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The Motley Fool January 12, 2006 W.D. Crotty |
GM: Sticker Price Dynamite GM lowers the sticker prices on 80% of its models. Will that move cars profitably? Changing marketing direction, especially after tens of billions have been spent on advertising over the years, doesn't quite make sense. |
The Motley Fool June 3, 2005 Rich Duprey |
Everyone's a GM Employee This Month! The automaker offers a dramatic incentive plan to lure car buyers in. |
The Motley Fool August 5, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Car Buyer's Market? The auto industry keeps trying to tempt consumers with huge price breaks. |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2006 Brian Gorman |
Daimler's Ripple Effect Daimler's plan to introduce employee pricing is bad news for the company, but it could be even worse for Ford. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool November 4, 2011 John Rosevear |
Why New Car Deals Are Harder to Find Scarcity makes a difference. For several different reasons, automakers are being much more selective about where and when they offer those big discounts this year. |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2005 Brian Gorman |
Ford Jumps on the Bandwagon With GM Ford may find it harder to abandon the current round of incentives than its rival GM. |
The Motley Fool September 19, 2011 Keki Fatakia |
Auto Sales Climb in Turbulent August Automobile sales increase in August despite adverse conditions. |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2006 Seth Jayson |
Ford Goes Back to the Well Low-cost financing? Didn't this already not work? Still, investors at this level may see some light at the end of the tunnel. |
The Motley Fool July 13, 2005 Tom Taulli |
Will GM's Discount Count? Maybe GM has done something truly smart -- instituting a revolutionary marketing campaign with the potential to increase sales and profits. |
The Motley Fool June 3, 2011 John Rosevear |
Ford's Very Weird Month Why May's auto sales weren't evidence of anything except weirdness. |
The Motley Fool July 11, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Get Free Car Insurance The American auto industry is ailing, so there's every reason to look to new kinds of incentive to try to build sales. So, should you excitedly wait to buy your next car with free insurance? Not necessarily. |
The Motley Fool November 14, 2005 Seth Jayson |
Oh, GM, When Will You Learn? The automaker doesn't seem to be able to function without big price cuts. That's bad. The company's big sales events have only conditioned consumers to wait for major price breaks. |
The Motley Fool March 7, 2007 Mike Cianciolo |
GM's New Look Pays Off The automaker finally gets some good news, thanks to some new designs. But investors, take note -- it will take several more positive months and probably a few more successful redesigns to keep GM on top. |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2011 John Rosevear |
This Bad Old Habit Could Wreck GM Huge sales increases powered by huge incentives. Is this the road to ruin (again)? |
The Motley Fool May 26, 2011 Shubh Datta |
General Motors Looks Set to Ride High in 2011 GM posted positive profits in the first quarter of 2011 and looks to grow. |
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 David Welch |
Autos: Those Price Breaks Are Habit-Forming Detroit's incentives may be here to stay, and now Japan is sweetening its deals, too |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2005 Seth Jayson |
Ford's Bizarre Optimism The automaker's PR tries to spin a 19% sales drop. Anyone looking to invest in the U.S. auto industry has some gnarly trends to contend with. |
The Motley Fool July 15, 2004 Allen Plummer |
Detroit Downshifts in June What caused the drop in auto sales? |
The Motley Fool September 5, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Automakers Stuck in the August Muck Carmakers' sales slid across the board this quarter. |
The Motley Fool October 4, 2011 John Rosevear |
Why Are Ford's Sales Lagging? Ford's products are superb. So why are sales just so-so? |
The Motley Fool February 19, 2009 Rich Duprey |
Detroit's Bailout Tab Keeps on Growing With the auto industry's bailout plans based on unreasonable assumptions and rosy predictions, it seems fated for sure-fire failure. But if any of these proposals pass muster, it is the taxpayer who will be doomed. |
The Motley Fool July 2, 2004 Mike Cianciolo |
Detroit's Auto Sales Slowing Major automakers report mixed sales in June. |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2005 Mike Cianciolo |
GM's Mixed Results The top U.S. automakers showed some signs of strength but also struggled somewhat. |
The Motley Fool August 23, 2010 John Rosevear |
Are Ford's Sales Numbers Inflated? Fleet sales are a big part of Ford's surge. Should shareholders be concerned? |
