By 1928 Chrysler had acquired Dodge Brothers and become one of the big three auto makers.
Consumers also will place new demands on auto makers as they become more sophisticated shoppers.
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That is encouraging the world's auto makers to continue cruising in the fast lane.
Some auto makers want to carefully control how drivers interact with potentially distracting menus and data.
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Auto makers lift price tags to compensate for higher costs of steel and parts.
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When you add China into the mix, U.S. auto makers will benefit from demand there, too.
And some of the major auto makers are selling in the market at bargain basement pricing.
Some other auto makers said they will either revise their prices soon or are considering price increases.
One of the big changes at CES this year was the arrival of the major auto makers.
Or is there a buy-in of some sort -- other auto makers, including foreign makers with plants here?
This is the third time in the past 10 years the auto makers have teamed up on transmission work.
Several auto makers have opened offices in Silicon Valley to get plugged in to the rapidly shifting online-services market.
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China's auto makers have made great strides in a short period of time.
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The auto makers ended up boasting of sales totals well above the number of cars consumers were actually buying.
Auto makers have leeway under federal safety rules to experiment with shift-selector designs.
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Auto makers have long gone to unusual lengths to pump up vehicle sales.
Auto makers in India have been increasing their production of diesel vehicles because of the change in customer preference.
Other auto makers are more confident about Facebook's value as an ad outlet.
Meanwhile, auto makers are proving there's still plenty of potential in the gas-powered engine to meet customer's fuel-efficiency demands.
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Ford, like other auto makers, is loath to add the Food and Drug Administration to an already heavy regulatory load.
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In August overseas production by the eight auto makers totaled 1, 091, 934 units, an increase of 6 percent over August 2010.
Some auto makers are looking to make their systems look less new, embracing what customers may be comfortable with already.
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Auto makers, especially luxury brands, are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on differentiating themselves in new markets like India.
Most auto makers, including Maruti, recorded higher sales of diesel cars and utility vehicles in February when overall sales fell.
Lobbyists for several auto makers said the new guidelines, which aren't enforceable, will largely follow what auto makers are already doing.
"I think it's cheesy, " said Gordon Wagener, Mercedes-Benz Cars' global design director, referring to Western auto makers' recent and obvious pandering.
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Detroit and the auto makers claim there was no liquidity (nobody was buying cars or lending) for normal bankruptcy to function.
Demand is being driven by business and even by State governments who have urged auto makers to develop more natural gas models.
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Mr. Briggs, who has worked for GM in the past and now works with other auto makers including Honda Motor Co.
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