American carmakers are facing tough year
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The world's top automakers used one of the industry's biggest stages to roll out their latest cars and trucks, at the same time pledging to use the fresh offerings to attract greater numbers of new customers and expand their businesses.
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Weakness in manufacturing, especially the auto industry, may be damping economic prospects, but the bigger services sector appears to be more than making up for it.
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The car manufacturer synonymous with the U.S market is looking far further afield
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European carmakers sporting their latest models at the North American International Auto Show, are hoping to maintain a healthy share of the coveted US market, despite a discouraging 2008 economic forecast.
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European carmakers bet America is ready for a radical new vehicle.
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Fordâs president said that the companyâs operations are improving but the outlook for U.S. sales in 2008 is grim.
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2004 turned out to be a tough year for the predictors
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The way that Detroit auto executives have been talking, 2008 will be a bad year to sell cars and trucks in the United States.
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U.S. auto sales will likely fall again  in 2008 due to economic stress on consumers, raising pressure  on struggling Detroit automakers to cut prices or use sales  incentives, economists and officials said on Tuesday.
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Corporate America is gun-shy about making significant spending increases in 2005, as high fuel costs, geopolitical concerns and memories of recent overspending loom over budget plans for next year.
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DETROIT -- New car and truck sales rose more than two per cent during the first 10 months of 2004, but many of the companies that supply parts to the big automakers have little to celebrate -- their profits are shrinking as raw materials costs rise and
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Meanwhile, Detroitâs other automakers experienced significant declines.
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America&#39;s two largest automakers said they would reduce production in the first quarter of 2005 after reporting weak November sales.
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Even as Detroit shows encouraging signs of life, the automobile industry, the cityâs life force, faces further declines in the coming year.
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WASHINGTON -- Confronted with congressional concerns about global warming, the leaders of the U.S. auto industry are highlighting their work to develop alternative vehicles and asserting that the burdens of climate change cannot fall to one industry alone.
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Carmakers expect 2008 to be challenging, but hundreds of automotive parts suppliers are anticipating the year ahead to be one of the ugliest ever.
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U.S automakers face a widening gap in  profitability per vehicle compared to their major Japanese  rivals because of missed design opportunities, heavy  discounting and high labor costs, a study released on Monday  said.