BMW / Electronic Data / Ford Motor Company / Nash-Kelvinator Corporation / Volkswagen / New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. / Jaguar / Chrysler LLC / Cerberus Capital Management LP / Nissan / Toyota / Hudson Motor Car Company / Kaiser-Frazer Corporation / Hyundai / Bayerische Motoren Werke / Mitsubishi / In 1980 / American Motors Corporation / Willys-Overland Motors / Gulfstream / Daimler / Honda / Subaru / Kia / Bloomberg / General Motors Corporation / Mercedes / /
Continent
America / Europe / North America / /
Country
Japan / Canada / Germany / Iran / United States / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
M&A / Company Expansion / Business Partnership / Bankruptcy / /
Facility
Temple University / GM plant / /
IndustryTerm
oil embargo / car / foreign auto producers / lean manufacturing techniques / energy / hybrid car segment / oil prices / oil crises / oil shocks / retail gasoline prices / stronger dealer networks / passenger car segment / foreign nameplate products / supply chain / Lean manufacturing / manufacturing practices / energy crisis / capital equipment / oil / car manufacturers / car production / car rental / fuel-inefficient car / car import / passenger car sales / imported products / oil shock / gas prices / /
NaturalFeature
Gulf of Mexico / /
Organization
National Research Council / U.S. Department of Energy / Reagan administration / U.S. government / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / National Bureau of Economic Research / U.S. Bureau / Engineering and National Research Council / Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago / U.S. International Trade Commission / Energy Information Administration / Temple University / Congress / federal government / National Academy of Engineering / /
Person
Lee Iacocca / Thomas H. Klier / Ralph Nader / Anna Paulson / Rick Mattoon / Source / William Testa / Vanessa Haleco-Meyer / /
Position
chief executive officer / producer / Author / dealer / foreign producer / senior economist in the Economic Research Department / chief operating officer / leader / /
Product
Gremlin / Plymouth Valiant / Vega / Chevrolet Corvair / Ford Falcon / Hornet / Ford Maverick / Prius / Beetle / Ford Chrysler / Taurus / Pinto / /
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