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17 Million Cars A Year In China? Forget About It

People have accused me of irrational exuberance (or worse) when I mentioned that the Chinese auto market could be 17 million or thereabouts this year. Impending bubbles were predicted. Popping bubbles...

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GM China’s November Numbers, And A Deep Look In The Crystal Ball

GM China, our recently no longer so reliable oracle for the Chinese market, raised its November sales by 11 percent, compared to an absolutely batty November 2009. 11 percent are not the same growth...

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China Hits Limits To Growth: Not Enough Car Factories

“We can’t make cars as fast as they sell in China,” said an old friend of mine last night on the phone from Wolfsburg. He works at Volkswagen, the company that fights with GM for the title of King of...

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BMW: The Rich Will Get Richer

Low cost cars? Who needs them. BMW’s CFO Friedrich Eichiner thinks that the premium segment is where the growth is. Eichiner projects the global auto market to go basically sideways by growing 4...

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Carlos Ghosn Sees No European Growth For Years. There Will Be Even Less After...

  Nissan-Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn said today that he does not expect any sales growth in Europe over the next three to four years. He is not giving up on growth, and said that most will come from...

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QOTD: Why Do Automakers Care So Much About Sales?

I always get a little dismayed whenever I hear a car company talking about sales volume targets. Yes, sure, reasonable sales targets are OK. Acceptable sales targets. If Toyota wants to say they’re...

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What Were Once Minis Have Become Habitual

This past Sunday night, I wandered over to my local movie theater to catch Black Mass. Although I’m suffering from a bit of Joel-Edgerton-related-ennui lately and I never really got over the idea of...

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Ask the Editor: When Will the Civic Become the Accord? Drink Your CAFE and...

TTAC reader Brennan writes: Hey Mark, Long-time reader, first-time e-mailer. This might be a question for the TTAC’s Best & Brightest. This all started when I was looking over the specs for the...

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