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AUTOS' WORLD NEWS
U.S. SALES FOR MAY
* Toyota, Honda set records; trucks pull U.S. automakers' sales south
DETROIT,Mich,USA -Automotive News, by Dale Jewett -June 1, 2006: -- The Toyota juggernaut kept rolling on in May, fueled by higher gasoline prices and new models. That same combination is clicking for rival Honda... Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. said its U.S. sales in May set a monthly record and finished above 200,000 units for the third month in a row... American Honda Motor Co. also said its U.S. sales in May set a monthly record, up 16.1 percent to 141,810 units...
* GM Total Car Sales Down 19 Percent, Trucks Down 13 Percent
USA -PaddockTalk -1 June 2006: -- General Motors dealers in the United States sold 345,157 new cars and trucks in May, down 16 percent compared to year-ago levels, reflecting continued strategic reductions in incentives and daily rentals, which were down 28 percent...
* Chrysler Group Reports a May Sales Decline of 14 Percent
AUBURN HILLS, Mich.,USA -PRNewswire-FirstCall -June 1, 2006: -- Chrysler Group reported that U.S. sales for May 2006 declined 14 percent to 191,261 units compared to sales of 214,575 units in May 2005. Sales are reported on a day- rate adjusted basis unless otherwise indicated...
* Ford enlists workers for sales
WASHINGTON,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -June 03, 2006: -- Automaker offers rewards to employees who generate sales through discount plan... Ford Motor Co., trying to halt a long sales slide, is offering rewards to employees and retirees who help sell the company's cars and trucks... If a fleece jacket or messenger bag doesn't convince employees to offer vehicle discounts to their friends and family, Ford is throwing in a chance to win cash or meet Chairman and CEO Bill Ford Jr... The automaker is mailing out informational packets to its 345,000 U.S. employees and retirees to announce the "Ford Ambassadors Club" and "Ambassadors Inner Circle". The mailings will include discount offers employees can give to potential buyers...
* Volkswagen group car sales growth slowed in May
FRANKFURT,Germany -Reuters -June 1, 2006: -- Volkswagen had a solid month for group car sales in May, but the pace of growth was slowing down compared with earlier in 2006 as comparisons get harder, it said on Thursday...
DIGEST NEWS
* Nissan Reports Problem with Altimas, Sentra
Washington,DC,USA -WWJ News Radio 950/AP -2 June 2006: -- Nissan North America Inc. on Friday told dealers to stop selling 2006 four-cylinder Nissan Altimas and Sentra SE-Rs following reports of engine fires... The automaker said there has been one minor injury and it was investigating the cause of excessive oil consumption in the cars' engines. Nissan said about 100,000 of the vehicles built between January 2006 and last month may be subject to the problem...
* Nissan most efficient N.A. manufacturer
DETROIT,Mich,USA -Automotive News, by David Barkholz -June 1, 2006: -- Nissan Motor Co. has staked its claim as the most efficient producer of vehicles in North America, while the manufacturing efficiency gap between automakers continues to narrow, according to the annual Harbour Report released Thursday...
* GM staff rule out wage cuts to save Portugal plant
FRANKFURT,Germany -Reuters -June 2, 2006: -- General Motors European staff are prepared to help boost productivity at an endangered Portuguese assembly plant but won't accept pay cuts to save the factory from closing, they said on Friday... Dismissing GM's assertion that manufacturing at the Azambuja plant costs 500 euros ($640.6) per vehicle more than at other production centers...
* GM Makes Brazil Truck Capital
USA -The Car Connection, by Fernando Calmon -2 June 2006: -- GM is in the midst of redistributing its technical work to all the corners of its empire. And for Brazil, that means mid-size pickup trucks and SUVs will increasingly be engineered in the country... The S-10 inaugurated the small pickup segment in Brazil in 1995 and it has been the best seller since then, despite strong competition... GM's other centers will include the U.S. for full-size autos and trucks; Europe, mid-size and compact cars; and Australia, large rear-drive automobiles...
* China's Brilliance vehicle sales climb
HONG KONG,China -Reuters -June 2, 2006: -- China's largest minibus maker Brillance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. said on Friday that it sold 57 percent more of its own brand vehicles in the first five months thanks to new models and improved consumer sentiment... The company, a joint venture part of BMW AG, sold 13,800 Zhonghua brand cars in the first five months, up 254 percent from 3,900 cars in the same period last year...
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