Slowdown saps promise of emerging auto markets Smoke and flashing lights, dancing girls in white go-go boots _ the world's top automakers put on dazzling shows Tuesday as they wooed Chinese buyers with their latest models.
But for all the flash at this year's Guangzhou Auto Show, automakers face a dimmer outlook for global sales, even here in the world's second-largest vehicle market.
Just as General Motors Corp. and other manufacturers are desperately looking to emerging markets to compensate for falling sales in the U.S., Europe and Japan, potential car buyers in China, Russia and other once sizzling markets are pulling back.
U.S. stocks fall to lowest in five-plus yearsU.S. stocks plunged to their lowest in 5A1 2 years on Wednesday as investors girded for a lengthy economic downturn and automotive executives predicted a far-reaching calamity without a government lifeline.
GM shows 3 new models for China General Motors Corp. put three new models for China on show Tuesday, maneuvering to keep its edge in a market vital to its future as it struggles for survival back home.
The massive Buick Enclave SUV, sporty Chevrolet Cruze sedan and zippy but powerful Cadillac CTS-V unveiled in this aspiring auto industry hub in southern China are meant to cover the whole range of potential customers in China _ from the wealthy pleasure-seeker to young professionals buying their first vehicles.
'China is very, very important to us when you talk about the emerging markets,' said Robert Socia, vice president of Shanghai General Motors, one of GM's eight joint ventures in China. 'We're expanding very, very fast here and we're going to continue to do that.'
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Big 3 carmakers beg for $25B, warn of catastropheDetroit's Big Three automakers pleaded with a reluctant Congress Tuesday for a $25 billion lifeline to save the once-proud titans of U.S. industry, pointedly warning of a national economic catastrophe should ...