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Kicking Off the IRN Pricing Survey
Mexico in Theory and in Practice
Weight Loss Goals for the Auto Industry
Cost Focus and Good Supplier Relations Can Coexist
An Attempt to Return to Really Bad Former Behavior
Challenges to the Bottom Line for Suppliers
The Rollercoaster Economy's Effects on Consumer Mindset
Further Mixed Signals
Financial Picture Strengthening for Suppliers
Hey, Nice Truck! That Thing Got an EcoBoost?
Spotting a Positive Indicator
A Remarkable Turnaround
The Real Reason Stricter CAFE is Good for the Auto Industry
Why High Fuel Prices Don't Spur Small Car Sales
The Continuing Evolution at Chrysler
Carbon Fiber, One More Time
3 Reasons to Love the Auto Industry
4 Characteristics of Attractive Customers
Trends in Automotive Pricing Power
Is There a Double-Dip in Our Future?
Don't Be Bitten by Rising Material Prices
Travel Nightmares
China, Plastics, and Prices - Up, Up and Away?
Is It Time to Start Worrying About China?
Plastics Processors Saddled With Price Hikes
Steel Prices in the Balance
IRN Materials Survey Results Coming Soon
Do Consumers Want EVs or Do They Not?
European & Korean OEMs Exploiting Japanese Decline
"I Told You So" About Chrysler
"How to Get More Done"
Tesla on Track
Consumers Paying More
What to Think About Gas Prices?
Charging for Information - What a Concept!
Aptera Still Kicking
Will the Next Generation of Workers Be There?
You and Your Cash Flow
2011 IRN Materials Pricing Survey Underway!
The View From Japan on Recovery
Regulatory Policy to Underscore EV Deployment
Resist Pressure to Return to the Old Way
The Japanese Cannot Seem to Catch a Break
One for the Reading List
Shaky Ground
Battery Technology Heating Up
Can I Relax Yet?
EVs May Not Circumvent Gas Tax
Aftershocks Rippling Through Industry
Are Batteries Yesterday's News?
All Eyes on Japan
Leaf Production to Increase
Looking at Inventory (Again)
Volt Not Meeting Expectations?
Honda Releases Details on the 2012 Civic
The Proper Way to Play in Electronics
Is It Time Again to Worry About the Price of Oil?
Checking in With Fisker
The Continued Tension Over Capacity
A New IRN Relationship
It Really IS About Sweating the Details
Electrification Evolution at Ford
Good News in Other Transportation Sectors
Policies to Support EV Growth
GM Delivers 8.39 Million Vehicles Globally in 2010
Uh-oh, VW
Range Anxiety? What Range Anxiety?
Suppliers Ever Vigilant
Thoughts From the 2011 N. American Auto Show
Volt vs. Leaf: Early Numbers
Raising the Bar on Boards
To Robotize or Not to Robotize?
Finally, Some Recovery Translating Into Jobs
Historic First Leaf Delivery
A Tale of Two Industries
Patience Required for Car Sale Improvement
Early EV Window Stickers Looking Good
American Axle Keeping Up With the Times
A Positive Start for the Leaf
Japanese Purchases of US Parts Looking Up
My Pick for Car of the Year
Suppliers at the LA Auto Show This Week
Are Coda's Fortunes Heading South?
GM's IPO and Global Partnerships
End of the Japanese Era?
Yippee for Q3!
A Shock to the Volt
A New Path for Delphi
Chrysler Product Rollout
Last Call for the 2010 Pricing Survey
Reality Bites
Feeling Good About Inventory Management
Build EVs People Want to Buy
Toyota Pursuing Peace of Mind
Farewell, Compacts
Continued Concerns on the Unemployment Front
Fiat's Fork in the Road
Tesla Shows Class with Recall
GE-Better Place Boosts EV Infrastructure
You've Got to Love the Australians
Coda's Long Shot
Size Does Matter
More Caution From the Consumer
IRN Pricing Survey - Back by Popular Demand
Extra Help for EVs
Hyundai Joins the EV Game
Congratulations, Visteon
The One to Pay Attention to - the Cruze
Dog Days of Summer
Proceed With Caution
Window Stickers: A Casualty of the EV Movement
Brave New World
IRN in the News
Vicious Cycle
Consumers Give EVs a Chance
Maxima Effort - Minimal Gain
Korth at Society of Automotive Analysts 8-25
Is Aptera Dying on the Vine?
The End of American Optimism, Really?
Monday Morning Quarterbacking
Things are Hot on the Continent
Will Anyone Ever Remember It Wasn't True?
Million Unit Months
Poo Power
Webasto - Last Man Standing?
Innovation Comes in Many Forms
GM Expands Alternative Vehicle Interests
Inventory Sitting Pretty Well
Woo Hoo for Q2!
Hybrids, Lincolns, Pricing, and Trade-Offs
Styling Counts for Charging Technology Too
The Importance of Access to Credit - Part II
Happy Days for the Home Teams
Key Enabler of a Sustained Recovery in Auto Sales
Chevy Volt a Low-Risk Proposition for Buyers
Tempered Growth is Still Good News
Kia Alphanumerics - Yea or Nay?
