All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Automotive

Ford announced Sale of Jaguar and Land Rover for usd2.3bn to Tata. Ford will continue to support Jaguar and Land Rover. Tata will gain access to International markets and premium Brands.

I am convinced that this company cannot prosper with the present leadership in place. A complete house cleaning is probably the only hope for this company. How do the top guys continue to not only keep their jobs, but continue to be paid bonuses for the abysmal performance. Some of these players...

When they write the history of Toyota in the twenty first century, the only thing that seemed to slow down the Japanese auto juggernaut may not  be its competition, but the strength of the Yen.

Honda has more experience engineering, designing, and manufacturing internal combustion engines than anyone else on earth. It is thus, by default, the most experienced and successful at the quality control and servicing of OEM automotive power trains. Are these the reasons why it has chosen...

With analysts predicting the worst car sales year since 1994, Edward Lampert is increasing his AutoNations holding to a 37.2% share of the company.

GM has identified the long term trend of powertrain needs.  While they will offer a variety of 'conventional' hybrid powertrains on vehicles such as TAHOE and Malibu, the Volt represents a commitment to drive down the learning curve on the 3 most important component parts of hybrid, fuel cell,...

A Toyota Executive in Korea made the statement that they "Would have difficulty meeting their sales target for 2008. Their target for 2008 is 5% greater than their sales for 2007. Toyota did not get where they are by being careful and reserve. They have chosen this time to play down their strengths...

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.