Sentences with phrase «domestic automaker»

- First domestic automaker to offer gasoline, diesel and hybrid versions of a single model in Japan -

Lincoln becomes the first domestic automaker to offer free three - year, 36,000 - mile maintenance.

GM was the only domestic automaker and one of only two full - line automakers to reduce incentives as a percentage of ATP.

If you're looking for an inexpensive yet stylish, functional and fuel - efficient subcompact from a domestic automaker, the Ford Fiesta checks all the right boxes.

Ford is energized about their future as the domestic automaker announces details of their first plug - in hybrid vehicle to hit the market.

It seems that each domestic automaker has at least one model that has its roots in another era.

The 2016 Buick LaCrosse is one of the current crop of sedans that has made many upscale shoppers take a second look at the domestic automaker's lineup.

The domestic automaker has played it safe this time by pricing the car very aggressively.

Here's a question for you: when was the last time you could buy a diesel - powered passenger vehicle from a domestic automaker?

It's about time that a domestic automaker came out with something that is both incredibly beautiful and reasonably priced.

The innovative — and some may say desperate — incentive plan is a first for a domestic automaker.

Based on the Tesla decision, a Chinese car manufacturer or other domestic automaker could enter the market and open a company - owned dealership in Massachusetts.

While Ford hasn't made a huge deal about its good fortune, its dealers sure have, with its status as lone domestic automaker not to head to Chapter 11 helping the brand rake in sales.

In Europe, some think the American reaction to the scandal is overwrought, driven by contingency - fee lawyers and politicians eager to help domestic automakers gain ground against a European rival.

On Sept. 24, 2008, the U.S. Congress passed a bill to lend domestic automakers US$ 25 billion to help keep them solvent.

All three domestic automakers saw increases of greater than 10 %, putting them ahead of the industry overall.

Foreign and domestic automakers must meet federal emissions and safety standards before they can sell cars and trucks in the U.S..

All three domestic automakers spent less compared to last year but the domestics still spend more than the industry average — particularly GM and Chrysler.

I went there to see the Seoul Motor Show — media day began at 9 a.m. and ended at noon, as there were only domestic automakers, including Ssangyong and Daewoo — and to drive the XG, which I proclaimed unfit as a Nissan Maxima competitor for the U.S. market.

Last fall Jaguar Land Rover was planning to engage Chinese officials shortly after the X7 debuted at the Guangzhou motor show in China, recalling an earlier period of large - scale industrial design replication by a significant number of Chinese domestic automakers.

And for just the second time in the 30 - year history of the study, the Domestic automakers collectively had better quality than all of the imports combined.

Of course we'll also get into the news of the week including a study that suggests the negative perception of domestic automakers is starting to change.

Well it's obvious these domestic automakers don't listen to the public, otherwise they would have had a smallish, diesel power truck available NOW.

In the past 14 years, domestic automakers have won the North American Car of the Year seven times.

Credited with helping open up the American market for Japanese autos, the «reliable» Accord was once the bestselling car in the U.S. before it began losing ground first to Japanese rivals and more recently to resurgent domestic automakers and South Korean upstarts.

European automakers have won four times, and Japanese automakers have won three times Domestic automakers have won North American Truck of the Year nine times.

For more than a year, domestic automakers have been insisting that new vehicles would lure buyers back from imports, which for some time have been gnawing away at their market share as well as profits.

Nissan's research suggests that what these customers want — at least in terms of sheer hauling and towing strength — is a rig a lot like the HD trucks domestic automakers sold over a decade ago, before they went all steroidal.

Earlier this week, automotive journalists and industry analysts from all over the world got to preview all - new vehicles and concept cars from more than 25 import and domestic automakers.

The strong profitability of the domestic automakers has been linked to lower manufacturing costs, a reduced debt load and careful...

In what has long been the domain of the domestic automakers, the Avalon offers full - size car buyers a modern, front - wheel - drive sedan with an impeccable history of excellent service, outstanding quality and best - in - class resale.

On the other hand, domestic automakers had a strong sales upswing in 2011.

I must admit that I always have taken with a grain of salt the claims that BMW, Mercedes and the like are so much better than domestic automakers.

If it's an uncommon car you are after, you don't have to buy some expensive exotic to satisfy your appetite: For 1997, foreign and domestic automakers are serving up an array of interesting and unique entrees.

The Big Three domestic automakers — Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Corp. — all have at least one dealership with a mall outlet.

In the past 16 years, domestic automakers have won North American Car of the Year eight times, Japanese automakers three times, European automakers four times.

Instead, domestic automakers built muscle cars - small and mid-size coupes with big, gas - guzzling V - 8 engines, such as Pontiac's GTO and Ford's Shelby Mustang.

A Chrysler engineer described the high - horsepower Hellcat as a «last hurrah» before rising corporate average fuel economy standards begin to limit engine horsepower and displacements for domestic automakers.

The resurgence of interest in muscle cars has presented a bounty to domestic automakers who most feel had their glory days with the tire - shredding monsters of the 60's and 70's.

In the truck category, domestic automakers won 10 times, Japanese automakers four times, and European automakers have won twice.

The rebounding Big Three domestic automakers - Ford, Chrysler and General Motors - have rolled out a dazzling array of new vehicles, such as the Mercury Mystique, Ford Contour, Dodge Stratus and Chrysler Cirrus.

Toyota offers a similar certified program, but the CPO guarantees from some domestic automakers seem scanty by comparison.

Still, I think there's long term strength in the sector as well as a lot of insulation and protection against economic downturns, which is usually what killed the domestic automakers in past economic cycles.

The increased federal funding will leverage private sector funds and support our domestic automakers to bring plug - in hybrids and other advanced vehicles to American consumers.

At $ 3.10 a gallon, domestic automakers could increase profits by $ 2 billion collectively, with an annual profit increase of $ 1.4 billion at Ford, $ 500 million at GM and $ 100 million at DaimlerChrysler.

[From Green Car Congress:] A study by the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) has concluded that the strategy with the best financial outcome for domestic automakers is to focus on improving fuel - economy across their lineups.

The standards will save consumers tens of billions of dollars at the pump, will help ensure that domestic automakers continue to be at the forefront of global advances in auto technology, and are essential to keeping the United States on course to meet its climate goals.

The city of Detroit is home to America's so - called «Big Three» domestic automakers.

As domestic automakers face falling consumer demand for new vehicles, the number of car dealerships in the U.S. is shrinking.

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SEOUL, April 2 - General Motors» South Korean unit said on Monday its domestic sales for March more than halved from a year earlier, deepening a slide in the aftermath of the U.S. automaker's planned restructuring of operations in the country.