Fiesta Freightless in Mexico
Update on Chrysler
Too Much of a Good Hamster Thing?
EV Adoption: Will a Community-Based Strategy Work?
The New Normal
US June Sales Results
So Where Are All Those Supplier Bankruptcies?
Is a Step for Tesla a Giant Step for EVs?
Unenlightening Indicators?
Are Suppliers Worried About Raw Materials?
A Message to Our Readers
The Importance of the Sub Prime Lender
Wheego Speeding to the Finish Line
Nissan Preparing to Take EV Lead?
Toyota-Tesla: A Good Match
Toyota and Honda - The Fuel Economy Front
Toyota and Honda - The Quality War
GM - A Steadily Improving Picture
Are Toyota & Honda Losing Their Competitive Edge?
EVs and Economic Recovery
Philosophizing About Pricing
Not All Credit is Created Equal
Welcome News from GM
Magic Monthly Number
Tesla Continues to Create Traction
Honda - Happy to See Q2
April Showers
The Foreclosure Shoe
Market Share 2010
Is Fisker Really Ready?
BMW - Strong as Ever
Chrysler Skeptics Abound
Your View on Toyota
A Step Beyond Zero Emissions
Toyota Trying to Stay on Its Feet
Not All Technology Created Equal
A Turn in Market Development for Carbon Fiber
Hybrids a Bridge to EVs?
Nissan Designs - Your Cup of Tea?
BorgWarner - Lucky or Smart?
Hyundai - Global or Multi-Regional?
Obstacles for EVs Falling Away
Alternative Powertrains - No Worries
Increased Volatility
Ford's Challenging Pricing Competitor - Itself!
Materials on the Rise
Tesla: On the Right Track
If Alan Mulally Had Chosen a Different Path
Happy Friday
A Sense of Optimism at Chrysler
Black Clouds Over Aptera
BMW - Profitable Even in a Down Year
Low Cost Countries - Each Has Their Attraction
EVs Could Help Advance Goals for ICEVs
Toyota Goes on the Offensive
GM Switches Gears
Supplier Performance in 2009
EV Market Breeding New Opportunities
Trade Agreements Do Matter - Just Ask Mexico
House Hearing Ordeal, Take #2
Your Friendly Iron Ore Oligopoly at Work
Impressions from the Congressional Hearings
Yet Another EV Coming to America
The View of Toyota from Europe
Honda Sells Bonds - Why Should You Care?
You Know You are in Trouble When...
OEM-Supplier Relations: 2009 & Beyond
The Leaf Inches Closer to Reality
Evidence of Ford's Tough Road Ahead
The Chrysler Watch
A Cultural Reminder From China
Electrification: A Sign of Things to Come?
Probing Electronics
Poor CTS Corp., Too
Poor Toyota
Crack the Whip
Electrification: If It Sounds Too Good to Be True
Slug Bug Campaign 2010
How To Make A Bad Situation Worse
Weighing in on Toyota
Electrification: Will EVs Help the Environment?
What a Difference Six Months Makes
Nissan - 2010 Trend-Setting
Power and Product
Hyundai Seen in the Crystal Ball
Honda's 2009 Market Share Gain
A Bump in the Road for Volt?
The Size/Power Relationship
Technology Fail
GM Highlights from the Auto Show
Impact of Consumer Electronics on Vehicle Design
The Polarizing Effect of Electrification
The Other Big Show
Ford's Strong 2009 Finish - Outlook for 2010
Delphi's New Focus
Thinking Positively About Chrysler?
Delphi 2.0
Electrification: Opportunities for Clusters
Sales Sneak Preview
Happy New Year!
As If Toyota Didn't Have Enough Problems
A Sign of the Times
Poll Results: No Technology to GM or Chrysler
The Leader of the EV World?
Always Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
What to Get the Hamsters on Your Christmas List?
Isn't It Time Someone Reinvented the Wheel?
Electrification: The Very Expensive Lego Kit
IRN Survey - Kinder, Gentler OEMs?
Electrification: Fisker on Track for 2010
Fritz Henderson Out at GM - Part II
Surprising Headline of the Week
Good Luck, Marchionne!
Fritz Henderson Out at GM
Electrification: What About Wheego?
A Moment of Silence for Saab
Aptera: Alternative in Every Sense of the Word
Big Transportation Will Take Longer to Recover
The Electrification Journey Starts Now
GM on the Road to Recovery
2010 US Sales Will Be...
However Beautiful the Strategy...
Magna - Left at the Altar Again
Cursing - The Universal Language
Under the Radar - The Changing State of OEMs
Poll Results - Weekly Payments No Big Thing
Honda Considering Fit Production in US
America's Continuing Love Affair With Trucks
VW's Viral Videos
Restructuring Supplier / Toolmaker Relationships
Driving - Safer Than It Used to Be
Trickle Down from C for C
Silicon Valley's Way or Bust?
Converging Worlds
So, Where's All That Industry Consolidation?
