Articles tagged with: Alabama
Southern automotive plants target of unionization push.
The UAW is about to launch a unionization effort, one that this once powerful automotive union hopes will bring thousands of new rank and file members into its fold. …
Hyundai has a big problem, one that other car manufacturers would love to have, but at least with a solution available: the automaker has nearly run out of manufacturing capacity. And not just in the …
Stylish midsize sedan remains in strong demand.
MONTGOMERY, ALA. – The midsize Hyundai Sonata has endured as the longest continually selling Hyundai model in North America. When this vehicle was introduced in the late 1980s, it …
Dr. Zetsche announces investment and plant expansion.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – German automaker Daimler AG has announced a $2 billion investment in its Tuscaloosa, Alabama plant, a facility that was opened in 1997 and will be retooled …
Hyundai’s engine plant in Montgomery, Alabama, will soon benefit from a $173 million expansion, an investment the automaker says will create 214 new jobs. Hyundai, which builds its popular Sonata midsize sedan and Elantra compact …
GM will be holding a press conference at its Toledo Transmission Facility at 1:30 p.m. today, with Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson announcing changes slated for Toledo only. A UAW official, Ohio’s governor John Kasich …
Automakers provide financial relief to affected areas.
Toyota Responds
Toyota Motors operates several manufacturing facilities in the United States including plants located in Mississippi and Alabama that are not far from where a series of tornadoes ripped …
The Detroit 3 and foreign manufacturers with plants in the United States are not the only ones looking to hire new workers. Automotive suppliers around the country are ramping up production to meet demand for …
Auto Trends is rolling out a new feature beginning with this article today. Because the new car market has been in such a state of flux lately and due to hundreds of dealers going out …


