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Between Wall Street and the banks and the oil companies, and saving Detroit, which has been going out of business on a daily basis for 35 years, is there some way we aren't getting screwed?
Between Wall Street and the banks and the oil companies, and saving Detroit, which has been going out of business on a daily basis for 35 years, is there some way we aren't getting screwed?
Steve Parker | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business
In yet another sign of these perilous automotive times, GM has closed its High Performance Vehicle Operations unit.
Steve Parker | Posted 02.15.2009 | Business
America is the world's biggest automotive market, yet offers very little in the way of independent analysis and car, truck or motorcycle testing.
Daniel Hernandez | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business
It was a different kind of auto show this year in Detroit. Gone were the celebrity presenters, the pyrotechnics, the herd of cattle escorting new pickups to the media pool. Those days are over.
Nick Aziz | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business
Yes, there are management problems. Yes, the wage gap must be eliminated. But when it's all said and done, the product is what will make or break the Detroit Three.
Clean Technology | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green
Well, yesterday I indicated that there might not be room for many surprises at this year's Detroit auto show, but I was just plain wrong. The first on...
Wired | Keith Buglewicz | Posted 02.11.2009 | Green
The new Honda Insight hybrid promises to revolutionize the hybrid market by making gas-electric cars affordable. But the five-door hatchback with a ro...
Steve Parker | Posted 02.07.2009 | Business
With economists predicting a rough 2009, 2010 and maybe even 2011, there's not much chance of '09 and '10 car sales reaching even 2008's miserable 13.1 million.
Wall Street Journal | Posted 02.05.2009 | Business
General Motors Corp., on a mission to expand its lineup to include more fuel-efficient offerings, will introduce a new Cadillac crossover at the Detro...
Steve Parker | Posted 02.03.2009 | Business
The only other time the industry has seen a 3-million (or more) unit plunge was following the 1974 oil shortage.
Steve Parker | Posted 01.23.2009 | Business
Congress took a perverse pleasure in giving Detroit's CEOs and the UAW president the third degree -- unnecessary theater while our country suffers this economic decline.
Steve Parker | Posted 01.18.2009 | Business
Even Bush doesn't want to go down in history as the man who oversaw the destruction of GM, Ford and Chrysler (I hope), and I'd guess Obama wishes he could install his own new team now and fire Paulson.
Steve Parker | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business
And now, it's on to the Senate! The House today passed, 237 to 170, HR 7321, the automotive loan bailout bill, and has sent it on to the Senate. H...
Associated Press | Posted 12.25.2008 | Chicago
Nissan says it is pulling out of the Detroit and Chicago auto shows as it cuts its marketing budget in the tight auto market. The announcement comes...
Steve Parker | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business
Sen. Reid's new bailout bill for the Detroit Three does not set additional fuel-economy requirements, nor does it establish a government oversight board. That's two strikes against getting our money's worth.
Steve Parker | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics
This Monday, the new car and truck sales reports for the month of October will be announced, and are expected to be the worst in 25-or-more years. T...
Steve Parker | Posted 09.23.2008 | Business
It's the same story we've been hearing from car-makers, especially those in Detroit, for the past 30 years: "Just wait a little longer and we'll have those new cars and trucks you've been hoping for."
AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 09.14.2008 | Business
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Early versions of the Chevrolet Volt's battery packs are powerful enough to run the high-stakes rechargeable car, but doz...
Steve Parker | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business
John McCain visited a GM factory and said if cars like the Volt, a plug-in gas/electric hybrid GM is developing, really do make it to market (still a question mark), "hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created." He's wrong.
Steve Parker | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business
That the Detroit Three have to build cars and trucks which make sense now and in the future, and which Americans want to buy.
Steve Parker | Posted 07.19.2008 | Business
Trying to make death by overwork acceptable to any society, because survivors are able to get some monetary benefit is ridiculous, repulsive and outrageous.
The Street | John Morell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
A Ferrari that runs on garbage? An eco-Hummer? Either this is an environmentalist's wildest dream or it's the annual Detroit Auto Show. Maybe it's ...
CNet News | Michael Kanellos | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
When you're No. 3, you've got to do something. At the Detroit auto show this week, Chrysler showed off three green car concepts, including an all-ele...
New York Times | MICHELINE MAYNARD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
The Toyota Motor Corporation, which leads the world's automakers in sales of hybrid-electric vehicles, announced Sunday night that it would build its ...
Steve Parker | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green