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CARMAKERS NEWS * USA
* Michigan - Ford stays flexible with small cars plant. Michigan Assembly retooled line allows 5 autos with 4 powertrains
Wayne,MICH,USA -The Detroit News, by Karl Henkel -November 9, 2012: -- Ford Motor Co.'s retooled and flexible Michigan Assembly Plant will test the company's small-car sales forecasting abilities as the automaker mixes production of five different small cars with four different powertrains. The Dearborn automaker will alter production plans as often as twice each month to meet changing market demand, Jim Tetreault, Ford vice president of North America Manufacturing, told The Detroit News on Thursday. About 5,170 workers on three shifts build the gasoline-powered Focus and Focus ST, an electric Focus, a C-Max Hybrid and most recently, a C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid...
- CAR MARKETS -
* USA - Ford, GM fight India market-share loss
New Delhi,India -Bloomberg/The Detroit News, by Siddharth Philip -November 8, 2012: -- Almost two decades after entering India, here's what General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. have to show for their efforts in Asia's third-largest automobile market: combined market share of about 6.5 percent and falling... GM's sales in the country have tumbled 17 percent in the past 10 months and Ford's deliveries are off 8.4 percent, according to researcher Intelligence Automotive Asia. Though the U.S. carmakers say they're optimistic, they face mounting competition from Toyota Motor Corp. and market leader Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., which makes 4 in 10 vehicles sold in India... The wrong cars priced above rivals' offerings, coupled with poor service, are among the reasons analysts cite for the Americans' lack of progress in a country that's projected to overtake Japan as the world's No. 3 passenger-vehicle market this decade. While they are stepping up efforts to cater to Indian motorists, the Detroit automakers have yet to show they can reverse their slide toward irrelevance...
- AUTOS' RECALLS -
* California - 2012-2013 Scion iQ Recalled
(Photo: 2012 Scion iQ)
Torrance,CAL,USA -The Car Connection, by Suzanne Kane -Nov 8, 2012: -- Toyota is conducting a voluntary safety recall of certain 2012 and early 2013 Scion iQ passenger cars for potentially flaw in the safety system involving passenger airbags... A total of 11,200 Scion iQ hatchbacks are involved in the Toyota recall... According to the automaker, the issue centers on a cable that can be damaged as the passenger seat is adjusted fore and aft. The cable is part of the front passenger Occupant Classification System (OCS) that senses whether the front passenger seat is occupied, and enables airbag deployment and seatbelt pre-tensioning in the event of an accident... If the sensor becomes damaged, the airbag may not deploy as they should and the seatbelt pre-tensioners may not become activated... Toyota said that no crashes or injuries have been reported for this condition and no other Toyota, Lexus or Scion vehicles are involved...
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