The two biggest domestic automakers have been dealing with falling market share and slowing sales. |
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Using data mining and pattern recognition, automakers can relate warranty information back to production. |
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Customers still think they get more value for their money from overseas automakers. |
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Global automakers produce more than 600 different vehicle nameplates with a myriad of sizes, shapes and functions. |
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A multilayer electrodeposited alloy with an organic topcoat, it has been approved and used by all the automakers for years. |
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Though automakers have dodged a bullet, they may not be so lucky the next time. |
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Competing with Asian and European automakers by building American versions of what the opposition already offers is lunacy. |
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In Bradsher's view, environmental and safety groups were slow to catch on to where automakers were going and failed to head them off. |
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Industry overcapacity has cut profits, driven consolidation and increased the tension between automakers and suppliers. |
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Pearlescent systems configured for molded-in color will help automakers extend the use of plastics from small parts and bumpers to body panels. |
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But automakers should learn to illuminate them only when in gear, not while idling in park. |
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Because less than 10 automakers worldwide dominate the industry, suppliers have little opportunity to broadly diversify their customer base. |
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Most automakers offer an audio system that plays CDs and cassettes in addition to providing quality AM and FM reception. |
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California state regulators forced automakers to bring electric cars to market. |
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In doing so, the automakers might finally get more attention from the world's financial markets. |
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The liberalized policy would not necessarily bring in inward investment from foreign automakers. |
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Gone are the days when U.S. automakers could make cars first and think about marketing later. |
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That figure is just short of Thailand's total production last year from all automakers here. |
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Consumers like it best when the automakers package the features to reflect the buyers' expectations. |
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And it will, just so long as the automakers produce the right vehicles for these markets. |
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The largest automakers are very different businesses today than they were at the start of the decade. |
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While electric cars are being snuffed out, automakers are trotting out hybrid vehicles as the answer for fuel-economy-conscious consumers. |
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These are initiatives that automakers and dealers are taking to ensure their customers' loyalty. |
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All the world's automakers are trying to develop unibody platforms that can molded to fit different body styles and drivelines. |
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The automakers were of the view that 10-year-old commercial vehicles and 15-year-old personal vehicles should be junked. |
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Also monitored on many systems is yaw, an aspect of aircraft technology automakers have learned from. |
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In response to consumer demand, automakers and original equipment manufacturers are investing in ambitious innovation programs. |
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Japan's automakers continue brazenly to post good results, allowing them to avoid fundamental restructuring. |
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Discussions with the automakers are continuing on access to financing in support of their Canadian operations. |
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Tax breaks to selected manufacturers like automakers, and dollops of consumer credit, have jammed the malls and snarled traffic. |
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Many players are involved, including automakers and their suppliers, battery manufacturers, electricity distributors and governments. |
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Pull flow operation implies a very high level of proactiveness and flexibility and is a decisive competitive edge in the eyes of automakers. |
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For foreign automakers, China has long been the promised land. |
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Historically, automakers have used mercury in switches for convenience lighting, antilock braking systems and active ride control systems. |
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It is not wrong to ask for government help, but the automakers should come up with a win-win proposition. |
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Detroit may be bankrupt, but the Big Three automakers based there had a fantastic month. |
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This is the knotty problem facing many Chinese and foreign automakers, who must choose between two international auto shows to be held in Shanghai this year. |
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Undoubtedly, my observations will once again agitate a few people who will tell me that I should get behind U.S. automakers instead of criticizing them. |
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And together, the big three automakers saw a third of their plants shut down on Friday, which means thousands of cars did not roll off the assembly line. |
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Already, of course, automakers are huge fans of advertising in videogames. |
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It is the same process automakers use when unveiling concept vehicles. |
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A number of automakers offer a combination of the two systems as well. |
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To remain viable, the big automakers had to revamp their business models. |
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Worst yet, the Big Three automakers are steadily losing market share here. |
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As a strategic partner to top automakers and suppliers around the world, NSK provide solutions that offer higher performance in a compact space. |
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Eliminating the need for external adjusters saved weight, cost and complexity, and helped the three automakers easily surpass their durability bogeys. |
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But to save money, automakers turned to woodgrain plastics, a generally unappealing and unloved trim component. |
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The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, expressed his own support for aid to the automakers at a news conference on Wednesday morning. |
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At a time when most automakers are shoehorning every new gimcrack gadget they can into their concept cars, leave it to the stolid Swedes at Volvo to get back to basics. |
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Family-oriented pocket rockets are not very popular, but some automakers saw fit to jump on the bandwagon. |
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All three automakers claim superiority, and all three have recently updated their systems to varying degrees. |
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That same year, Korean automakers sold more than 1.5 million vehicles abroad. |
