General Motors Cutting About 160 Jobs At Plant In Indiana
GM said in a statement that employees were notified last week
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GM said in a statement that employees were notified last week
Trump has criticized Ford for importing vehicles from Mexico, threatening a 35 percent tariff.
The annual awards recognize brands with top-performing vehicles in four major categories: SUVs – including crossovers and minivans – cars, trucks and luxury.
GM announced Wednesday it would indefinitely lay off third-shift workers at two car factories in Ohio and Michigan due to falling demand.
"I mean, NAFTA is a problem," Dennis Williams said.
Lawmakers have voted to no longer require that someone be inside a self-driving car while it is tested on public roads.
WWJ AutoBeat reporter Jeff Gilbert explains and defends his choices.
Mitsubishi is recalling nearly 200,000 SUVs to fix problems that could cause the windshield wipers to malfunction.
The automaker says the front passenger seat belt may not hold people in a crash, although they have received no reports of injuries.
GM says American consumers are shifting from cars to SUVs and trucks.
"It's just not happening fast enough for anybody."
Most manufacturers improved over 2014.
Nissan says the inflators are not made by Japan's Takata Corp., which has had problems with exploding inflators that can spew metal shrapnel.
The overall numbers for GM are a sign that auto sales have hit their peak and may even be contracting slightly for the first year since the Great Recession.
Volkswagen took a big step toward recovering from its emissions-cheating scandal by introducing a new seven-passenger SUV.