All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Automotive

The Japanese Auto Dealers Association blames having one fewer selling day in May and a recent tax change for the drop in May sales. Those two factors are not insignificant.

Toyota only builds the Prius hybrid, the world's best selling hybrid, in Japan even though nearly 80% of the Prius production is sold in the USA. Why is this so? And, why, now that Toyota is committed to nearly tripling the production of Priuses worldwide by 2011, is it that the batteries and power...

How long will the “do nothing” board at GM allow Waggoner and his team to continue their destruction of the company? How many restructuring scenarios will they be allowed before their board realizes that the plans presented are not working? When will the top folks be held accountable? Will they wait...

With auto makers struggling in what could be the worst sales year in a decade, they are facing another challenge: Auto lenders that are getting out of the market. Here are my thoughts on the subject.

Ford's announcement of not being able to meet its profitability goals really amounts to the company admitting they thought they could continue to follow the same path they did in the 1990s in the face of  rising energy prices and dropping truck sales.

Toyota is 1. Increasing the production capacity of its existing original joint venture plant with Matsushita (Panasonic) to make nickel metal hydride, NiMH, batteries for hybrid vehicles, 2. Building an additional new nickel metal hydride battery plant with Matsushita, which, when combined with...

With Ford's share price falling, Kerkorian's offer is looking better to current Ford stock holders. Kerkorian's team has already said that they have no interest in keeping Mercury and Volvo. However, selling off the two brands may not make much sense.

SRT8 is 3 Years too late and comming to our hoods next spring, our North American Auto Industry has certifiabely lost its remaining grains of imagination. Going back to the 70s for an answer, we have now got a 6.1 litre Hemi to ease you pain. This one is Canadian. North American Auto industry...

If billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian didn't have enough takers on his offer to buy 20 million shares of Ford Motor Co. stock at $8.50 apiece, he might face a stampede now.

The ultra powerful Car Lobby get the consumers access to cheap and inefficient cars and still enjoys great subsidies from the US government. It's part of the American Dream to own a house and a car, but since the car is an immediate necessity (Commuting & Lack of good Public transport) it's almost...