TAKE A LOOK-Auto industry in turmoil

Automakers around the world are in turmoil as consumer demand evaporates in
the global credit crisis.

For the latest Reuters coverage of the auto industry around the world,
double-click on [AUT-E] or on the codes within the brackets.

NORTH AMERICA
> GM union retirees frustrated, angry at bondholders [nN16289230]
> Canada says autoworkers must make more concessions [nN16153945]
> Canada puts C$145 mln into auto industry R&D [nTOD004050]
> Canada manufacturing sales rebound in February [nN17446129]
> GM pushing faster to cut US dealers - sources [nN15356622]
> U.S. investor group approaches GM on Saturn [nN15504767]
> Auto supplier Noble seeks bankruptcy protection [nN15525981]

EUROPE, ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA
> Opel could keep going even if GM seeks Chapter 11 [nLG939362]
> Fiat April sales seen up in Italy, Germany [nLG99008]
> Nissan S. Africa boosts output despite crisis - MD [nLG79090]
> China auto parts firms face liquidity crunch - survey [nSHA263984]
> Here's 5,000 pounds - go and buy an electric car [nLG92931]
> Mitsubishi Motors to cut days at main plant [nT252904]
> GM's Saab says more investors eyeing company [nLG534712]
> European Q1 car sales tumble, March fall slows [nLG681209]
> AUTOSHOW-Carmakers vie for China sales amid global slump [nT167202]
> Brazil's auto industry markets ethanol as green [nN15526180]

ANALYSIS, FEATURES
> Bolivia holds key to lithium, the battery car metal [nLR152958]
> Worst seen over for Brazil's auto industry [nN08465715]
> Court choice for a GM bankruptcy may shape case [nN07487798]
> Could GM's road to Chapter 11 go through Harlem? [nN07482082]
> German 'cash for clunkers' shows free market perils [nL6602140]
> US auto bankruptcies could deepen Mexican downturn [nN07511388]
> Car industry recovery to take more than decade -author [nHKG181598]
> German carmaker Opel on road to state property [nLJ611480]
> After Obama ultimatum, GM standoff now a foot race? [nN02397649]
> Obama, GM investors play high-stakes game of chicken [nN02162811]
> Automaker bankruptcy fears rattle parts suppliers [nN01522577]
> UAW clout seen limited as auto drama plays out [nN01510828]
> VW's hometown defies auto industry gloom [nLG591579]

FACTBOX
> TIMELINE-Chrysler's partnership talks since 2007 [nLE203764]
> Fiscal stimulus in G20 countries [nL9958716]
> Mounting job losses in non-financial sectors [nLD451747]
> GM's European sites under the gun [nL8558447]
> TIMELINE-GM approaches bankruptcy [nL8495814]
> GM unit Saab prepares for creditor hearing [nL335760]
> Where has the U.S. bailout money gone? [nN0289041]
> Auto industry production cuts [nL130824]
> Key details from US autos task force findings [nN30265281]
> Timeline: Global auto industry troubles [nLU466375]
> Major events in Rick Wagoner's tenure as GM's CE [nN29537222]
> Aid packages for global automobile industry [nLQ941142]
> Key facts about US automakers' hourly job cuts [nN26493002]
> Facts about U.S. auto dealers in the downturn [nN22541393]

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