Jeep could build Wrangler-based pickup in Ohio - Lid Time - Weird News, Entertainment, News Headlines (blog)
Barra and the General Motors board have refused to consider a tie-up with FCA because, as the GM CEO explained in June, GM was still in the process of consolidating its operations after emerging from bankruptcy itself in 2009. The company found... The mixed results from the biggest automakers reflected the usual slowdown in sales in the summer, albeit in a year when demand for new vehicles is at record levels. Forecasters who expected sales growth in China of up to 8 percent this year have recently slashed that to as low as 1. 7 percent. That’s the same time Jeep will unveil the all-new Wrangler. Most of Ford’s sedans, however, with the exception of the new Mustang (up 70 percent) and the Fiesta (up 5 percent), struggled in August. Auto workers and city leaders have been on edge for almost a year since Fiat revealed it was considering moving the Wrangler assembly line because of the cost of reconfiguring its current plant so that the vehicle could be constructed with an... Analysts expect sales of new cars and trucks to decline slightly from last August, but primarily because of a calendar quirk. Source: www.lidtime.com
