by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 20, 2020
The Toyota Camry is one of the most familiar, and respected, pieces of automotive hardware found out on the road today. It has delivered comfortable, reliable transportation to countless American during the past two decades and Toyota executives are promising it will...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 19, 2020
A federal judge sentenced a former United Auto Workers official to 28 months in prison and approved an order calling for him to forfeit $1.5 million, which he obtained by conspiring to take kickbacks from vendors selling merchandise to joint programs operated by the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 19, 2020
Efforts by reformers in the United Auto Workers to force the union to call a special convention next month to consider changes to the union constitution, including requiring direct election of top union officers, have failed. The push began last fall on the heels of...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 18, 2020
Two years ago, Toyota came face-to-face with the new automotive reality. Long the best-selling car in its line-up – and the country’s fourth best-seller overall – the Camry suddenly was brushed aside by the Toyota RAV4 as demand for SUVs and CUVs rapidly overwhelmed...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 17, 2020
Maserati is planning to use hybrid and battery-electric propulsion systems on future models even as its operations remain firmly planted in Italy. The brand’s electrification initiatives begin this year and the first hybrid car to be built will be the new Maserati...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 14, 2020
The popularity of trucks and sport-utility vehicles have trimmed the sales of subcompact cars and causing some carmakers to flee the segment. But the subcompact segment is not dead yet and Nissan has put a bit of a spark in it with the introduction of the 2020 Nissan...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 14, 2020
United Auto Workers officials in Flint, Michigan, representing workers at the General Motors truck assembly plant in Flint, Michigan, have taken to social media to warn of potential parts shortages at the General Motors truck assembly plant created by the medical...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 13, 2020
Last month, Nissan predicted its third-quarter earnings report would be bad, and the official filing reveals they were correct, and that future results are unlikely to improve much without making some dramatic moves. For the first nine months of the fiscal year,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 13, 2020
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. is apparently taking another step away from the passenger car market. The Italian-American automaker, like its Detroit-based rivals General Motors and Ford, has taken steps to move away from passenger cars to focus on more profitable...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 12, 2020
Detroit’s urban distress has captured the attention of both homegrown artists and creatives from other parts of the world attracted multiple narratives of strife, decay and regeneration. Now the City of Detroit at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. hope to use FCA’s new,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 11, 2020
California-based HAAH Automotive is partnering with Chinese automaker Chery Automobiles to form a new automotive brand named Vantas, which will build, distribute and sell new vehicles in the U.S. The two companies revealed their new premium sport-utility vehicle, one...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 10, 2020
The Trump administration apparently is backing away from threats against four automakers by closing out an antitrust investigation brought after they signed an agreement with the state of California. The Justice Department did not issue a statement, but both The New...
