US Auto Industry

New Jobs At GM's Detroit-Hamtramck Plant Latest Sign Of Auto Industry Rebound

Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Auto Bailout, Chrysler Jefferson North, Video, GM Detroit-Hamtramck Plant, Chevy Volt, US Auto Industry, Chrysler Conner Plant, General Motors Hiring, Chevy Malibu, Detroit News, Detroit News

In the latest sign of the resurgence of the Detroit auto industry, General Motors is increasing the workforce at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant ...

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Ford Will Not Take A Summer Vacation

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Chrysler Production, Ford Earnings, Video, US Auto Industry, Ford Summer Shutdown, US Automakers, Ford Production, Ford Summer Shutdown 2012, Ford, Ford Motor Co, Ford Profits, Detroit News

DETROIT -- Rising car and truck sales have prompted Ford Motor Co. to add a week of production at 13 North American factories so the company can make ...

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Detroit Today: Green Cars, Greenbacks And Green Shoots

David Kiley | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Auto Bailout, Chevy Volt, US Auto Industry, Chrysler, General Motors, US Automakers, Detroit Auto Bailout, Grand Blvd, David Kiley, Ford Motor Co, Detroit News

As editor of a leading auto research channel, and a HuffPost columnist, I do a lot of radio and TV interviews and travel frequently. In recent weeks, ...

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GM's Billion-Dollar Quarter

AP | TOM KRISHER and DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: GM Sales, Video, US Auto Industry, General Motors, GM Earnings 2012, GM Profits, US Automakers, Gm, Gm Q1 Earnings, GM First Quarter Earnings, Gm Europe, Detroit News

DETROIT — Strong sales in North America and China are generating big profits for General Motors. Now the company needs the rest of the world to ...

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Chrysler Sales Highest In 4 Years

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN and TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Sergio Marchionne, Chrysler Bailout, Video, US Auto Industry, Chrysler, Chrysler Sales April 2012, US Automakers, Chrysler Sales, Detroit News

DETROIT — Toyota is back. It's putting a year of earthquake-related shortages behind it and grabbing sales from stumbling General Motors and For...

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Chrysler Factory To Stay Open All Summer Long

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Chrysler Detroit, Chrysler Jefferson North, Jeep Production, Video, US Auto Industry, Chrysler, Jnap, Jefferson North Assembly Plant, Jeep, Chrysler JNAP, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Detroit News

DETROIT — Sales of Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango SUVs are so strong that their factory will stay open through the normal two-week summer...

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Big Earnings Drop For Ford

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN and TOM KRISHER | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Ford Earnings, US Auto Industry, Ford, Ford Europe, Ford First Quarter Earnings, Ford Q1 Earnings, Ford Motor Co, Ford Profit, Detroit News

DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. has tidied up North America, sweeping out old products and excess costs. But the rest of the world keeps making...

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Resin Shortage Could Put The Brakes On Auto Production

AP | TOM KRISHER and DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Video, Evonik Factory, US Auto Industry, Auto Parts, Chrysler, General Motors, US Automakers, Gm, Pa12 Shortage, Pa12, Pa12 Auto Production, Automotive Supply Chain, Ford Motor Co, Detroit News

DETROIT -- The potential shortage of a key component used to make fuel lines and brake lines could force automakers in the U.S. and around the world t...

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Chrysler Can't Stop Selling Cars

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Video, US Auto Industry, Chrysler, Chrysler Sales March 2012, US Automakers, Chrysler Sales, US Auto Sales, Auto Sales, Chrysler Sales March, Detroit News

DETROIT — The recovery in the American auto industry has moved into the fast lane. With gas prices at nearly $4, smaller cars like the Ford Foc...

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China Trade: A 'Target Rich Environment.' Now, It's American Auto Parts

Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: US Auto Industry, China US Relations, China Trade Auto Industry, US China Trade, Auto Industry Bailout, China Auto Industry, China Trade, U.S. China Trade, Politics News

American-made products can compete globally just fine, thank you -- their manufacturers only need to be in fair fights in order for these products to do so.

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This Time, The Big 3 Are Ready For Big Gas

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

Read More: Car Sales, Detroit Automakers, High Gas Prices, Gas Prices, US Auto Industry, Big 3, Chrysler, US Automakers, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Gm, Auto Sales, Ford, Video, Detroit News

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...

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

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Detroit Automakers, Obama Auto Bailout, Auto Bailout, Big 3 Hiring, US Auto Industry, Big 3 Detroit Automakers, Big 3, Chrysler, General Motors, US Automakers, Gm, US Auto Sales, Auto Sales, Ford, Ford Motor Co, Detroit News

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...

