by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 17, 2011
What was supposed to be a celebration of a successful IndyCar season turned deadly when a chain reaction collision sent 15 cars careening like flaming pinballs across the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Sunday, Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon pronounced dead two hours...
by Joseph Szczesny | Oct 17, 2011
A big ‘”yes” vote by workers at the Rouge manufacturing complex in Dearborn, Michigan appears to have saved the United Auto Workers Union tentative agreement with Ford Motor Co. and removed the potential for a strike against the automaker had the contract been...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 14, 2011
President Barack Obama outlined the promised benefits of the nation’s new trade pact with Korea during a trip to a suburban Detroit assembly plant, suggesting the agreement will generate 70,000 new U.S. jobs – but he drew an especially enthusiastic response from...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 14, 2011
BMW has pulled the covers off its next-generation 3-Series line-up, revealing a new compact line-up that it says is bigger – yet lighter and more fuel-efficient. The new model features a revised front end that is more in line with its larger lines, including the BMW...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 14, 2011
Nissan has unveiled a trio of new high-tech safety systems that are designed to help prevent collisions or, where that’s not possible, reduce the chance of injuries and fatalities. The maker’s move is part of a general trend in the market that has been led as much by...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 14, 2011
Auto shows often provide designers and engineers an opportunity to play the game of “what if?” and nowhere more so than at the SEMA Show, the annual gathering of aftermarket suppliers that also brings out some of the wilder concepts and show car ideas from automakers...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 14, 2011
For anyone disappointed to see soap operas vanish from American television there’s always the Saab saga to fall back on. Just days after is seemed the maker was going to be forced into an involuntary bankruptcy it has been given at least another temporary reprieve, it...
by Joseph Szczesny | Oct 14, 2011
On the eve of President Barack Obama’s visit to a General Motors Assembly plant outside Detroit to sign a new free trade pact with South Korea, the United Auto Workers broke with other unions by endorsing the new agreement. “The UAW is pleased with congressional...
by Bryan Laviolette | Oct 14, 2011
General Motors may be more than a century old, with several decades-old facilities still in operation, but the company is making strides toward improving its environmental footprint. This week, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality recognized six General...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 13, 2011
Long ignored by most American auto buyers, and slighted by others due to quality problems, Hyundai is now tops when it comes to corporate loyalty, according to a new study. But Ford Motor Co. is also making gains in the marketplace, according to the report by Experian...
by Joseph Szczesny | Oct 13, 2011
The final tally on the United Auto Workers ratification vote on the new contract with the Ford Motor Co. won’t be complete until next week. But the early numbers are proving be too close for comfort as an internet-driven “vote no” campaign takes hold. Ford workers...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 13, 2011
It looks like a self-propelled rickshaw, with more in common with the quirky Segway personal mobility device than a conventional automobile, but General Motors is convinced its EN-V concept vehicle could play a major role in the future of transportation. So, the U.S....
