Ford Starts Production Of New Aluminum F-150
Aluminum isn't new to the auto industry, but this is the first time it will cover the entire body of such a high-volume vehicle.
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Aluminum isn't new to the auto industry, but this is the first time it will cover the entire body of such a high-volume vehicle.
"Quite frankly, it's a black eye for our industry."
Chrysler posts $611 million in third quarter earnings, expects to make around $2.5 billion for full year.
Audi is recalling nearly 102,000 luxury cars because the front air bags may not inflate in a crash.
Vehicles recalled include various model years of the F-150, Flex, Transit, Transit Connect, Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car.
About 11:40 p.m., a Chevrolet Tahoe was "driving erratically" northbound in the 1000 block of North Lake Shore Drive, when it rear-ended a taxi, causing the taxi to crash into the concrete barrier and flip onto its roof, police said.
Chrysler sales rise 22 percent. Best October since 2001. GM sales were flat. Ford sales dropped 2 percent, on tight pickup inventories.
The penalty could serve as a precedent for other automakers who violate the Clean Air Act.
At least four vehicles driving on the Eisenhower Expressway have been damaged by shots from a BB gun or pellet gun in the past two days.
"I want it understood that they day of GM being a polite competitor is over," Barra tells the Detroit Economic Club.
