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Once domestic vehicle sales began to decrease 30% per month, as they did beginning last fall, and then the rate increased to 40% or more the last three months, there was no way that Ford could finance its losses over the next year. The news that Toyota (TM) and Honda (HMC) might seek assistance from the Japanese government meant that not a single car company in the world would get by on its own. (Read about the CEOs behind Detroit's Big Three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Was Inevitable: Ford Can't Dodge the Financial Bullet | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...only privately held member of The Big Three, Chrysler, did better than expected. Sales were down 44% to 84,050. Honda (HMC), Toyota (TM), and Nissan all had results down about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hyundai: America's Most Successful Car Company | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...vehicle into each of the major slots in the U.S. car market. It sells a nifty entry-level coupe and has a mammoth minivan called the Entourage. It markets SUVs and small sedans. They don't have any more or less cheap plastic trim in their interiors than a Honda. They are simply serviceable cars and trucks that probably won't break down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hyundai: America's Most Successful Car Company | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...recent years, many young people have been drawn to sport bikes by Honda, Ducati, Kawasaki and Suzuki. Harley-Davidson also owns a line of products under the Buell brand. But it may make sense to transport some of those products to a new sport-bike line bearing the Harley-Davidson brand, pricing them at roughly the same point as its Sportster line, or less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harley-Davidson Tries to Rejuvenate Its Business | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

...high-cost motor sports. For example Formula One, the world's most popular auto-racing circuit, is facing its biggest crisis in 40 years, according to Max Mosley, president of the sport's governing body. He compares F1's status to the global housing and credit bubbles. And since Honda, which had spent about $300 million annually on Formula One, decided to pull out of the sport altogether, F1 has blown a tire. (See pictures of car art by Warhol, Calder and more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Daytona Drag: NASCAR Tries to Outrace the Recession | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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