Sentences with phrase «domestic automakers»

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.

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

After a couple dismal sales years, when two domestic automakers needed financial help to keep assembly lines operating, the industry sees reason for optimism.

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

The Ford Contour / Mercury Mystique and the Chrysler Cirrus were duking it out for the best - value compact sedan among domestic automakers in 1994.

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

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.

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.

Among domestic automakers, GM was the first to market with the technology in late 1996 and offers systems on the most models.

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.

After an absolutely dismal 2009, where two of America's three domestic automakers declared bankruptcy, and someone finally pulled the plug on sales, 2010 could only get better right?

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

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.

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.

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.

Aura Systems Inc. of El Segundo, Calif., announced that it had signed a contract to supply «a major domestic automaker» with active suspension technology.

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.

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.

Outraged domestic automakers will surely view the G35 as more evidence of Japan devaluing the yen to unfairly cram cars with equipment and cream them on price.

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

A tariff on aluminum could hurt Ford proportionately more than other domestic automakers as the company has embraced military - grade aluminum alloy as its material of choice for vehicle bodies on the 2015 + Ford F - 150, 2017 + Ford F - Series Super Duty, and all - new, 2018 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator lines.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Are we still at a point where there's too much stigma attached to domestic automakers for an aspirational buyer to consider, say, a Ford Escape?

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.

China's biggest domestic automaker, Chery, is opening a factory in Iran, expanding its fast - growing foreign ties soon after announcing ventures with Chrysler and Fiat.

So while the front - engine, front - drive concept wasn't significant, the utilization of this design by a domestic automaker in 1978 was.

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.

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