Detroit Automakers

Romney Saves Detroit

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.09.2012

Jeff Danziger

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New Chevy Impala Is No John Wayne

David Kiley | Posted 04.09.2012

David Kiley

This week, Chevy is showing off the 2014 Impala, a car that looks like the greatest single-generation improvement in anything since Rocky III made us forget about the tragedy of Rocky II.

Ford Sales Up 65 Percent From Last Year

AP | Posted 04.03.2012

DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. says its U.S. sales rose 5 percent in March on strong demand for the Focus small car. Ford says it was the company's best M...

Volt Plant Will Take A Three-Week Summer Vacation

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 04.02.2012

DETROIT -- General Motors Co. will suspend production of the Chevrolet Volt for an extra week this summer as it tries to control the electric car's in...

Ford's Comeback As 'American Icon'

David Kiley | Posted 05.16.2012

David Kiley

If Ford matters to you, you are going to want to read "American Icon."

CEO's Strangely Altruistic Move

Reuters | Posted 05.07.2012

DETROIT, March 7 (Reuters) - Sergio Marchionne, the chief executive of Chrysler Group LLC, declined a salary and bonus for 2011 when the smallest U....

This Time, The Big 3 Are Ready For Big Gas

AP | By DEE-ANN DURBIN and TOM KRISHER | Posted 03.02.2012

DETROIT -- Gas prices are spiking. But this time, Detroit is ready. When prices soared in 2008, the city's three U.S. automakers were caught flat-foo...

Now Hiring: Big 3 Detroit Automakers Rebuild Workforce To Keep Up With Demand

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 04.28.2012

DETROIT — Auto sales are growing so fast that Detroit can barely keep up. Three years after the U.S. auto industry nearly collapsed, sales of c...

Call to Action

Craig Fahle | Posted 04.21.2012

Craig Fahle

Whether you count yourself as a member of Detroit's revival community or you are burnt out, disgusted and sitting on the sidelines, it's time for us to dig in and push ourselves to the next level.

Sharon Silke Carty

Detroit Baffled By Romney

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 02.15.2012

DETROIT -- Three and a half years ago, as the auto companies at the heart of this battered city faced bankruptcy, Texas Bar and Grill on Kercheval Str...

Jason Linkins

Romney Makes For An Awkward 'Son Of Detroit'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.14.2012

In an op-ed in today's Detroit News, Mitt Romney attempts to restate and reconfigure his argument against the government's intervention in the U.S. au...

Good News For Ford Employees

AP | Posted 01.19.2012

DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford Motor Co. is showing confidence in its turnaround and the U.S. economy by giving pay raises and bonuses to 20,000 white-collar...

2012 Detroit Auto Show Highlights: Day 2 (PHOTOS)

Posted 01.10.2012

The North American International Auto Show press preview week kicked off in Detroit Monday with big debuts from the Big Three American automakers as w...

A Will for Transit in Metro Detroit

Geoff Young | Posted 01.16.2012

Geoff Young

For a decade or more, the Detroit region has talked about building a regional transit system. As it stands today, nothing has been built. So what is the remedy to Detroit's struggles to move forward on regional transit?

Leadership Lessons, Imported from Detroit

Josh Linkner | Posted 01.16.2012

Josh Linkner

We Detroiters have a choice. We can continue to point fingers, cry in our soup, and long for the days gone by. Or we can do something about it. We can own it, fix it, and rebuild it.

Michigan's Economic Recovery Second Fastest In The Nation

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 01.02.2012

Long the symbol of America's deindustrialization, Michigan may be on the comeback trail. The state is recovering at the second fastest pace in the...

Moody's Upgrades Ford, GM

AP | By DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 12.28.2011

DETROIT -- Moody's Investors Service raised the corporate debt ratings for General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. on Thursday, citing new labor agreeme...

UAW: Ford, Union Reach Tentative Contract

Posted 12.04.2011

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers union have reached tentative agreement on a new four-year labor contract, the union ...

Let's Make A Deal: UAW Nears Vote On GM Contract

Posted 11.20.2011

About 48,500 General Motors Co workers at U.S. factories will begin considering the details of a proposed four-year contract on Tuesday that repre...

Ford Post Best First Quarter In 13 Years

AP | By DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 06.26.2011

DEARBORN, Mich. -- An improving economy and new vehicles like the Ford Explorer propelled Ford Motor Co. to a $2.6 billion profit, its best first-quar...

GM To Offer Buyouts To Thousands Of Skilled Workers

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 05.25.2011

DETROIT — General Motors Co. is offering buyouts to several thousand skilled trades workers at 14 plants around the U.S. The company estimates ...

The Detroit Auto Show: Sure Looks Green to Me

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 05.25.2011

Jennifer Schwab

I'll bet many of you have heard rumblings from friends and relatives or colleagues at work about the premature death of the green movement, and how th...

IT Services Markets Crumble - Driving Detroit's Rut, Is the Media Business Next?

Tony Greenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Tony Greenberg

Media firms are the early adopters of new tech. You have to love them for taking arrows in the back and mounting themselves on the fireplace alter as trophies.

Ford Reports Record First-Half China Sales

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. sold a record 301,524 vehicles in China during the first six months of the year, up 53 percent from the same period in ...

Ford CEO Mulally Earns $17.9 Million In 2009

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 05.25.2011

DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. President and CEO Alan Mulally made $17.9 million last year, about 1 percent more than the year before, as the ...