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AUTOS' WORLD NEWS
* UAW Authorizes Strike Against Delphi.
1 - Could have severe consequences for GM
USA -AP/Transport Topics -17 May 2006: -- United Auto Workers members have voted to authorize a strike against auto supplier Delphi Corp. if the company scraps its labor agreements... A strike could have severe consequences for General Motors Corp., Delphi’s former parent company and largest customer... While the vote does not mean a strike is imminent, it allows the UAW to call a strike if it feels one is needed as the sides bargain over wages... GM also said it will keep negotiating despite the vote, and has offered to fund buyouts for some Delphi hourly workers and could also be responsible for retiree benefits or supplemental payments to boost wages...
2 - Bill Ford Jr. strike will hurt all - Automaker has started contingency planning
Washington DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -May 20, 2006: -- Ford Motor Co. CEO Bill Ford Jr. said a union strike against Delphi Corp. could disrupt the entire auto industry and the automaker has started contingency planning to minimize any potential impact...
* Big 3 to Congress: Get ethanol at pumps
Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -May 19, 2006: -- Detroit's automakers say they'll add more vehicles that run on E85, a corn-based fuel, to their fleets... The top executives of Detroit's Big Three automakers called on congressional leaders Thursday to help increase the availability of ethanol fuels... After a series of meetings with key members of Congress, Ford Motor Co.'s Bill Ford Jr., General Motors Corp.'s Rick Wagoner and the Chrysler Group's Tom LaSorda, urged Congress to consider incentives to boost the number of stations that carry E85, a corn-based ethanol fuel blend... The executives also promised to add more vehicles that run on E85 to their fleets -- endorsing a plan to have renewable fuels meet 25 percent of the nation's transportation energy needs by 2025...
* GM Planning 19 New Engines/Transmissions
USA -The Car Connection -19 May 2006: -- General Motors plans to roll out 19 new engine and transmission variations for the 2007 model year... The variations will include the hybrid version of the $23,000 Saturn Vue Green Line that the automaker is touting as the least expensive hybrid sport-utility vehicle on the market. The new lineup also includes a 3.9-liter V-6 with an active fuel management system that shuts down three cylinders on the highway to improve fuel economy, as well as six-speed transmissions for front-, rear- and all-wheel-drive vehicles that will boost both fuel economy and performance...
* Bill Ford vows to revive automaker's profits by '08
Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -May 19, 2006: -- Ford Motor Co. Chairman and CEO Bill Ford Jr., insists he's fully engaged in the company's turnaround plan as a result of recent management changes and vowed the automaker would return to profitability by 2008... With the retirement of Jim Padilla as president and chief operating officer, effective July 1, Bill Ford has assumed more day-to-day duties by overseeing a new operating committee composed of Ford's executive vice presidents...
* Porsche to invest $153 million in Leipzig plant
LEIPZIG, Germany -Reuters -19 May 2006: -- Porsche plans to invest $153 million (120 million euros) in the expansion of its Leipzig plant, where it will assemble its Panamera four-door coupe, it said on Friday...
* Audi to invest $384 million in German-built Q5
FRANKFURT,Germany -Reuters -19 May 2006: -- Audi AG will invest $384 million (300 million euros) as part of its plans to build the Q5 mid-sized SUV in its Ingolstadt plant in southern Germany...
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