Ghosn predicts that carmakers that are struggling will suffer if industry sales fall in 2007.
But ChangFeng is just one of several Chinese carmakers laying long-term plans for the U.S. market.
Facing a saturated car market at home, Chinese carmakers nearly doubled their exports last year.
Nor can carmakers streamline their networks by moving an outlet wherever they see fit.
In the 1950s and 1960s, when carmakers redesigned models every year, there was plenty of work.
It turns out that giving buyers too many choices is impractical and costly for carmakers.
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But he may be ready to take that risk if the carmakers press too hard.
All four carmakers have said that they will replace the defective parts for free.
Several carmakers in India and South Korea have asked staff to take unpaid leave.
Carmakers were beginning to worry about interrupted supplies of electrical components from Asia slowing production lines.
Would carmakers revert to their old habits of producing big cars with big engines?
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His recent victory is at least one piece of luck to have come the carmakers' way.
Some of the world's largest carmakers, including America's General Motors and Germany's Volkswagen, operate in China.
But several million jobs would have been lost if the carmakers had failed, CAR says.
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The Chicago parts manufacturer is benefiting from changes in taste among carmakers and car buyers.
With most dealerships in Japan controlled by domestic carmakers, how can foreign makers enter the market?
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Toyota and other carmakers are expected to sell 2.6 million hybrids a year by 2016.
Global carmakers such as Volkswagen and BMW have also reported record annual sales for 2012.
Are there just trade-offs that carmakers don't think that buyers will want to make?
They see reckless bankers getting bailed out too, and the ill-managed carmakers of Detroit likewise.
But with carmakers looking to lay off thousands of workers, executives at Ford and G.
The age of fossil fuels is over, and the carmakers will die if they don't adapt.
The carmakers insist they've got plenty of entrepreneurs lined up to take over open franchises.
The question is complicated, and carmakers and car buyers often come up with different answers.
There has been recent evidence that credit markets are opening up for carmakers in Europe.
Of all the 11 big volume carmakers, Chrysler is the most likely to disappear this year.
But it's just one of many eco-friendly technologies Nissan and other carmakers here are testing.
The carmakers hope to launch "the world's first affordable, mass-market fuel cell car" by 2017.
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And that is the place that all the world's carmakers are competing for the Chinese consumer.
Carmakers cite GM's new Camaro, threatened after a firm that makes moulded-plastic parts went bankrupt.
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