All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Automotive

As automotive Tier suppliers struggle to survive in today's brutal cost environment the OEMs are threatened with supply disruptions due to bankruptcies and volatile price negotiations.  With new contract terms that cut new UAW hires' wages  in half and reduce oppressive...

China's dominance in the producton of rare earth metals gives it the ability to blackmail Toyota, which has so far refused to make some hybrid components in China for reasons of competitive advantage. GM has already thrown in the towel on this issue by making all of the components for its Chinese Buick...

Is there one single common thread that weaves its way through the abysmal performance of the American OEM automotive industry in the twenty-first century? Yes, there is. It is ego and hubris, which manifests itself in a total lack of long term planning to manage the risks of things not going as the...

The record loss by G.M. in the fourth quarter of 2007 has already gotten the attention of the White House. G.M.'s losses in North America overshadowed gains in emerging markets.

What is actually happening in the telematics, computing, and telecommunication seems to points towards a convergence of applications in single devices. The future relationship of the portable device industry whether PND, cellular phone, and PDA will also be impacted by and will impact...

Last year two people moved out of Michigan for good for every one who settled in Michigan from another state or country. General Motors lost and wrote off a combined 37 billion dollars in 2007; the largest corporate loss in American history. Michigan has the highest official unemployment rate, nearly...

In the final quarter of 2007 Toyota's operating income in North America dropped 44 percent and unit sales dropped eight percent. This comes on the heels of unusual quality problems in recent months.  

Has General Motors oversold itself, and the public, on the Chevrolet Volt lithium battery plug-in hybrid program? If so, why? And, also, if so, is GM going to wake up and cancel it before the program's cost escalate further?

Lee Iacooca Restructured Chrysler just as he had restructured and saved Ford before that, and it worked for him and "the New Chrysler Corporation" again.  Juergen Schremp sang (to the melody from My Fair Lady)  "Why Can't A Chrysler Be More Like A Daimler" as he restructured the company...

Raw material costs for metals and plastics are squeezing profits out of Tier suppliers in the auto industry.  Locked in to firm part price contracts with OEMs, suppliers cannot pass on rising commodity costs to stay profitable.  The cash drain has forced many into bankruptcy and presents strategic...