by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 14, 2020
He survived one epidemic only to be brought down by the coronavirus pandemic. Automotive historian Mike Davis, a long-time contributor to TheDetroitBureau.com – and a long-time personal friend – is one of the roughly 25,000 Americans who have so far died from...
by Michael Strong | Apr 13, 2020
The global coronavirus pandemic is going to move Ford Motor Co. $600 million into the red for the first quarter on a pre-tax basis, officials revealed Monday. The company reported a $2.4 billion profit for the same period last year. As with all automakers, during the...
by Michael Strong | Apr 13, 2020
Americans are filing for unemployment benefits at levels never seen before, struggling to keep up with their bills. Some segments are working with consumers to make things easier, but critics charged today that auto insurers are not doing enough to help. More than 80%...
by Michael Strong | Apr 13, 2020
Less than a year after taking reins of AutoNation as President & CEO replacing Mike Jackson, Cheryl Miller is stepping down with Jackson filling in — temporarily. Miller is experiencing an undisclosed health issue, according to the company’s filing with the...
by Michael Strong | Apr 10, 2020
Three years ago, Nissan was part of an alliance positioned to sell more vehicles than any other automaker on the planet. Now, after a battle for leadership of the company, falling sales and the impact of a global pandemic, the automaker is restructuring to become a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 10, 2020
For the small cadre of Los Angelinos who’re actually venturing out from home these days, hitting the highway can come as a shock. Traffic on typically snarled roads like I-405 is almost non-existent. According to data from navigation service TomTom, Friday morning...
by Michael Strong | Apr 10, 2020
Saudi Arabia and Russia worked through their differences, leading to an agreement for a record cut in oil production worldwide in hopes of raising prices for crude oil and gasoline. OPEC agreed to cut 10 million barrels a day, about 10% of their production, while the...
by TDB Staff | Apr 10, 2020
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by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 10, 2020
Needing to preserve cash in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Detroit’s automakers are turning to the federal government to help pay the supplemental unemployment benefits owed blue-collar workers under contracts with United Auto Workers. European and Asian...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 9, 2020
Search TheDetroitBureau.com’s archives and you’ll find plenty of stories suggesting that Mazda intends to revive the rotary engine – or at least it would like to were it to find an appropriate application. Has the right opportunity finally turned up? Very possible,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 9, 2020
Kia has walked off with two big awards for key elements of the company’s product line. The honors were among five awards, with Porsche and Mazda also receiving accolades. The Kia Telluride was named the 2020 World Car of the Year, while the Kia Soul EV was named the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 8, 2020
There is no question that the U.S. new car market has been hammered by the coronavirus pandemic – demand sliding nearly 100% this past week in hard-hit cities like New York and Detroit – though demand, nationwide, did not tumble quite as badly as had been forecast...
