password
username
Sponsored by CakeMail, an email marketing software.
Newsletter preview

If you have trouble reading this e-mail, go to http://www.businessweek.com/autos/newsletter/index.html

BusinessWeek magazine: The most-read source of global business news
SEARCH SITE

Advanced Search
Top News BW Magazine Investing Asia Europe Technology Autos Innovation Small Business B-Schools Careers BusinessWeek Channels : BW Magazine, Daily Briefing, Investing, Asia, Europe, Technology, Autos, Innovation, Small Business, B-Schools and Careers
May 27, 2008
 

Autos Insider Newsletter

Your weekly insight into the world of autos

NEWS  THIS WEEK'S TOP STORY

Ford Cuts Trucks

Auto Beat: Honda's Better Hybrid Idea  > >
Slide Show: The Best-Selling Cars and Trucks in the U.S.  > >
Plus: Toyota Camry vs. the Ford F-150 > >



  MORE TOP STORIES
NEWS & FEATURES
Toyota Camry: Can It Beat the Ford F-150?
After years as the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., the F-150—and other pickups—will soon cede top spots to cars like the Toyota Camry

GLOBAL
Honda's High Hopes for Hybrids
The Japanese automaker plans to sell 500,000 hybrids a year by the early 2010s, including a gas-electric version of the Fit subcompact

EUROPE • From Spiegel Online
Reviving the Socialist Ferrari
The sleek Melkus RS1000, East Germany's only sports car, is being revived. The son and grandson of Heinz Melkus are building a limited edition of the car in their forebear's memory

AUTOS • From TheCarConnection.com
2008 Acura MDX
The 2008 Acura MDX may look like a thoroughbred but it has the power of a draft horse

Advertising | Special Sections | MarketPlace | Knowledge Centers

Terms of Use | Privacy Notice | Ethics Code | Contact Us

Copyright 2000- 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.
All rights reserved.

McGraw-Hill Cos.



This newsletter is a FREE service provided by BusinessWeek.com.

To sign up for other newsletters, cancel delivery, change delivery options or change your e-mail address, please go to our Newsletter Preferences page.

If you need other assistance, please contact Customer Service
or contact:

Wanda Cooper
BusinessWeek Customer Rights
Communications Data Services
1995 G Avenue
Red Oak, IA 51566
Phone: 1-800-635-1200

View our corporate privacy policy at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/privacy.html.

To learn more about how BusinessWeek.com applies this policy, you can contact our Marketing Department.

Copyright 2008, by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved.
Terms of Use | Privacy Notice



  Inside: This Week in Autos
Well, it finally happened. With the kind of anti-climactic thud that should greet all good decisions made too late, this week Ford Motor announced that it was cutting back production of its trucks and SUVs. It must have taken a lot of hand-wringing and arm-twisting to get Ford's famously entrenched bureaucracy to go along with it, but CEO Alan Mulally was able to finally lift his company's collective head out of the sand. Gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs, once Ford's undisputed money-makers, are passé and will probably never again be the profit generators they had once been. As BusinessWeek's David Kiley reports, Ford is overhauling its production to make more cars and fuel-efficient vehicles. The problem is that in doing so the company is sacrificing any hope it had of a profitable 2009, if not beyond. If the company can tough it out, it will look like a smart move—but Ford doesn't really have any other choice. And if there was any reason to doubt the move, we also looked this week at how the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. for more than two decades, Ford's F-Series, is in danger of being overtaken soon by the, surprise, Toyota Camry. Last, we looked at Honda's hybrids plans and test drove the awesome BMW M3. Enjoy.
Charles DuBow

E-MAIL A FRIEND  |  GET RSS  |  NEWSLETTERS

Advertisement

  Reader Poll: Special Issue

Reader Poll: Special Issue


Collaborators wanted! Help BusinessWeek build a special issue of the magazine that will address your most pressing problems at work


 

  IN YOUR FACE: SMALLER AIRLINES?

Reader "Seattle Knows" Writes:

"Bigger in most industries is considered better. I just don't believe it when you look at the airline industry. Why don't the airlines break themselves into manageable pieces?"

Read the Story and Tell Us What You Think >

 

  FEATURED SLIDE SHOWS > >
 


BLOG AUTO BEAT >>

openquote

Honda announced it will roll out a gas-electric hybrid version of its Fit sub-compact. The Fit already gets in excess of 30 miles per gallon for combined gas mileage. And there are many, especially at U.S. automakers, who have long argued that putting such systems in already fuel efficient vehicles is a dumb idea. closequote

— David Kiley
POST YOUR OWN COMMENTS

  FEATURED AUTO REVIEWS > >
 


Advertisement

  CLASSIC CARS > >

Ferrari's Winning Boxer

The highly successful 1982 Ferrari 512 BBi "Boxer" was hand-crafted car with mid-engined performance and aesthetic appeal

 

  HYBRIDS > >

Zero Emission VW

VW's space up! blue fuel cell concept combines an electric motor, lithium-ion batteries and a solar panel to get a range of 65 miles