Doubting Another Government-Backed Program
It's Lonely Believing in Recovery for 2010
Tracking the Frankfurt Motor Show
This 'Just Say No' Program Backfired
Training Time for Ed Whitacre
A Lot Riding on the Taurus
Part II - And They Want Us to Trust Them?
Tales from the Cash for Clunkers Front
The New Phone Books Are In!
Worth A Look
The True Potential of Cash-for-Clunkers
And They Want Us To Trust Them With Health Care?
From the files of "You've Got to Be Kidding Me"
Think He Might Like to Go Back in Time?
2009 IRN Pricing Survey Underway
DOA Buick Crossover
GM - Squandering Efficiencies?
The Status of Lean - A Partial Victory
GM's Bigger Product Picture
"Deal" with It and Forget Legislation
Buick to Debut Plug-In Hybrid Crossover In 2011
Cutting-Edge Technology?
CFC - Differing Views of Success
Good News/Bad News for Suppliers
July Sales Results - Lots of Black (or Green?)
It's Amazing What Can Be Accomplished in 4 Years!
Cash for Clunker Program Victim of Its Own Success
The Continuing Saga at Delphi
Poll Results - Cash for Clunkers Will Clunk Along
A New Kind of Smart Car
Poll Results - Fritz Stays
Are Natural Gas Vehicles the Next Big Thing?
Prepping for the 2009 IRN Survey
Mass Transit - An Idea Whose Time Has (Not) Come
Now For the Hard Part
Cash for Clunkers 101
It all started with a furry animal ad...
Who's On First
Pursue Consensus on Takeover Opportunities
Unemployment - An Equal Opportunity Giver in 2009
A Positive "New Reality" for Automotive Suppliers
Sometimes You Don't Need a Cartoon to Get a Laugh
Will GM Embrace the New?
Dealer Commercial Humor?
Next Source of Outrage, Coming Right Up
Ford's EcoBoost Mania
President's Gift to Saudi King?
Good News/Bad News on Housing
GM to Retain Most of Global Operations
How Detroit Became the New New Orleans
Judge Gives OK to Chrysler Asset Sale
You Know You've Made It When...
The Coming Credit Crisis
Cash for Clunkers Not the Answer?
Maybe We Shouldn't Feel So Sorry for Bondholders
No Strings Attached
Understanding the Importance of Optics
An Unavoidably Miserable Time for Many Dealers
First Celebrity to Die of Swine Flu?
The New Automotive Reality
Globalization of the Customer Base
Making the Best of a CAFE Situation
Hot Topics
Is Your Sales Forecast Poised for Growth?
IRN Material Pricing Survey in the News
Opportunities for Access to Capital
2010 IRN Pricing Survey Report Now Available!
2010 IRN Pricing Survey Presentation
2010 IRN Materials Pricing Survey Report
Materials the Next Big Risk? IRN Survey
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Significant Reduction in Supplier Cost Structures
Suppliers Ask, What About Those Chrysler Numbers?
Positive Indicators for Suppliers
Smaller Suppliers Facing Challenges
Go Remy, Go!
2009 Pricing Survey Preliminary Results
Are They a Supplier or an OEM?
News From the Supplier Front
GM Bailing Out American Axle
Rising Production Bringing Short-Term Stress
Another One Temporarily Bites the Dust
Bailout Focus Shifts to Suppliers
GM - Coming Out of the Desert
GM Bankruptcy Update - Hidden in the Fine Print
Go, GM; Whoa, Delphi
The Coming Credit Crisis - Part II
Chrysler Chapter 11 Exit - Almost There
GM - The Shoe Finally Drops
GM Reaches Agreement with the UAW
What's up with Chrysler?
Another Test Post for Hot Topics
Subscriber Alerts
Information & Analysis from IRN
Another Alert Post
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Cash for Clunkers - 6/25/2009 2:45 PM
Dealer Do-Over - 7/23/2009 7:47 AM
New Model Impact - 8/6/2009 6:26 PM
Cash for Clunkers II - 9/8/2009 8:55 AM
Your Turn - 2010 US Sales Will Be....? - 10/19/2009 1:57 PM
Sharing New Technology - 11/12/2009 2:07 PM
Is there an app for that? - 12/15/2009 12:45 PM
Alternative Powertrain Impact - 1/19/2010 9:12 AM
Toyota's Tsunami - 2/5/2010 12:17 PM
Chrysler Refreshes in 2010 - 3/5/2010 5:12 PM
Consumer Sentiment - 4/1/2010 2:50 PM
UAW and Transplants - 4/20/2010 10:53 AM
Alphanumeric Names - 6/29/2010 2:12 PM
TARP Audit on Dealer Closings - 7/19/2010 4:28 PM
Detroit 3 Low Inventories - 8/13/2010 10:25 AM
Recession Over - 9/22/2010 2:33 PM
Post GM IPO - 11/29/2010 11:57 AM
Super Bowl 2011 - 1/26/2011 4:25 PM
Japan Disaster - 3/16/2011 3:37 PM
Oil Prices 4-2011 - 4/15/2011 2:06 PM
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New GM Supplier Payment Plan - 9/28/2009 12:32 PM
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