Auto Industry Is Back On A Growth Track
A new study says the auto industry is starting to return to normal, with new opportunities created by pent up demand, the Japanese earthquake and even the increasing weight of car buyers.
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A new study says the auto industry is starting to return to normal, with new opportunities created by pent up demand, the Japanese earthquake and even the increasing weight of car buyers.
Americans are much more reluctant to honk their horns than people in emerging markets.
Machinery and equipment that used to be part of the sprawling GM Willow Run Transmission Plant will be auctioned off in Ypsilanti Tuesday.
Many car companies backed off on incentives and it appears that some customers have decided to wait for the deals to come back.
Two brothers whose Michigan company supplies parts to the auto industry have been charged with fraud in an investigation of the quality of plastic.
AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert's weekly video report looks at new hiring for GM, moves to make the auto industry more enviornmentally friendly
The National Highway Traffic Safety administration has opened an investigation into reports of Ford Freestyle crossovers "lunging" forward unexpectedly. Ford says it is cooperating with the investigation.
Chrysler is moving up its normal summer shutdowns at three factories from the usual July closings because of parts shortages from Japan.
WWJ AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert checks out Mini's idea of an SUV.
Seventy years ago, workers at the last "Big Three" car-making holdout voted overwhelmingly for United Auto Workers representation, then got a big surprise at the contract bargaining table.
General Motors saying that 96 of the 4000 jobs that it's adding or retaining will go to plants in Flint and Bay City that are responsible for production of the company's new four cylinder engines.
The Treasury Department will hold off on further sales of the stock it owns in General Motors Co. until August at the earliest, according to sources.
Ford with a very quick, very calm annual stockholders meeting today, a contrast to the company's more noisy meetings a few years ago.
The 264,000 square foot project will go into an area that used to be a parking lot on the grounds of the company's Detroit-Hamtramck plant, which is home to the Chevy Volt.
Toyota's quarterly profits were cut 75 percent due to recent tsunami and earthquake.