July 11, 2011 online at www.uawlocal2250.com
This week’s build information: 132 E-26; 233 slider doors; 185 diesels; 311 exports; 489 extended vans; 85 r/h door delete; 196 Onstar; 70 Enterprise rent-a-car; 73 15-passenger vans; 20 brake deck sparehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif tire; 85.9% white vans; .62% tan interior trim.
Reminder: Beginning today the driveway between Lot 4 and Lot 5 will be closed for 3 weeks. You will still be able to park in Lot 4 next week and it is still scheduled to be closed July 19 – 25 for resealing.
From Wards Auto: Chrysler’s Ram brand could see adaptations of two fullsize vans from the Fiat truck family, Ward’s learns. The auto maker’s product plan suggests two Ram vans will launch next year – one based on the small Class 1 Fiat Doblo and another based on either the front-wheel-drive Fiat Ducato or the Ducato’s brawnier, rear-wheel-drive cousin, the Iveco Daily. Refreshed this year, the Ducato boasts a maximum gross-vehicle-weight rating of 8,818 lbs. (4,000 kg), according to Fiat. The Iveco Daily boasts a GVWR of up to 15,000 lbs. (6,804 kg), which tiptoes into Class 4. Through May, Class 2 truck deliveries – including pickups – totaled 637,050, 13.1% ahead of like-2010, according to Ward’s data. General Motors was the volume leader with 47.5% of the segment, followed by Ford with 39.5%. Chrysler was well back in third with 11%, with Nissan and Daimler, represented by the Sprinter, each clinging to less than 1.3% of the market.
From the Wall Street Journal: As the Obama administration pushes for a deal in the next few weeks with auto makers over fuel-economy standards that would roughly double existing mileage requirements, the treatment of large trucks is pitting Detroit auto makers against some of their Asian rivals. At issue is how proposed standards that go into effect beginning in 2016 will be applied to light trucks, including minivans and big pickups. At present, the bigger the truck, the more time that would be allowed for auto makers to improve the number of miles it goes on a gallon of gasoline. Plans being floated by the White House initially would permit more lenient mileage improvements for the largest pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles—vehicles made primarily by General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC, according to people familiar with the matter. (continued on back)
Smaller trucks and SUVs, a market dominated by Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co., initially would be required to achieve higher fuel-efficiency gains. Federal regulators are looking to give more leeway to larger trucks because they feel those vehicles required greater improvements than their smaller counterparts in the last round of changes to fuel-economy regulations, two people familiar with the administration's thinking said. A small SUV such as Honda's CRV, for instance, would need to improve fuel efficiency by several miles per gallon in 2017 model-year vehicles, and then make smaller additional improvements every year until 2025. The biggest trucks, such as some of Ford's F-Series pickups, won't face an increase until 2020. After that, they would need to make improvements every year through 2025. The bigger the truck, the more time will be allowed for auto makers to improve miles-per-gallon figures.
From Automotive News: Audi AG has decided to build a vehicle assembly plant in North America and is considering an additional engine and transmission plant. Volkswagen Group's premium brand is completing details of the assembly plant -- including models, location and capacity. Audi CEO Rupert Stadler said all decisions will be made within three years. "It is totally clear that we need new production capacity in the U.S.," Stadler said in an interview here. "The question only is when." An Audi source also told Automotive News that the carmaker is considering building an engine and transmission plant in North America to increase local content. That second plant could be shared with VW division. Under Audi's "Strategy 2020" plan, Stadler said the brand aims to nearly double its global sales by the end of the decade. Last year, Audi sold 1.1 million new cars. The original goal of 1.5 million cars for 2015 will be reached a year earlier than planned, Stadler said, and by 2020 Audi wants to sell 2 million cars. Globally Audi's lineup will increase from 38 models this year to 42 in 2015 and 50 by 2020.
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