Dongfeng Automobile February Vehicle Sales Increase 14% (Bloomberg)
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Dongfeng Automobile Co. said its vehicle sales in February rose 14 percent to 15,055 units, according to a filing to Shanghai’s stock exchange. Sales for the first two months of this year rose 67 percent to 35,087 units, according to the statement.
China Auto Prices Rise Most in at Least Four Years (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Automobile prices climbed 1.49 percent last month from a year earlier, Cheng Xiaodong , an official with the National Development and Reform Commission’s vehicle monitoring division, said in a telephone interview today in Beijing.
Maritz Research Findings: Cash for Clunkers Created Significantly More Incremental Automobile Sales Than Previously ... (The Auto Channel)
ST. LOUIS, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Comprehensive consumer research released today by Maritz, a leading global provider of automotive research, demonstrates that the Cash for Clunkers program succeeded in creating significantly more incremental sales than previously estimated without negatively impacting future automotive sales.
Md. expanding use of signs giving travel times (Baltimore Sun)
Response 'very positive,' highway spokesman says As it deploys 23 electronic message signs on major highways in the state, Maryland is attempting to answer a question that's been around almost as long as the automobile itself: "How much longer before we get there?"
Mitsubishi Motors Promotes the i-MiEV Electric Vehicle in Switzerland (The Auto Channel)
AUTO CENTRAL – March 11, 2010: Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MM Automobile Schweiz AG and Switzerland's largest electricity provider Alpiq Holding AG (Alpiq) through which the three parties will work together to promote the popularization of the new-generation electric vehicle i-MiEV in Switzerland.
China's Geely secures financing to buy Volvo: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The parent of China's Geely Automobile (0175.HK) has secured financing to buy Ford-owned Volvo cars for about 15 billion Swedish crowns ($2.10 billion), a Swedish business daily reported on Wednesday.
Rick DeSilva named AIADA chairman for 2010 (The Record and Herald News)
Rick DeSilva, owner of Liberty Subaru in Oradell and Liberty Hyundai in Mahwah, was named chairman of the American International Automobile Dealers Association for 2010.
Long Island Auto Transport Broker (FOX 5 New York)
Fox 5's Arnold Diaz has been reporting on a Long Island automobile transport broker for more than two years. Bayville-based A Blue Knight Auto Carrier has used many names, including A Eastern Connection.
300 vehicles stolen with help of keys inside: MPI (CBC Manitoba)
Despite being equipped with immobilizing devices, nearly 300 vehicles were stolen in Manitoba in 2009 because the driver left the keys in the ignition or somewhere else inside the automobile, Manitoba Public Insurance reported on Wednesday.
Susan Cischke: The X-Chromosome in the Ford Boardroom (wowOwow)
One of the auto industry’s senior-most female executives talks about shattering the glass ceiling, balancing acts and more … Q & A | Today 4:00 am In celebration of Women’s History Month, wowOwow interviewed a woman who embodies the shattering of the glass ceiling. Susan M. Cischke is the senior-most female executive in the male-dominated automobile industry. As Ford Motor Company’s vice ...