Chinese automaker Great Wall is deeply interested” in the iconic American brand, now part of Fiat Chrysler, but politics could derail its ambitions. It’s clear Detroit automakers are focused on improving their sales mix to favor retail over fleet, selling down previously higher inventories and enjoying a continued surge in larger-vehicle demand. Automaker will keep a tight focus on the fastest-growing segment of the two leading markets: small cars. Automaker Volvo will export cars from China to the United States and is going to earn the distinction as the first major global automaker to export cars directly to the U.

Hurricane Harvey did have an adverse effect on deliveries during the last week of August for every automaker but the key U.S. economic fundamentals remain supportive of strong vehicle sales,” GM Chief Economist Mustafa Mohatarem said in a statement. Ford’s potential venture with Anhui Zotye Automobile would give the Dearborn automaker a partnership with a pioneer in the Chinese all-electric vehicle segment. The automakers asked for an additional $25 billion to come out of the TARP fund.

Prior to her appointment as Financial Director & company secretary for Automaker Media Group in 2011, Doris was head of department of business and economics at William Brookes College in Much Wenlock, UK. Her professional career has included financial and management roles at automotive suppliers, fashion brands, and engineering companies prior to Doris’s academic career lecturing at Staffordshire University, Stoke College, and later William Brookes College.

German automaker BMW placed 3rd on Consumer Reports’ report card, with an overall score of 77. The brand got a road-test score of 86, and a very good owner satisfaction rating, along with a good predicted reliability mark. Toyota remains heavily invested in hydrogen fuel-cell research while hedging that bet by partnering with Mazda on a U.S.-based EV plant that will output 150,000 EVs per automaker per year starting in 2021.

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner agreed to lend it $6 billion to fund operations while in bankruptcy It emerged as a new company partly owned (58.5 per cent) by automaker Fiat S.p.A. of Italy, creating the world’s sixth-largest automaker. Whether they opt to partner or acquire, however, automakers are cultivating more relationships with startups, Stallman told Crunchbase News. In the chart below, we look at the number of disclosed venture and seed rounds with participation by the major automakers. This discord at the world’s second-biggest automaker underscores the crisis of indecision facing the industry.