LATE BREAKING NEWS TOYOTA, GM TOP LIST FOR BEST OVERALL VALUE: Toyota Motor Corp. offers consumers the best selection of vehicles that retain their value over time and feature other ownership cost benefits, according to awards that will be announced today at the Chicago Auto Show. Toyota received 11 "Best Overall Value of the Year" awards, handed out by IntelliChoice.com, a car-shopping Web site. Lexus, Toyota's luxury brand, grabbed seven awards. General Motors Corp.'s Chevrolet brand came in a close second, with 10 awards, led by its new Silverado truck.
Wall Street JournalCHANGING THE FIVE HUNDRED TO TAURUS SHOWS MULALLY GETS FORD: If Alan Mulally hadn't stepped out of a Boeing jetliner, I'd be tempted to say he came down from the mount, sent to lead Ford from the wasteland with one simple command: "Tell me why." As in this question: "Why did we squander two decades of name recognition and millions of customers' loyalty by killing the Taurus name?"
Detroit Free PressTOP EXEC SAYS GM WILL STAY THE COURSE: General Motors Corp. won't budge from its strategy of reducing rebates and other incentives just because it saw a steep sales drop in January, a top executive said Saturday. GM's sales were off 16.6 percent compared with January 2006, but the company will continue its efforts to raise transaction prices and car resale values, Troy Clarke, GM's North American president, said in an interview.
LA TimesECONOMIC SLOWDOWN IMPACTING RETAIL DEMAND, WHOLESALE PRICES: A slowing economy and weak retail demand combined late last year to cause a year-over-year decline in wholesale vehicle prices in the last two months of 2006 according to the latest issue of Pulse released today by ADESA Analytical Services. The report, which provides a periodic review of economic indicators in the vehicle remarketing industry, also notes that the employee discounts widely available in 2005, also impacted the current vehicle marketplace in several ways.
ADESAMANHEIM CONSULTING RELEASES '07 USED CAR MARKET REPORT: Despite a modest decline in retail used vehicle sales volume in 2006, activity in the wholesale market was at its strongest level in years, Tom Webb, Manheim's chief economist explained this weekend as he unveiled Manheim's 2007 Used Car Market Report at the National Auto Dealers Association's convention.
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