All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Automotive

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...

The major automakers are missing an opportunity by focussing on the car markets in the developed world for their hybrids. The real opportunity for breaking into high demand markets for such products actually lies in the developing world, so product development needs to be oriented accordingly.

If you look at the Tata Motors history, it has grown under difficult conditions from a steam locomotive and truck manufacturer in the fifties to a designer and manufacturer of passenger cars, trucks and buses.Going upmarket into luxury cars is logically consistent; the question is affordability...

Auto marketing executives have a "prove-it" attitude toward online and mobile marketing. Toyota takes a big step with YouTube.