TAKE A LOOK-Auto industry in turmoil

April 5 (Reuters) - 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 CEO Henderson: bankruptcy not inevitable [ID:nnN05324490]
> Chrysler stable value fund loses money [nN03309450]
> Brazil car sales jump 36 pct, best March on record [nN03325211]
> Ford Canada aims to slash legacy costs, source says [nN03340990]
> GM chief has embraced new direction -W.House adviser [nN03330871]
> March US auto sales plunge, but bottom may be near [nN01293914]
> Uncertainty, angst roll on for U.S. auto workers [nN30333896]
> GMAC to resume car loans to subprime borrowers [ID;nN01481806]
> Text: President Obama's remarks on U.S. auto industry [nN30340896]
> Instant View: US rejects automaker restructuring plans [nSP428736]
> Chrysler agrees on framework of alliance with Fiat [nN30349323]

EUROPE, ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA

> German state discusses Opel with Abu Dhabi-paper [nL3967017]
> Japan mulls subsidies on green car sales - Nikkei [nN03342957]
> Renault, Nissan to supply electric cars in Ireland [nL3957251]
> Hyundai Heavy says to raise $224 mln in bond sale [nSEO51283]
> Volvo says needs more cost cuts, not capital [nL1633438]
> Italy March new car sales up 0.24 pct - ministry [nL1941105]
> Crisis claims first major Russian auto plant [nL1400933]
> VW's hometown defies auto industry gloom [nLG591579]
> Putin pledges auto aid to avert GM-style job cuts [nLU451313]
> Russia car sales to slump more than expected-minister [nNL0400001]

ANALYSIS, FEATURES

> Dealtalk-Chrysler debts come back to haunt banks [nN03298972]
> German carmaker Opel on road to state property [nLJ611480]
> Automaker bankruptcy fears rattle parts suppliers [ID:nN014995560]
> UAW clout seen limited as auto drama plays out [nN01510828]
> GM bankruptcy threat could break talks impasse [nN30363950]
> GM CEO had crisis-ridden term [nN29283612]
> Comments on GM CEO Rick Wagoner's departure [nN29374450]

FACTBOX

> 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]
> Auto industry production cuts [nLB315097]
> Key facts about US automakers' hourly job cuts [nN26493002]
> Job cuts by big German companies [nLQ951781]
> Facts about U.S. auto dealers in the downturn [nN22541393]

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