Vehicles Blog

Updates from October, 2009

• Crossover production at General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. has been hard hit by an Indian parts shortage this month because those vehicles share the same six-speed automatic transmission.

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• After several days of concentrated testing at its annual TestFest, the 2010 Best New AJAC award winners in 12 vehicle categories were announced today by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada

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• Frank Weber, the German-born engineer in charge of the Chevrolet Volt, is moving back to Germany to take a senior management role at Opel.
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• The October light-vehicle sales rate will pass 10 million units for the first time this year during a month that didnand#8217;t benefit from the summer cash-for-clunkers program, Ford Motor Co.and#8217;s U.S. sales chief said today.

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• There are several vehicles this season that are great for  eating and drinking before the big game. And they aren’t all  just beefed-up trucks and SUVs.

  
  

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• Azure Dynamics Corp. has replaced SEV US Corp. as developer of the drivetrain for Ford Motor Co.’s battery-electric Transit Connect commercial van slated to launch next year, the automaker said today.

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• Azure Dynamics Corp. has replaced SEV US Corp. as developer of the drivetrain for Ford Motor Co.’s battery-electric Transit Connect commercial van slated to launch next year, the automaker said today.

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• Supplier Recticel Interiors North America LLC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it attempts to revamp two money-losing contracts worth about 80 percent of its annual revenue.

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• Belgian foam maker Recticel said today that two of its U.S. subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from creditors due to the crisis in the U.S. automotive market.

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