AUTOMAKERS NEWS
* USA - Kerkorian makes surprise $4.5B bid for Chrysler
Detroit,Mich,USA -The Detroit News -5 Apr 2007: -- Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian is prepared to make an unsolicited bid to buy the Chrysler Group for $4.5 billion and will offer $100 million to DaimlerChrysler AG for exclusive negotiating rights on the sale, the Detroit N
* USA - NHTSA mandates anti-roll systems for all vehicles by 2012
New York,NY,USA -The Detroit News -5 Apr 2007: -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today unveiled its final rule requiring automakers to install anti-rollover technology -- called electronic stability control -- on all vehicles by the 2012 model year...
New York,NY,USA -The Detroit News -5 Apr 2007: -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today unveiled its final rule requiring automakers to install anti-rollover technology -- called electronic stability control -- on all vehicles by the 2012 model year...
* USA - 2007 New York Auto Show: Anti-Toyota Activists arrested
NY,USA -Freedom From Oil (PR)-5 April 2007: -- Climate Change Activists Arrested for Dropping 20-foot Banner Challenging Toyota's Eco Hypocrisy at NY Auto Show... Freedom From Oil campaign challenges automakers to stop impeding environmental progress in the courts and fill America’s streets with fuel-efficient fleets... While the automakers are using the New York Auto Show to promote eco concept cars, their fleet-wide production commitments are to gas-guzzlers like GM’s Hummer and Toyota’s Tundra... (See Photo)
* China - Chery Automobile breaks record in March, earns place as challenger in global market
Shanghai,China -The Detroit News (Detroit,Mich,USA), by Michael Dunne -4 Apr 2007: -- Add another landmark event to Chery Automobile's emergence as a formidable contender... In March, Chery led the Chinese industry in sedan production for the first time in history. Output at the Wuhu-based state enterprise surpassed 45,000 cars during the third month, moving the company just ahead of perennial industry leader, Shanghai General Motors...
Shanghai,China -The Detroit News (Detroit,Mich,USA), by Michael Dunne -4 Apr 2007: -- Add another landmark event to Chery Automobile's emergence as a formidable contender... In March, Chery led the Chinese industry in sedan production for the first time in history. Output at the Wuhu-based state enterprise surpassed 45,000 cars during the third month, moving the company just ahead of perennial industry leader, Shanghai General Motors...
* China - Auto exports soar 50 pct in first two months
Beijing,China -Xinhua -5 Apr 2007: -- China's exports of automotive products soared 50 percent in the first two months compared to the same period last year, according to figures from the General Administration of Customs... In January, automotive products exports rose 43.1 percent year on year to 2.76 billion US dollars, while imports surged 50.7 percent to 1.95 billion dollars...
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