Jesse SnyderJESSE SNYDER April goes Detroit's way 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 1, 2013  Pickups are back. Sales of those honking-big behemoths so unique to North American roads jumped 27 percent in April. And they're up 30 percent in the first four months of the year.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER What’s that odd, pleasant feeling? 12:01 am U.S. ET | April 2, 2013  Feel like something’s missing, but can’t quite put your finger on it? The chaos is missing. Look around. Everybody is quietly working away.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER Straight talk on energy independence from a former CIA chief 6:55 pm U.S. ET | March 28, 2013  Outside perspective is always useful, especially in Detroit. It's a one-industry town, and we talk to each other a lot. Ourselves, and Washington regulators and policians.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER The scientist-juggler heart of car guys 5:33 pm U.S. ET | March 21, 2013  Blake Zuidema is a master juggler. Like the rest of us (I'll explain). Juggler isn't on his ArcelorMittal business card. That reads "Director, Product Applications." His job: Make steel, specifically ArcelorMittal sheet and bar steel, fit the needs of auto designers and manufacturers.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER So far, so good; but politics will take a toll 5:31 pm U.S. ET | March 1, 2013  Today is an interesting juncture. On one hand U.S. automakers are reporting a fourth straight rousing sales month. On the other, it’s the first day of sequestration -- remember that poison pill Democrats and Republicans agreed to in 2011 as a way to guarantee future cooperation -- and $85 billion in automatic federal spending cuts this year.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER Wait, how many new features? 3:42 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 21, 2013  When Mercedes-Benz USA product planners detailed the latest features they'll add on three new products this year, it wasn't the technology that struck me. We all know automobiles carry lots of electronic sensors and controls. We recognize that combining different ones yields new features.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER How much longer can the good times roll? 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 1, 2013  The auto industry in the United States is the healthiest I’ve ever seen it. Suppliers and automakers are matching production to supply without big incentives, managing capacity and developing attractive models.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER Hey, come build a plant in sunny Macedonia 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 18, 2013  Viktor Mizo is all smiles and speaks fluent English as he explains why the Republic of Macedonia would be an excellent spot to build an auto parts plant. Mizo can rattle off his country's virtues faster than you can take his business card.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER Hey, come build a plant in sunny Macedonia 4:49 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 17, 2013  Viktor Mizo is all smiles and speaks fluent English as he explains why the Republic of Macedonia would be an excellent spot to build an auto parts plant. Mizo can rattle off his country's virtues -- low wages averaging about $500 a month, 97 percent literacy, universal English-language instruction and business incentives that European Union members “just can't give anymore” -- faster than you can take his business card.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER Debt ceiling standoff is an auto sales time bomb 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 16, 2013  The biggest drag on 2013 U.S. auto sales is the congressional impasse. Auto executives, forecasters, economists and analysts all agree. I've rarely seen such unanimity on naming a single problem for the year ahead.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER Shel Woodard and the real Chrysler Turbine 12:39 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 15, 2013  In a quiet spot on the Chrysler stand at the Detroit auto show is the Chrysler 300 Turbine concept car. As concepts go, it's mild: matte finish “Turbine Copper,” 22-inch wheels and a billet grille, all to honor the 1963 Chrysler Turbine show car.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER In Detroit, show goers say, 'I built that' 9:39 am U.S. ET | Jan. 14, 2013  Every auto show is a little different. Anywhere on the planet, show goers ogle the cars, with subtle differences in what turns on the locals. But to me, Detroit is unique. It's not the venue or elaborate displays. It happens during the public days. The first time I noticed, it delighted me and stoked my hometown pride.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER 3 things buyers will love about 2013 -- and 3 they'll hate 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 3, 2013  With 2012 U.S. auto sales in the books, we're three days into a 2013 that doesn't look too bad. Virtually everybody is assuming continued sales growth, though a bit slower. Savor that thought just a moment.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER Those brave new car buyers 4:19 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 20, 2012  It's Thursday. A new-style triple-witching eve. Friday is the first day of winter, the latest chance for Congress to push us off the fiscal cliff, and the end of the world if the Mayan-calendar doomsayers are right. And yet LMC Automotive is forecasting a December auto sales pace of 15.3 million, just below the November rate that was the best since early 2006.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER The stuff that trumps more mega-hyper-data 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 8, 2012  You don't have to be in the auto biz for long to notice the steady creep of … more. More facts, more data, more choices, more comparables … more information at hand to make decisions. Oh yeah, are there ever moredecisions. We all keep adding more responsibilities, without shedding old ones. We just wear morehats.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER Beneath the cliff, speak softly and walk away 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 3, 2012  We finally got a blowout sales month. But is November a harbinger of a boom year ahead? Or a last flurry of giddiness before yet another economic disappointment?... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER Son, you can’t escape the car biz 4:55 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 16, 2012  I was surprised when my son called last night to announce his company had become an automotive supplier -- and a Tier 1 at that. Yes, Wood Finisher’s Depot of Baytown, Texas, with 11 employees, is now in the car biz.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER Our slow recovery? Not so bad, really 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 5, 2012  It's hard to miss the contrast between U.S. and European auto sales. They are polar opposites these days. And the trend lines for both auto industries are accelerating -- away from each other Jesse Snyder is senior writer at Automotive News.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER Our sluggish sales? Not so bad, actually 6:35 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 1, 2012  It's hard to miss the contrast between U.S. and European auto sales. They are polar opposites these days. And the trend lines for both auto industries are accelerating -- away from each other.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER September: Cleared to ascend 4:47 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 2, 2012  It seems silly to get picky about a U.S. auto sales year that is running 15 percent ahead of 2011. But here I am. Maybe the red-hot first quarter spoiled me, but 2012 has felt like it has been stuck in a rut since then. The seasonally adjusted annual selling rate, or SAAR, has been twitching between 13.9 million and 14.5 million from January through August.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER Kia's U.S. sales spree to get tougher 3:00 pm U.S. ET | Sept. 5, 2012  Tom Loveless is on a roll. For 24 straight months, Kia Motors America has set U.S. sales records. That's part of a 17-year string of annual U.S. sales growth for the Korean brand.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER The joy of sales stability 6:00 pm U.S. ET | Sept. 4, 2012  News flash: August U.S. auto sales climbed to a 14.5 million selling rate -- the eighth straight month with a seasonally adjusted annual figure between 13.9 million and 14.5 million.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER Why U.S. heavyweights are losing share to VW, Hyundai, others 12:01 am U.S. ET | Aug. 17, 2012  Since July 2010, GM, Ford and Japan's Big 2 have lost a combined 4.6 points of U.S. market share. Most of that lost share was snapped up by VW, Chrysler, Hyundai-Kia and Nissan. And nobody is growing faster than VW.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER Spare or Goo? A Texas-sized test 11:13 am U.S. ET | Aug. 7, 2012  To spare or not to spare. If that's the question for modern automobile designers, whether to include a spare tire or save on weight and packaging, I want a vote.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER How February sales can cool off – in July 12:01 am U.S. ET | Aug. 1, 2012  I like SAARs, those awkwardly named Seasonally Adjusted Annualized Selling Rates the U.S. auto industry uses to compare the relative strengths of various months of light vehicle sales.... Read More »
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