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2005 |
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December 2005:
MPR's Senior Economics and Business Editor Predicts GM Bankruptcy in 2006 |
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December 2005: NHTSA Investigates GM Minivans and Ford and Mazda Pickup Trucks; Chrysler Recalls 2006 Durangos |
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December 2005: Toyota, Honda, Ford, Mercedes, GM, and Volvo Recall a Batch; Ford's 'Solution' to Its Incendiary Problem Will Not Be Available until February |
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December 2005: GM Drags Its Three, or So, Feet, But Finally Recalls Its Runaway-Prone SUVs and Pickups in Additional Cold-Weather, Salt-Rich States |
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December 2005: GM's CEO Says GM Doesn't Sell Junk, But ... |
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December 2005: Ford's Debt Cut to Junk by Fitch, but GM Retains Big Lead in Race to Bankruptcy |
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December 2005: Relentless U.S. Consumer Shift to Quality Prompts S&P to Cut GM Debt Deeper into Junk |
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December 2005: In November 2005, U.S. Consumer Shift to Quality Undeterred by Big 3 Discounts: Reliable 2 Set New November Sales Records, GM and Ford Sales Plunge |
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December 2005: By CR's Predicted Short-Term Reliability for Model Year 2006, Toyota and Honda Dominate Best, GM and Ford Dominate Worst |
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November 2005: Fitch Cuts GM Debt Deeper into Junk |
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November 2005: Moody's Cuts GM Debt Deeper into Junk |
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November 2005: In the U.S. in October 2005, The Reliable Two Set New October Sales Records, Subaru Sales Advance, and GM and Ford Sales Plunge Again |
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November 2005: NHTSA Investigates Ford and GM Sedans; Chrysler Recalls a Batch for 'Park' Problems; General Motors Recalls SUVs for Door Latch Corrosion |
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October 2005: Parts Division Jettisoned by GM Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; S&P Cuts GM's Debt Deeper into Junk |
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October 2005: In the U.S. in September 2005, Quality Four Sales March On, GM and Ford Sales Plunge |
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September 2005: Fitch Cuts GM Debt Deeper into Junk |
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September 2005: 2005 Reliability Updates: Plunging into the Depths - The Five Worst Marques by Reliability Percentrank Average Drop from 1988 to 2001 |
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September 2005: 2005 Reliability Updates: Big Three Appear Hopelessly Stuck in Quality Quagmire; Selling Dirt Cheap May Be Best Route to Survival |
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September 2005: GM Recalls 804,000 Pickups and SUVs for Braking Problem Caused by Road Salt; Excluded are Cadillac Escalades and the Cold-Weather and Road-Salt-Rich States of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa |
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September 2005: In the U.S. in August 2005, Reason Rather Returns: Quality Four Sales Soar, GM Sales Plunge |
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September 2005: Auto on Info Site Manager's Conclusion: GM Likely to Dominate Worst-Cars-and-Trucks Tables for Years to Come |
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August 2005: For 2-to-3-Year-Old Model Year 2002 Vehicles, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 9, General Motors - 13 of Bottom 45 |
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August 2005: For Vehicles 2-to-4 Years Old, Toyota Garners 11 of Top 16, General Motors - 16 of Bottom 40 |
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August 2005: For Vehicles 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota Garners 9 of Top 14, Honda - 5 of Top 14, and General Motors - 19 of Bottom 44 |
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August 2005: For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 10, General Motors Garners 15 of Bottom 38 |
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August 2005: For Vehicles 5-to-7 Years Old, Honda Garners 5 of Top 9, Toyota - 4 of Top 9, and General Motors - 19 of Bottom 38 |
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August 2005: For Vehicles 6-to-8 Years Old, Toyota Garners 7 of Top 10 Reliability Percentranks, General Motors Gathers 23 of Lowest 36 |
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August 2005: Speediest Dilapidations: General Motors Accounts for 16 of the 20 Worst |
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August 2005: Former Parts Division GM Dumped on Shareholders Has Rating Slashed: S&P Cuts Delphi's Debt Deep into Junk |
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July 2005: Did GM Inadvertently Announce to North America That It Is the Continent's Premier Vendor of Motor Vehicle Wanna-Bes? |
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July 2005: Mini-Survey Points to Toyota Dominance in Overall Quality and Customer Satisfaction |
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July 2005: Did GM's Marketing Department Make Out Big Three Consumers Unmitigated Nincompoops? |
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July 2005: Did GM's Marketing Department Make Out GM's CEO an Unmitigated Nincompoop? |
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July 2005: In the U.S. in June 2005, Sales by Quality Four Continue Growth and GM Shows World That It Can Move Off Dealer Lots Anything That Rolls |
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July 2005: Subaru, Honda, and Toyota Account for Consumer Reports' Top Three Small SUVs |
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June 2005: Ford and Mazda Dominate High Rollover Risk Pickups and General Motors Dominates High Rollover Risk SUVs, per NHTSA |
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June 2005: GM's CEO Entertains Shareholders: Dubious Analysis, Satire, or Just Plain Snow Job? |
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June 2005: GM's 1999-2005 Pontiac Grand Am Receives Lowest Frontal Crash Test Score |
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June 2005: GM Expands 2005 Safety Problem Recall Lead over Ford with Recall of 292,000 Saturns; Mitsubishi Adds a Tad to Its 2005 Recall List |
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May 2005: S&P Cuts Delphi's Long-Term Debt to Five Notches into Junk |
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May 2005: Detroit Free Press Says GM to Expand Discounts: Clues on Whether GM Products Still Have Marketable Value |
