Detroit Motor Show 2007
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The world’s carmakers gather in Detroit to unveil 45 new models at the 2007 North American International Auto Show
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GM wants the same benefits as Delphi
General Motors has added a fresh complication to the restructuring of Delphi, the bankrupt US car parts supplier, by demanding that a Dallas-based hedge fund cut the carmaker in extra benefits that Delphi securities holders may receive under the fund’s recent recapitalisation proposal.
Carmakers are turning green with fear
To understand why Detroit is at last taking energy efficiency seriously, it helps to look into the eyes of Tom LaSorda, Chrysler’s affable chief. John Gapper had lunch with him last week at the Detroit motor show and recalls ‘a memorable occasion’.
A speed demon at the corporate wheel
Takeo Fukui, the Honda chief executive, is an unashamed ‘car guy’ who sees failure as a critical experience on the road to success and who sets store by the lessons learnt on the racetrack.
GM, Chrysler bask in rare rave reviews
Several analysts at this year’s auto show in Detroit are changing their tune, producing glowing reports in recent days of new Detroit-built models, especially from General Motors.
