AUTO NOTES
Hartford Courant, United States – Jul 22, 2006… year-earlier level. Detroit automakers trailed their fast-growing Japanese, Korean and European counterparts, the report found. …

Report finds fuel economy still lags
Kentucky Post, KY – Jul 18, 2006… level. Detroit automakers trailed their fast-growing Japanese, Korean and European counterparts, the report found. Honda Motor Co. …

Detroit-based carmakers try friendly ads
Detroit Free Press, United States – 12 hours ago… Detroit automakers want you to think of them as your dear friend — and in the process, they hope you’ll buy their cars. DaimlerChrysler …

Rockwell stock down as Detroit sales fall
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription), WI – Jul 26, 2006… for Asian and European automakers and their suppliers. But the company has lost $75 million in sales that normally would have come from Detroit’s auto industry …

Ghosn’s Nissan headache
DetNews.com, MI – Jul 6, 2006… In a worrying sign for Detroit’s automakers, Prudential estimates that the leading Japanese automakers are renewing their ranges faster than the domestics. …

MARK PHELAN | BEHIND THE WHEEL: Toyota’s plate is getting full
Detroit Free Press, United States – Jul 16, 2006… The most recent high-profile example among Detroit automakers came last year, when General Motors redirected engineering resources from a family of rear-wheel …