auto \au"to\, a. of or pertaining to an automobile; as, an auto mechanic. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Automobile \Au"to*mo*bile`\, n. [F.] a self-propelled vehicle used for transporting passengers, suitable for use on a street or roadway. Many diferent models of automobiles have beenbuilt and sold commercially, possessing varied features such as a retractable roof (in a {convertible}), different braking systems, different propulsion systems, and varied styling. Most models have four wheels but some have been built with three wheels. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), and sometimes by steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from under 50 H. P. for earlier models to over 200 H. P. larger models or high-performance sports or racing cars. An automobile is commonly called a {car} or an {auto}, and generally in British usage, {motor cars}.
General Motors Corp. will cut about 3,200 production jobs at three plants in February and March because of slow auto sales, the nation's biggest automaker said in another indication of the industry's severe slump.
The creation of a single European Community market for automobiles could expose Europe's auto industry to even stiffer competition and open France, Britain, Spain and Italy to a surge of imports from Japan.
But a lawyer for Volkswagen of America, seeking pictures of an auto accident from a newspaper photographer, said journalists should be compelled to surrender evidence that is vital to a private lawsuit.
The largest auto maker announced it would idle 3,700 workers by closing indefinitely its Framingham, Mass., assembly plant.
The columnist, loaded with all this optional equipment, tried again to get his foot in Mr. McCurry's door: wouldn't he concede the inevitable? Okay, relented the auto veteran.
A treaty to eliminate most tariff barriers between the United States and Canada leaves disputes in the auto industry unresolved, witnesses at a House hearing said.
Mr. Smith added that, despite respectable trading at the group's Rover auto unit, the car market "remains difficult," forcing production and labor cutbacks.
The auto maker began notifying dealers of the recall by letter yesterday.
Replacing them are today's multiple-dealership, well-heeled businessmen with one eye on the auto industry and the other on real estate.
Plans to sell the stake, valued at 1.8 billion West German marks ($990 million), were postponed earlier this year by the auto maker's announcement in March of an unexpected 473 million mark foreign-exchange loss from fraud.
Chrysler already owns about 11% of the Japanese auto maker and the two companies have numerous product ties, including the Diamond-Star assembly plant they jointly operate in Illinois.
The company said they are designed to be used in the "real-time" computing market for such jobs as signal processing for government security agencies and simulating the performance of auto en gines and other products.
The auto industry has been weak for several months, and analysts don't expect much improvement during the latest reporting period.
South Korea plans to lower tariffs on auto imports, but high taxes will remain.
The company's third-quarter results were hurt by weak auto markets, which account for 17% of sales, and construction markets, which account for 13%, he said.
It unveiled the Mustang, marking perhaps the zenith of the U.S. auto industry.
The auto and parts makers firmed partly on optimism about a U.S. recovery.
But voters largely blame the U.S. rather than Japan for the auto industry's ills: Only 19% say unfair Japanese trading practices are responsible, and by two to one they say that the Japanese make better cars.
Auto quotas encouraged the Japanese to aim for the more profitable end of the U.S. auto market.
Volkswagen again paced the auto sector, jumping 7 to 301 on heavy foreign buying.
"I'd sure term them (the auto talks) somewhat disappointing," said one big steelmaker's sales chief.
Volvo North America Corp. has agreed to buy into Hertz Corp., becoming the second auto maker to take an equity stake in the rental-car concern.
Motor Trend doesn't allow its staff members to work for auto companies, Mr. Emanuelson added, but does employ some freelance writers who do.
"My gut feeling is that you could see 100,000 cars disappear from the production plans" between now and year end, says John Qualls, manager of marketing research for Monsanto Co., a chemical concern and major supplier to auto makers.
The former auto dealer, elected in 1986 on his fifth try for governor, convicted by the Senate on charges he misused funds and obstructed justice, becoming the first governor impeached and removed from office since 1929.
The vote was along party lines, although future debate would be more likely to find divisions between supporters and critics of the auto industry.
Mercury sells insurance only in California, and auto insurance accounts for more than 98% of its annual premium revenue of more than $400 million, the company said.
Through the dealer network, Volkswagen said, its entire auto program, including the sale of used cars, is to be made available.
As the Big Three auto makers gear up for the 1988 model year, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp. have scheduled overtime at several plants for tomorrow and next week.
But never before has any auto maker employed the tactic on such a wide scale.