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* Government investigating Ford, Mazda trucks
WASHINGTON,DC,USA -Associated Press -Dec 10, 2005: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday, that it was investigating the potential for a short circuit in a wiring harness that could blow a fuse providing electrical current to all brake lamps on the Ford Ranger and Mazda B-Series trucks from the 2003-05 model years... The preliminary investigation involves more than 510,000 vehicles...
* First wave of Chinese cars will target luxury market
Chicago,Ill,USA -Chicago Tribune, by JIM MATEJA -Dec 10, 2005: Chery Automobile Co. in China, which makes this car displayed at an auto show in Shanghai, China this week, expects to make luxury cars for the U.S. market that will start at $19,000... Malcolm Bricklin plans to start importing these cars from China in mid-2007...
* UAW official says new DaimlerChrysler S.C. van plant likely to be organized
GREENVILLE, S.C.,USA -DetNews/AP-Dec 10, 2005: Gary Casteel, director for the United Auto Workers says it is likely workers at the planned DaimlerChrysler AG van plant in North Charleston will organize... DaimlerChrysler said last month that it would hire 220 people for a plant in North Charleston to assemble its Dodge Sprinter van...
* GM and Kerkorian say no resolution on board seat
DETROIT,Mich,USA -DetNews/AP, by Dee-Ann Durbin -Dec 10, 2005: General Motors Corp. and billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian have failed to reach an agreement on Kerkorian's request to gain a seat on the automaker's board for his aide Jerome York, the automaker and Kerkorian said in a joint statement Friday...
* Nissan to Hire More Women for Sales Force
TOKYO,Japan - WTOP News/AP, by HANS GREIMEL -Dec 8, 2005: Nissan Motor Co. will double the percentage of females in its Japanese sales force over the next two years because the public "would prefer to have a woman sell them a car," Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said Friday...
* Future unclear for ACH white-collar staff
Ann Arbor,Mich,USA -The Ann Arbor News, by MIKE RAMSEY -Dec 10, 2005: The 5,000 white-collar workers at Automotive Components Holdings LLC - including hundreds who live or work in Washtenaw County - know their jobs are being eliminated... As part of a massive restructuring to save Visteon Corp. from potential bankruptcy, the Ford Motor Co.-managed company is leasing these professionals from the auto supplier...
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