer and the consume...

The U.S. automakers are hoping that a decline in the dollar and renegotiated labor contracts will provide the spark they need to once again turn a profit.

Shift in buying patterns picks up steam in 2008-leaving the Detroit Three with a revenue shortfall.

The ability to develop international markets isn't a new or unique idea. That an announcement by "Domestic" Automobile manufacturers that they plan to export a sizable number of vehicles to world markets really shouldn't generate such a buzz. The fact that it took cooperation with the UAW and a...

2008 is shaping up to be the worst year for automakers since 1994, but emerging markets such as China are providing a unique opportunity for the Detroit Three.

This article is must reading for anyone in China and anyone planning their next step.  The new era which we are entering will have China no longer as the workshop, but Chinese brands are the next logical step in this evolution. Readers learn where they may have erred on strategy, namely moving...

Consumer purchasing trend shows evidence of consumers concerns about gas prices.  Just looking at one brand, Ford - we see that the Ford Focus sales were up 24% in March, while the F series truck sales suffered the same margin of losses over the same period last year.  This reflects consumer...

Several hundred million dollars of loans to Chrysler LLC have been sold off by one of its underwriters at 63 cents on the dollar.

Daimler chairman and Mercedes-Benz Cars chief Dieter Zetsche on Wednesday told the annual meeting in Berlin that, after six months minus Chrysler: "All of our business operations are developing well-our key figures are significantly better than they have been in recent years."

GM's short sighted purchasing management, and probably Ford's as well, pinned its hopes for being able to make a profit primarily on reducing its costs of labor and materials by shifting as much as possible of its parts production to the People's republic of China. Just 3 years ago, in 2005, GM's global...