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CARMAKERS NEWS * USA
* Michigan - Big trucks in spotlight as Ford, Chrysler, GM jockey for buyers
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Detroit,MICH,USA -The Detroit News, by Paul A. Eisenstein -January 11, 2013: -- After some very tough years, automakers and industry experts believe a revival for full-size pickups is just around the corner... The North American International Auto Show has never been known as a "trucky" show, a distinction that usually goes to the Chicago Auto Show. But this year, full-size pickups will be in the spotlight at the Detroit event... The 2013 Ram 1500, already in dealer showrooms, will be on the floor... And there's been widespread speculation among automakers, industry analysts and journalists that Ford Motor Co. will try to steal some of GM's thunder with a sneak peak of the next-generation Ford F-150 — the best-selling vehicle, car or truck, in the U.S. for 31 years. Ford remains mum about its plans to reveal the truck, which isn't due on dealer lots for nearly two years...
* Michigan - GM, Ford to hire 3K workers, including a 'significant number' in Metro Detroit
Detroit,MICH,USA -The Detroit News, by Karl Henkel and David Shepardson -January 11, 2013: -- Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co., which shed white-collar workers during the industry downturn, plan to hire more than 3,000 salaried workers this year... Ford said its intention to hire 2,200 salaried workers in the U.S. this year includes a "significant number" in southeast Michigan... And General Motors Co. says it will add about 1,000 high-tech jobs in suburban Atlanta... Ford said today it will add white-collar employees in product development, information technology and manufacturing, and as interns. The 2,200 hires would represent Ford's largest single-year increase of salaried workers in more than a decade...
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* Michigan - U.S. clears Jeep Grand Cherokee, Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey in probe
Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -January 9, 2013: -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is ending separate investigations into the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee and 2004-05 Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey without seeking recalls, saying the issues don't pose serious safety concerns. The Jeep investigation looked at possible fire risks when power steering hoses became detached. The Ford investigation involved complaints about tire-changing jacks. In July, NHTSA opened an investigation into 107,000 Chrysler SUVs for power steering hose blow-offs that could result in fires... Separately, NHTSA said it was closing an investigation into 205,000 2004-05 Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey minivans over complaints about faulty scissors jacks. The complaints said the scissors jacks appeared to fail at the slotted hinge joints where the jack screw is located, by bending at midpoints... NHTSA has received six consumer complaints involving three injuries and one fatality. Ford reported 26 complaints and an additional four injuries...
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