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Honda said it will cut some production next week at all U.S. and Canadian plants, and suspend output at plants in Mexico from March 18. Toyota said some lines, shifts or potentially entire plants are expected to be temporarily halted for several days in Kentucky, West Virginia and Mexico. Honda said it will cut some production next week at all U.S. and Canadian plants, and suspend output at plants in Mexico from March 18. Toyota said some lines, shifts or potentially entire plants are expected to be temporarily halted for several days in Kentucky, West Virginia and Mexico. Honda said it will cut some production next week at all U.S. and Canadian plants, and suspend output at plants in Mexico from March 18. Toyota said some lines, shifts or potentially entire plants are expected to be temporarily halted for several days in Kentucky, West Virginia and Mexico.
Dealership service managers say traditional schools are turning out a generation of auto mechanics whose skills aren't keeping pace with the cars they're assigned to fix.
AutoCanada, the largest publicly traded dealer group in Canada, said Thursday its net income rose 22 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier to $8.3 million Canadian ($7.6 million U.S.), driven by improved operating results in used vehicle, parts, service and collision repair departments.
Toyota's decision to move its North American headquarters to Texas is causing political fallout in California. A representative on the California Economic Development Commission criticized officials in Torrance for “having lost the world's largest automotive company,” the city's newspaper reported Wednesday.
The University of Michigan's Mobility Transformation Center, along with key partners from a variety of industries, will begin construction of a $6.4 million “simulated urban environment” for testing of connected and automated vehicles, the university said Tuesday.
Incoming Ford CEO Mark Fields says he will “stay relentlessly focused on bringing even more great products and innovations with top quality to the marketplace.”
AutoNation said today its U.S. new-vehicle retail sales rose 14 percent in April from a year earlier to 25,669 units, driven by a strong growth in company's premium luxury segment.
Supplier Tenneco, which counts on Europe for about a third of its global sales, saw its first-quarter net income slip 15 percent to $46 million because of one-time restructuring costs.
Auto supplier Tenneco's first-quarter net income slipped 15 percent to $46 million because of one-time restructuring costs.
J.D. Power is acquiring analytics company Korrelate in a move to measure consumer online shopping behaviors and trends, the company said today.