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Volvo Cars and the other automakers today use belts from a small number of manufacturers. |
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Japanese automakers have pared production as the global recession and rising unemployment sap demand for vehicles worldwide. |
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Invented by Felix Wankel, a German engineer, the simple design and small size of the rotary engine attracted automakers from around the world. |
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Management's ultimate goal is to become one of the world's top five automakers. That will require finding another gear. |
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This approach was implemented due to efforts in place by rival Japanese automakers Toyota and Nissan. |
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Representatives of Detroit's Big Three automakers met Thursday on Capitol Hill with Congressional leaders to make a pitch for additional assistance. |
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And other studies have attributed thousands of deaths to another cause: fuel economy regulations adopted in the 1970's forced automakers to make lighter passenger cars. |
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This is of particular value to automakers, who also appreciate the system's compact design and the fact that it is compatible with manual, robotized or automatic gearboxes. |
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Instead, automakers certify that they meet the standards. |
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No one can blame automakers for cozying up to the Chinese market. |
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Foreign automakers divide up the remaining share. |
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So automakers are pumping up the technology. |
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Stateside, the current discussion on a lifeline to automakers will look like small potatoes when Congress turns to giving a boost to infrastructure and support to troubled homeowners. |
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We do not believe these benefits should be lost to Canada without a sound database on information to demonstrate that the allegations of the automakers against MMT are valid. |
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Just yesterday, a consortium of automakers announced a movement to electrify the city of Vancouver, so that we could make the quantum leap as a country to one that actually has the ability to power up electric vehicles. |
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Since U. S. consumers loathe this type of vehicle, most automakers have chosen to ignore wagons and instead focus on more popular albeit more conservative four-door sedans. |
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Yet automakers keep their most carefree models coming, banking on a time when superegos soar and buyers re-turn, eager to reaffirm the American dream of blowing too much money on a new car. |
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Some big automakers are edging into the e-bike business. |
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Americans never got used to the noise and unpleasant smells associated with this type of engine, which is why automakers quickly turned the page on diesel as the oil crisis was getting solved. |
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The automakers are getting to the point where they can't do it alone. |
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The most famous and highly regarded of the Indianapolis automakers were Fred and Augie Duesenberg. |
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That should lead to more jobs at automakers, parts suppliers and dealers. |
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And the automakers say they may appeal against the Vermont ruling anyway. |
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The majority of this activity is in support of the big three automakers. |
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Production of motor vehicles and parts fell for much of 2006 and in early 2007, reflecting sluggish North American demand for automobiles and restructuring by the Big Three U. S. automakers. |
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In this particularly difficult environment, and faced with the uncertainty surrounding the end of vehicle scrapping schemes, many automakers decided to delay the placing of orders. |
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Finally, because ethanol is more corrosive than gasoline, some automakers fear it would cause problems in the fuel systems of vehicles that are not driven every day. |
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On an almost weekly basis, press releases are sent our way by automakers boasting some new clean diesel engine that promises attractive performance and mileage. |
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These automakers require significant power and unsurpassed performance. |
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As automakers introduce hybrid vehicles and explore other new technologies, governments are debating how best to drive quick and dramatic improvements in transportation efficiency. |
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The Two-Mode hybrid technology is already on sale in some of the automakers models, and it's being fitted to the high-luxury Cadillac Escalade as well. |
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The solution and the benefits of the three-point design soon spread throughout the world since Volvo immediately made Bohlin's patent available to all automakers. |
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Japan sank deeper into recession in the 1st quarter since Toyota, Honda and Nissan, Japan's three biggest automakers, slashed production last month. |
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By overpaying these engineers, the expenses of the domestic automakers went up as well. |
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For that, the automakers have regulators to thank. |
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For 2010, the Big Three domestic automakers have reported significant profits indicating the beginning of rebound. |
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While Toyota and Honda are retesting their entire vehicle lineups, other automakers generally are retesting only those with updated powertrains. |
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International automakers like Ferrari and BMW have made bobsleds, but it is rare for an airline to make one. |
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Information can cut to the chase, enabling automakers to recall the exact vehicles that might be having problems. |
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American automakers could exploit economies of scale and large production lines with big equipment to churn out cars at low cost. |
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Looking to expand its role beyond that of a chassis component supplier, Metaldyne is developing the ways and means to provide automakers with modules, as well. |
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Over time, most automakers are expected to comply with the new guidelines. |
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The brake drums segment is also showing renewed strength as automakers return to rear drum brakes to resolve both cost and fuel efficiency issues. |
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With such competition looming, one might suppose that U.S. automakers would embrace tighter domestic efficiency requirements to help them gird for the challenge. |
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Both pickup trucks and passenger cars are produced at the plant, with the vehicles divvied up between the two automakers for sale under their respective brands. |
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The above challenges can be overcome with die-cast induction motor and the automakers consider the induction motor, as a potential alternative to the permanent magnet motor. |
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Shaw noted that automakers are finally committing to stop using mercury switches, which can often be found in the trunks and glove compartments of vehicles. |
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