The Motley Fool October 10, 2008 Rich Duprey |
GM and Ford Are in a Bind U.S. automakers are on the verge of collapse as the world car market is set to implode. |
The Motley Fool April 1, 2011 John Rosevear |
Ford Finally Outsold GM. Now What? For only the second time this century, Ford sold more cars and trucks in the U.S. in March than General Motors. |
The Motley Fool August 30, 2011 Robert Eberhard |
My Worst Investment Decision A bad investment helps the author refine his philosophy. |
The Motley Fool June 21, 2006 Rich Smith |
CarMax Maxes Out Earnings CarMax shares leapt as much as 11% in early trading Monday (ending the day up 8%) on news that the auto retailer/wholesaler had run a monster truck over analyst estimates. |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2006 Jennifer Schonberger |
GM Slow to Cross Over A sluggish reaction to high gas prices may postpone a comeback for the auto giant. DaimlerChrysler, however, should continue to lead the domestic automakers, given its unique designs and spot-on timing. |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2005 David Meier |
Ford: Too Late to the Party The GM and Chrysler incentive programs take their toll. Ford's CEO is right to say he wants to attack the automotive company's cost structure. |
The Motley Fool October 17, 2005 Seth Jayson |
GM's Gas Gimmick The latest shameless ploy for buyers is just another example of GM's desperation. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Welch & Kerwin |
GM: Enough With The Come-Ons What General Motors Corp. needs now is sizzling new models -- not more discounts. |
The Motley Fool March 8, 2004 Rich Smith |
CarMax Revs Up Against the odds, CarMax increased sales last year. |
The Motley Fool July 18, 2005 Rich Smith |
Toyota's Hot Wheels GM's got the press, but Toyota's got the goods. |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2011 Rich Smith |
General Motors: Gunning for Growth Look out, Toyota and Nissan. General Motors is stomping on the gas, and gaining fast. |
The Motley Fool October 25, 2005 Seth Jayson |
Profits From a Carmaker? DaimlerChrysler bucks the trend set by Ford and GM. Investors have cause for applause. Apparently it is possible to make the car business work. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2010 Rich Smith |
GM Offers Volt Shoppers a Shocking Bargain And gives Ford and Nissan a shock of their own. The company's finally battling back with its own clever marketing. |
The Motley Fool February 10, 2004 Rich Smith |
General Motors' Short Circuit? GM's trials and tribulations -- and recalls -- continue. |
The Motley Fool August 9, 2011 John Rosevear |
Ford's Suddenly Cheap. Should You Buy? It's a great company, but it's not a simple question. |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2006 Rich Smith |
CarMax Shifts Gears After its shares rose an impressive 8% on strong earnings Wednesday, auto superstore CarMax shifted gears this morning; at last report, it's already given back half of those gains. Why is the stock shifting into reverse? |
The Motley Fool January 4, 2007 Rich Smith |
A December to Remember for Automakers For Ford and GM, some good deeds go unpunished -- and some don't. |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2004 Rex Moore |
GM, Ford See Fewer Bumps Optimism abounds for the Big Three in '04. |
The Motley Fool January 8, 2004 Rex Moore |
Car Wars: Return of 0% Wait, what the heck is this? General Motors says it will once again be offering 0% financing or rebates on most of its new vehicles. The question is: Why? |
Popular Mechanics January 26, 2010 David Kiley |
Are New Lease Discounts Bad News for Automakers? Depending on where you live, you might be seeing lease offers for a Chevy Mailbu for as low as $179 per month, with $2,000 down, and a Honda Accord for $249 per month and $249 down. |
The Motley Fool December 2, 2011 John Rosevear |
Ford's Doing Better Than You Think Behind a so-so sales result, a good story for the Blue Oval. |
The Motley Fool August 5, 2008 Rich Duprey |
U.S. Automakers Lose Lease on Life With Chrysler ending its auto leasing program, and Ford and General Motors cutting back on theirs, there remains little incentive for people to shop for American cars. |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2005 Rich Duprey |
Little Value in GM's Low Price The slide in the car maker's share price doesn't make it a value investment, at least not yet. |
The Motley Fool May 7, 2009 Rich Duprey |
GM Is Running Off the Rails The carmaker burns through cash as bankruptcy looms closer. |
The Motley Fool July 7, 2004 Seth Jayson |
U.S. Carmakers Sweat Sales Given recent industry results, none of the U.S. carmakers (not even GM with its sub-10 P/E ratio) looks like an attractive investment. |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Ford's Less Bad Quarter The automaker's latest results show that a turnaround might be taking hold. |