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May 2005: In NHTSA Car Crash Tests, Lowest Score Goes to Chevrolet Cobalt, Lowest Two Scores to Buick LaCrosse, Perfect Scores to Toyota, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and Two Volvos |
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May 2005: Don't Drive That GM Pickup or SUV |
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May 2005: Fitch Says GM Bonds Junk Too |
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May 2005: Does 'GM' Mean 'Junk'? |
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May 2005: Ford Narrows Reliability Gap with Toyota and Widens Lead over GM |
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May 2005: Toyota-Big Three Quality Gap Huge, and Growing |
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May 2005: Toyota and Honda Rule Most Reliable List with 12 of 12 Best, GM Dominates Least Reliable List with 8 of 11 Worst |
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May 2005: GM Expands Recall Lead Over Ford: 300,000 2003-2004 General Motors SUVs to Be Recalled |
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May 2005: With U.S. Consumer Shift toward Quality Unabated, S&P Cuts GM and Ford's Debt to Junk |
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May 2005: In the U.S. in April 2005, Quality Four Sales Soar, GM and Ford Continue Free Fall |
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May 2005: General Motors Vehicles Hit with Another Safety Investigation: NHTSA to Investigate 1.3 Million GM Pickup Trucks and SUVs for Corroding Brake Part |
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April 2005: King of Recalls Recalls Again: General Motors Leaps Past Ford with Recall of 2 Million Vehicles, Including 1.5 Million 2003-2005 SUVs and Pickups |
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April 2005: After 13,000 Consumer Complaints and Warranty Claims and 83 Reported Injuries, NHTSA Ratchets Up Investigation into Collapsing Tailgates of Another 3.1 Million GM Pickups |
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April 2005: Toyota Sienna and Honda Odyssey Minivans Score Best on IIHS 2005 Crash Tests, Receive "Best Pick Frontal" Designation; GM's Chevrolet Astro, GMC Safari, Pontiac TransSport / Montana, and Chevrolet Venture Score Worst |
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April 2005:
Consumer Shift Toward Quality Gives Honda Market Capitalization Greater Than GM's and Ford's Combined |
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April 2005:
General Motors' Silverado and Sierra Pickup Trucks Score Worst on Crash Tests |
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April 2005:
Moody's Cuts GM Long-Term Debt Rating to One Notch Above Junk, Puts Ford Debt Under Review |
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April 2005:
General Motors Models Dominate Flop Survey |
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April 2005:
Part of GM's Repair Kit - A Very Bloodied Ax |
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April 2005:
In the U.S. in March 2005, Toyota and Nissan Sales Advance, Ford and GM Sales Drop |
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April 2005:
General Motors' Dominion - Down & Under |
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March 2005:
Additional Measures of Toyota's Dominion in Automotive Quality: Market Capitalizations and Bond Ratings of Toyota vs. General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, and Volkswagen |
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March 2005:
Toyota Corolla with Side Airbags Earns Best Small Car Side-Impact Test Scores, Dodge Neon Earns Worst Side-Impact Test Scores |
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March 2005:
General Motors Chevrolet Astro and GMC Safari Minivans Get Lowest Test Score, Ford's E-150 Gets Lowest Rollover Score, GM Issues Recall of Chevrolet Uplander, Saturn Relay, and Pontiac Montana Minivans |
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March 2005:
General Motors 2005 Safety Recalls Take Another Bump Up |
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March 2005:
GM's Bond Rating, Bond Outlook, Common Stock, and Market Cap Take a Tumble, Reports WSJ |
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March 2005:
General Motors Slashes 2005 Earnings Estimate, S&P Cuts GM's Outlook to Negative |
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March 2005:
General Motors Dominates List of Models with Highest Death Rates |
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March 2005:
General Motors and Chrysler Dominate Consumer Reports Used-Cars-To-Avoid List |
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March 2005:
General Motors Dominates Consumer Reports Much-Worse-Than-Average Reliability List, Again |
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March 2005:
In the U.S. in February 2005, Toyota and Nissan Sales Advance, Ford Sales Drop, GM Sales Plummet |
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February 2005:
General Motors Shuts Down Cadillac Plant for a Week, Reports WSJ |
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February 2005:
General Motors Cuts SUV Prices Amid Plummeting Sales |
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February 2005:
With U.S. Consumer Shift Toward Quality, Moving New GM Models Off Lots Becomes Hard Sell: Raising Incentives and Lowering Credit Standards |
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February 2005:
General Motors Dumps Another Model - the GMC Envoy XUV, After Just 18 Months of Production |
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February 2005:
S&P and Moody's Play Catch-up as U.S. Consumers Sprint Toward Quality and Out of GM Products: Investigations into General Motors' Long-Term Creditworthiness |
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February 2005:
General Motors 2005 Safety Recalls Take a Bump Up, but Ford Keeps Big Lead: Faulty Power Assist, Accelerator Pedal Spring, and Windshield Bond Prompt Recalls of GM SUVs, Vans, Pickups, Trucks, Coupes, and Sedans |
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February 2005:
General Motors Dumps Another Name and Model - the Pontiac Bonneville |
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February 2005:
In the U.S. in January 2005, Toyota and Nissan Sales Advance, Consumers Continue to Reward Toyota and Nissan Quality with Greater U. S. Auto Market Share and Again Take GM and Ford to the Shed |
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January 2005:
General Motors Starts Year with a Bang: 98,221 Chevrolet and GMC Trucks Are Recalled for Safety Problem |
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January 2005:
In the U.S. in December 2004, Sales by the Quality Four Soar; General Motors and Ford Sales Drop |
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