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It's Time To Wake Up Buick

David Kiley | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Gm, Buick Lacrosse Car of the Year, US Auto Industry, General Motors, Grand Blvd, David Kiley, Buick, Buck Lacrosse, Detroit News

In all my travels around Michigan, New Jersey (my native state), greater Washington, D.C., (where I frequently travel) and California, I haven't bumped into a single person whom I can get interested in Buick. It usually goes like this: "Buick? Seriously? My Uncle Mort drove a Buick."

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What 'Once Upon A Car' Can Teach Us About the Auto Industry, and Detroit

David Kiley | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Bill Vlasic, Auto Bailout, Grand Blvd., US Auto Industry, Once Upon a Car, US Automakers, Steven Rattner, Detroit News

The city of Detroit is still weak and gasping to avoid bankruptcy. In the event of a bankruptcy, the city's union contracts will be torn up, debts eliminated and renegotiated. It would be painful, just as it was for GM and Chrysler.

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Your Ford Stock Will Start Paying For First Time In 5 Years

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 02.07.2012

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DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it will resume paying a dividend in March, more than five years after it halted payments because of finan...

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Someone's Finding A Use For This

AP | By JEFF KAROUB | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Video, US Auto Industry, Auto Factories, Big Three Automakers, Factories, Auto Plants, Manufacturing, Detroit Real Estate, General Motors Factories, US Auto Factories, Detroit News

DETROIT -- About half of all U.S. automotive plants that have closed since 1979 are being reused, and much of that activity has come during the recent...

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Fiat 500 By Gucci: Jennifer Lopez Stars In Automaker's New Campaign (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Chrysler Fiat, Cultura, Video, Commercials, US Auto Industry, Fiat by Gucci, Jennifer Lopez, US Automakers, Corrections, Gucci, Fiat 500 by Gucci, Fiat, Cars, Fiat 500, Detroit News

Jennifer Lopez is taking yet another spin in a Fiat 500, but this time she's doing it with even more style. The new J.Lo commercial for the Italian...

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Grand Blvd: Voting 'Yes' for the Chevy Volt

David Kiley | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Chevrolet Volt, Chevy Volt, US Auto Industry, US Automakers, Electric Cars, Chevrolet, Volt, Detroit News

When I confess to my comrades my geeky delight in leaving my house with a full charge, and then recharging the car when I get to work at the nearby ChargePoint station, I feel as if I have just ordered "just a salad" in a steakhouse after my friends have all ordered T-Bones.

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GM Stock Down One-Third From IPO

The Detroit News | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Automakers, US Auto Industry, General Motors, US Automakers, GM Stock, GM Stock Price, Gm, GM IPO, GM IPO Price, Detroit News

Washington -- One year after its much-heralded IPO, which raised a record $23.1 billion, General Motors Co.'s stock has swooned 30 percent from its in...

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WATCH: The Best Chevy Movie Scenes

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Video, US Auto Industry, Chevrolet 100, General Motors, US Automakers, Chevy, Chevrolet, Chevrolet 100 Birthday, Gm, Chevrolet Centennial, Cars, Detroit News

Chevrolet has been churning out cars for a century now. For 100 years, dependable Chevys have been taking their owners everywhere -- to work, back hom...

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Chrysler Posts Best Result In Four Years

Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Car Sales, GM Sales, Big Three Automakers, US Auto Industry, Chrysler, General Motors, US Automakers, Chrysler Sales, Gm, US Auto Sales, Business News

Chrysler Group LLC posted a 27 percent gain in October U.S. sales -- its best result in four years -- as major automakers reported results pointin...

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Chrysler Posts $212 Million Third Quarter Profit

AP | TOM KRISHER and DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Chrysler Fiat, Video, Uaw, US Auto Industry, Chrysler, US Automakers, UAW Contract Negotiations, Chrysler Bailout, Chrysler Profit, Fiat, Auto Sales, Business News

DETROIT — Chrysler is moving closer to its first full-year profit since 2005 as customers buy more of its cars and trucks at higher prices. It'...

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UAW: Ford, Union Reach Tentative Contract

Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Automakers, Detroit Automakers, Video, Labor, Big Three Automakers, US Auto Industry, United Auto Workers, Business News, Ford, Labor Unions, Ford Uaw Contract, Business News

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

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

Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Detroit Automakers, Automakers, Auto Bailout, Big Three Automakers, US Auto Industry, General Motors, United Auto Workers, Business News, Organized Labor, Video, Business News

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...

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This Super Bowl Sunday, the Auto Industry Beats the Spread

Sean Cassidy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Super Bowl Advertising, Super Bowl Ads, US Auto Industry, General Motors, Gm, Auto Industry Bailout, Ford, Auto Industry, Super Bowl, Business News

I know I'll be watching with great interest on Sunday night when so many auto brands write that new chapter in the narrative that is the relationship between people and their cars.

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