- Volvo Group Busily Redefining Business
Focus.
Sweden is still reeling from the loss of automaker Volvo to Ford Motor Co. It came as one terrible blow to the national psyche. A tough decision selling the car making operation to Ford in 1998, but it all got down to critical mass and as a global automaker Volvo ......
- Toyota To Consider Fifth U.S. Auto
Plant.
Toyota Motor Corp., which has a long term goal to boost its share of the world auto market, said it might build a fifth plant in North America. A new plant would likely help Toyota grab either more of the lucrative U.S. light truck market or be its first luxury ......
- Consumer preferences for Japanese
automobiles.
Japanese cars have taken an increasing share of the new car market in the United States in the past two decades. Their market share increased from approximately 9.4 percent in 1975 to 15.8 percent in 1980 ("Domestic Car Sales" 1976, 1981). This reflected the shift to small cars in the ......
- The Japanese are coming, the Japanese are
coming!
In the January 1970 article, Japanese Automakers Lead in Foreign Car Sales," Hawaii Business reported that, for the first time, automakers Toyota and Datsun had overtaken Volkswagen, the traditional leader in foreign car sales both nationally and in Hawaii. Crowded highways, higher gas prices and the availability of four-door models ......
- BALANCING ACT
HEADNOTE AS CHINA'S APPETITE FOR CARS GROWS, OEM SUPPLIERS ARE CRUNCHING NUMBERS AND BUILDING NETWORKS TO SATISFY CUSTOMERS AND STAY PROFITABLE. FORTY-NINE PERCENT. THAT'S HOW MANY MORE passenger cars were sold in China last year over 2002. With annual market growth in the low single digits or shrinking in the ......
- Behr To Invest $120 Million In North
America.
Behr GmbH & Co. will invest more than $120 million in a new technology center and production facilities to increase its North American capacity, according to Horst Geidel, CEO of Behr. "Behr is the leading European supplier of automotive air condi-tioning and engine cooling systems. In addition to reinforcing our ......
- Carmakers Build Up From Zero
OUTLOOK 2002: AUTOMOBILES - Welcome to the auto industry's version of the half-full/half-empty glass theory.