General Motors Company Takes a $1.3 Billion Bullet for the Automotive Industry
Daniel Miller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 18, 10:11AM CDT
General Motors CEO Mary Barra testifying before the Senate subcommittee. Source: General Motors. What the heck is going on with the automotive industry? It seems as though not a day passes without another massive recall announcement. General...
2 Stocks Whose Short-Term Pains Will Bring Long-Term Profits
at The Street - Fri Apr 18, 5:00AM CDT
Toyota and GM offer long-term gains to growth, value and income investors.
Updated Research Report on PACCAR - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Apr 17, 5:40PM CDT
On Apr 11, 2014, we issued an updated research report on PACCAR Inc.
Final Glance: Autos companies
AP - Thu Apr 17, 5:01PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top autos companies were mixed at the close of trading:
GM 1Q global sales up 2 pct to 2.42M
AP - Thu Apr 17, 2:29PM CDT
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors says it sold 2.42 million cars and trucks in the first three months of the year, keeping it slightly ahead of Volkswagen in the global sales race.
Snap-on Beats on Q1 Earnings - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Apr 17, 1:50PM CDT
Reported earnings exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.55 per share by 4.5%.
AutoNation Earnings in Line, Up Y/Y - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Apr 17, 12:20PM CDT
AutoNation posted a 10.3% rise in earnings per share to 75 cents in the first quarter of 2014.
Sozzi: How the Beastly New Chevy Camaro Z28 Became Beastly
at The Street - Thu Apr 17, 11:00AM CDT
We had the pleasure of chatting with General Motors' Mark Dickens, Director of Performance Vehicles, who has been an integral member of the development team for the new Camaro Z28, with the New York International Auto Show in full effect.
Early Glance: Autos companies
AP - Thu Apr 17, 10:31AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top autos companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:
Toyota And Discovery Education Announce Finalists For Toyota Teen Driver Video Challenge
PR Newswire - Thu Apr 17, 9:00AM CDT
Toyota and Discovery Education announced today the top ten finalists in the annual Toyota Teen Driver Video Challenge, the nation's premier teen safe driving program. Beginning today and continuing for the next two weeks, these top ten inspirational videos will appear online for public voting to not only determine the grand prize winner, but to also send a national reminder about the importance of safe teen driving.
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights:EOG Resources, Toyota Motor, Volkswagen, Tata Motors and Daimler
PR Newswire - Thu Apr 17, 8:30AM CDT
Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include the EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG-Free Report), Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE:TM-Free Report), Volkswagen AG (OTC:VLKAY-Free Report), Tata Motors Ltd (NYSE:TTM-Free Report) andDaimler AG (OTC
Nissan Turns Up the Heat in the Electric Car Race
at The Street - Thu Apr 17, 5:00AM CDT
Important updates on Nissan's electric car plans include swift battery improvements, a plug-in hybrid car and much more.
Bridgestone Corp. Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty for Fixing Prices and Rigging Bids on Auto Parts Installed in U.S. Cars
M2 - Thu Apr 17, 4:49AM CDT
A former Bridgestone Corp. executive has agreed to plead guilty and to serve 18 months in a U.S. prison for his role in an international conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids of automotive anti-vibration rubber parts sold in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today.
Carmakers bringing sexy back
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Apr 16, 5:46PM CDT
Toyota Motor's (TM) redesigned '15 Camry sedan is longer, wider and sports a jazzier front grill as the world's largest automaker tries to shed its reputation as a maker of practical, unsexy cars. Toyota changed every exterior piece except the roof....
Toyota Shows Off New-Look Camry and Arizona Lets Tesla Bill Die
Daniel Miller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 16, 2:01PM CDT
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was trading 140 points higher, or 0.87%, by midafternoon despite less than impressive numbers out of the housing industry. Housing starts increased 2.8% month over month in March, to 946,000 units, but that was...
Midday Glance: Autos companies
AP - Wed Apr 16, 12:30PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top autos companies are up at 1 p.m.:
3 Foreign Auto Stocks Ready to Burn Rubber - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Apr 16, 12:09PM CDT
Three automakers based outside the U.S. that are looking good at the moment.
Beetle marks 65th year since entry into US
By ANN M. JOB - AP - Wed Apr 16, 11:38AM CDT
Sixty-five years after the first Volkswagen Beetle arrived in the United States as a distinctively shaped, little car, the Beetle keeps attracting buyers with its more-spacious-than-ever, flexible interior, turbo engine power and modernized iconic look.
More Than Skin Deep: America's Best-Selling Car Gets Even Better With a Sweeping Redesign for 2015
PR Newswire - Wed Apr 16, 10:42AM CDT
So what do you do when you have the best-selling car in the industry for 12 straight years? You find ways to make it even better. That's exactly what Toyota did with the introduction of the new 2015 Camry. After selling almost a million of the industry's benchmark sedan since the current generation launched in 2011, Toyota stripped it down to its chassis and rebuilt it from the ground up, raising the bar yet again in the ultra-competitive mid-size sedan segment.