Business insights and opinions from the Editors of Hoover's
As the year winds down it seems Tata Motors has taken the inside track on Ford’s widely publicized sale of its problem children, Jaguar and Land Rover.
Representatives of Unite, England’s largest manufacturing labor union, are reported to have approved Tata Motors’ …
Car markets in Western Europe and North America (and to some extent Japan) are not what they used to be. They are “stagnant” and have been for some time. Automakers are looking at developing countries for 21st century growth, and not surprisingly, the average driver in a …
Here at Hoover’s more than a few editors have been waiting on pins and needles for DaimlerChrysler to pull the trigger on its inevitable name change in the wake of selling Chrysler to Cerberus Capital Management back in August. It’s almost certainly going …
Last weekend I spent 4 hours sitting in a car stereo installation place (that for legal reasons shall go unnamed) listening to the most repetitive, annoying, almost seizure-inducing techno music man has ever devised while waiting to have my truck made iPod compatible. That experience was like catching a 5-pound …
As the Automotive Guy at Hoover’s, if there’s anything more boring and tedious than a Detroit-based automaker detailing its latest restructuring plan, it’s talk about strikes. Sure. Strikes seem exciting. “Oh, no! How will we maintain the flow …
Cerberus Capital Management certainly isn’t wasting any time assembling a super group management team for Chrysler. Robert Nardelli as CEO seemed odd and perfect at the same time. Since that announcement a few others have come along, but Chrysler’s most …
As housing foreclosures continue at a steady clip, the implosion of the sub-prime lending market is sending ripples into some surprising corners of the economy. The jitters are being felt in the automotive retail market …
You can almost hear the collective “Aw, nuts” at Ford, GM, and Chrysler. As the Detroit Three try to get their North American operations back on track, Indian carmaker …
Negotiations between the Detroit Three and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union are officially underway, and the stakes are pretty darn high. UAW president Ron Gettelfinger …
Sales incentives are like crack cocaine for the Detroit Three. Every year it’s the same story — as autumn nears Ford, GM, and Chrysler are strung-out from a summer of binging on incentives — or paying customers …
