Company

Symbol

P/E*

+/- 3 yrs

Book Value

Insider Trading

F

29.00

9.56

6.58

1.908B

1.01 B

3.53

(140.3 B)

insider sells

BMW

BMW+

INFO

BROKER

28.00 eu

-33%

622 M shares

INFO

FROM

BROKER

STOCK

Honda**

HMC

10.00

17.35

15.47

-24%

1.949 B

3.36 B

11.36

.39

None filed.

General Motors Corporation**

GM

6.10*

33.26

29.75

-65%

1.668 B

2.99 B

5.61

22.61

None filed.

Daimler-Chrysler**

DCX

9.80*

30.27

26.27

-49%

1.013 B

3.14 B

36.21

1.40

None filed.

Toyota Motor Company**

TM

20.20

46.00

41.17

-55%

1.825 B

4.18 B

29.87

.51

None filed

Volvo** (makes trucks, buses, industrial engines, but not cars)

VOLVY

52.80

20.07

13.40

-20%

419.4 M

161 M

21.52

(4.9 B)

None filed.

Nissan**

NSANY

11.00

15.30

12.76

+60%

2.259 B

2.80 B

5.40

.99

None filed.

Volkswagen+

INFO

BROKER

GERMAN

CO.

INFO

FROM

BROKER

STOCK

Hyundai+

INFO

BROKER

KOREAN

CO.

Not available

$1.4 B

Not available

.31

Not available

Company

Description

News and Comments

Ford @

Green! Began mass assembly of autos in early 1900s. Currently the world’s largest pickup truck maker and the #2 maker of cars and trucks, including Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar, Lincoln, Mercury and Volvo. Ford Motor Credit is #1 auto finance company in the US. Owns Hertz. Ford family controls 40% of voting stock. CEO is attempting a renaissance of the business.

StockPickReport.com issued a short-term recommendation to SELL for Ford Motor Company on 5.26.03, citing weakening volume that is commonly associated with losses in share price. MoneyCentral notes that the P/E ratio is WELL ABOVE the INDUSTRY AVERAGE, however the P/E to Growth suggests the stock may be UNDERVALUED. Debt/equity ratio is significantly high. Law suits over Ford Bronco rollovers still in the news. Recall on 43,459 Lincoln Continentals on 5.19.03 due to inadvertent air bag deployment. Launched first passenger car in China on 4.21.03, with expectation of at least one new model annually. Ford is one of 15 founding and charter companies of the Chicago Climate Exchange. See this week’s feature CEO interview. Focus is one of the EPA’s top ten GREEN cars

BMW @

Green! German automaker with worldwide prestige.

325i is one of the EPA’s top ten GREEN cars. German economy suffering, as result of East/West integration, worldwide slowdown and liberal labor policies. GM and BMW working together to develop liquid hydrogen vehicles, with the goal of having vehicles for sale by 2010.

Honda @

Green! Japan’s #3 automaker and the world’s largest motorcycle producer. Makes a gasoline-electric hybrid, the Insight and extremely green cars.

22% stake in XM Satellite Radio. Announced that they will start selling cars in South Korea. Quadrupling production in China, where vehicle sales are expected to grow at a "blistering pace." (per Money Central) Has applied for a majority stake in a planned joint venture auto-making plant in Guangzhou, China. Partners are Chinese state-backed Guangzhou Auto Group Corp and Dongfeng Motor Corp. (Dow Jones 10.18.02)

GM

#1 maker of cars and trucks. Brands include: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Oldsmobile (which is being discontinued). Hughes Electronics is being sold to News corporation.

Debt/equity ratio is significantly high. Recalling 44,643 midsize 2003 SUVs for faulty brake pipes. Cutting production of the Saturn L series due to weak demand. Should receive $3.1 billion in cash+ .$700,000,000 in News Corp. ADRs from News Corporation for Hughes Electronics Corp. GM and BMW working together to develop liquid hydrogen vehicles, with the goal of having vehicles for sale by 2010. Other carmakers are invited to join the initiative.

Daimler-Chrysler

#3 carmaker worldwide. ADR, based out of Germany. Mercedes Benz is a subsidiary of DC., as are Dodge, Eagle, Jeep, & Plymouth. Has 10% stake in Hyundai Motor, 37% stake in Mitsubishi Motors and 33% stake in EADS, a European aerospace and defense consortium.

Canceled plans to build a new Canadian assembly plant, costing $1.2 billion, citing weakness in the US auto market. Sought approval for a share buyback of up to 263 million Euros in April 9, 2003 shareholder meeting in Berlin. DC and US Army developing diesel-electric hybrid truck for national security applications. Delivery is set for early 2004.

Toyota @

Green! Largest car manufacturer in Japan, and world’s #4 carmaker, after GM, Ford and Daimler-Chrysler). Makes the popular hybrid, Prius.

P/E is well ABOVE the industry average. Hiking production of Corolla, Avensis & Yaris in Europe. Enlarging plant in U.K. to produce 50,000 additional vehicles. Building a new plant in San Antonio Texas, creating 2,000 new jobs there (WSJ 2.5.03) Toyota and GM are teaming up to produce hybrid SUVs and pickups, per WSJ 12.23.02.

Volvo @

Green! Volvo cars are made by Ford in America. VOLVY manufactures trucks, buses, marine, aircraft and industrial engines.

250 employees in VA and TA may be victims of Volvo’s new "redundancy measures." Signed agreements with General Electric and British MK-Airlines to maintain JT9D jet engines. Volvo Trucks was first Western factory in Russia, expecting to produce 200-300 trucks annually. 2,820 of Volvo’s Renault trucks have been ordered by the French Armed Forces.

Nissan @

Green! Japan’s #2 auto manufacturer after Toyota. Renault has a 44% stake in Nissan. CEO Carlos Ghosn, le cost cuutter, returned the company to profitability after years of losses.

WSJ reports that Nissan’s operating profit will increase 11% to Y820 billion by the end of March 2004. Launches its first full-size SUV in the US this autumn. WSJ reports that Nissan is spending $1 billion to buy 50% of China’s 2^nd largest automaker, Dongfeng Motor Corp. Plans to sell first fuel-cell car in 2003.

Volkswagen

Green! German-based company.

Received Automotive Market environmental Superiority (AMES) Awards for the 2003 model year for the Passat and the Beetle

Hyundai @

Green! Korean-based company.

Hyundai’s Elantra is one of the top green vehicles, according to the EPA.