All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Automotive

While the import auto makers have been making headlines for the past several years, the Detroit Three have been racing to compete at the low end of the market, while in many ways ignoring a very profitable segment, luxury cars. With prospects for 2008 looking worse every month, can they still...

With car sales continuing to drop and gas prices continuing to rise, automakers, (including the imports) are faced with that old dilemma: How long to wait before coming up with some "knock 'em dead" incentive programs.

It has always been a mystery to OEM American automotive industry financial analysts how Toyota could afford to build and sell the Prius, and any other hybrids, without seemingly taking into account the escalating costs of the nickel metal hydride battery, NiMH, packs due to the commodity metal...

Based upon new car sales trends being documented among most west coast retailers across all brands of domestic automakers,  things are worse than even the most pessimistic predictions. Most of the Metro are domestic car dealers are off over 20% from their same quarter last year...

The lihtium-ion batteries that have the best performance characteristics for vehicular application are not safe or cheap enough for use in mass produced vehicles. Advances in nickel metal hydride and other technologies, including those based on silver-zinc and those based on magnesium in combination...

SiRF is well positioned for the Automotive Infotainment and Portable Media Devices when the their shipments to PND market begins to peak out. SiRFPrima - the multifunction navigation platform from SiRF, a result of integrating Centrality's chipsets, is what will drive SiRF's growth as their shipments...

From a peak of 1.5 million members in 1979, to its current membership of roughly 465,000 members at the end of 2007, the UAW's decline mirrors that of the entire auto and auto parts industry.

SiRF sites significantly lower sales of chips for PND devices manufactured by TomTom and Garmin. This Tier One supplier to the PND OEM's is a accurate sign of the future market for these devices. The PND product will be hit by a double whammy in the next few years. Those market factors are a reduction...

Mark LaNeve, GM's head of marketing and sales in North America acknowledged that their current lineup is a marketing challenge. The question is, is there any chance of overcoming it? 

Strong Yen or Weak dollar ? US market under pressure. Emerging markets will close the gap.