Nissan outsells Chrysler in August

September 1st, 2009 by Bill Cawthon

Chrysler dropped to sixth place among automakers as Nissan North American finished fifth for the month. Sales at Nissan’s namesake division, which rose not quite 0.2 percent were enough to do the job, coming in 4,358 units ahead of Chrysler Group. Combined Nissan-Infiniti sales put Nashville-based Nissan North America almost 13 percent ahead of Chrysler [...]

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Chrysler and Nissan end vehicle projects

August 26th, 2009 by Bill Cawthon

Chrysler and Nissan today issued a joint announcement stating the two automakers have mutually agreed to end the three OEM vehicle supply projects announced last year. The projects included a Nissan compact sedan to be badged as a Chrysler for sale in the South American market this year, another small car for sale as a [...]

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Nissan to review Chrysler agreement

May 1st, 2009 by Bill Cawthon

Nissan Motor Company has announced it will be reviewing its vehicle supply agreement with Chrysler LLC. The announcement comes a day after the American automaker filed for bankruptcy protection and finalized an alliance agreement with Fiat SpA.
The 2008 agreement covered the production of a small car for Chrysler in exchange for a new full-size pickup [...]

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Automaker sales reports (final)

May 1st, 2009 by DaveAdmin

General Motors announced better than expected U.S. sales for April 2009, with an overall drop of 34% compared with April 2008. By losing less, GM has gained market share against Toyota, but lost ground to Ford.
Toyota’s U.S. sales fell 42% in April 2009 compared with April 2008, with Lexus falling 39%.
Ford’s U.S. sales of Ford, [...]

Tags: General Motors, Honda, Nissan, Sales, Toyota. Auto industry, Bankruptcy, GM, Sales

Rumor: Nissan coming to SHAP?

April 6th, 2009 by DaveAdmin

[Corrected]
We have not verified this, but we were just told that some die makers have been recalled to the Mt. Elliott Tool and Die Shop to work on tooling for a new Nissan to be built at Sterling Heights. A derivative of the Nissan Cube was to be built in Japan for Chrysler, but plans may now [...]

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Chrysler February sales beat forecasts

March 4th, 2009 by Bill Cawthon

Sometimes victory is defined simply by not losing as badly as everyone else. Chrysler had one of those victories in February. Even though its own sales were down 44 percent, Chrysler came in ahead of General Motors and Ford, where sales were even worse. In fact, Chrysler no longer has the worst year-to-date (YTD) sales [...]

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Nissan sales down 37.1 percent

March 3rd, 2009 by Bill Cawthon

Nissan North America, Inc. today reported sales for February of 54,249 units versus 86,219 units a year ago, a decrease of 37.1 percent. Sales of Nissan Division vehicles decreased 37.1 percent, while sales of Infiniti vehicles decreased by 36.8 percent.

Tags: Nissan. Auto industry, Sales

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