Car Chronicles: Extra! March 28, 2011
This week, we visit the UAW Bargaining Convention, look at the changing impact of the Japan earthquake on auto production, and test drive the new Dodge Avenger.
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This week, we visit the UAW Bargaining Convention, look at the changing impact of the Japan earthquake on auto production, and test drive the new Dodge Avenger.
More than two weeks since the natural disaster, inventories of crucial car supplies - from computer chips to paint pigments - are dwindling fast as Japanese factories that make them struggle to restart.
If you travel the Southfield Freeway as part of your daily routine, you may need to pack a little extra patience beginning Monday.
Ford is rolling out its newest line of Police Interceptors for 2012.
General Motors will resume regular production at its pickup plant in Shreveport, Louisiana, on Monday.
The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association raised the annual assessment to $145 per insured vehicle, the highest amount it has ever assessed.
WWJ AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert takes a spin in Dodge's all new mid-size car.
Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday it is considering moving some engine production from Japan to the U.S. because of earthquake damage to a Japanese plant.
The United Auto Workers Union wrapped up its bargaining convention with a noisy march through downtown Detroit.
There's some new evidence that rising gas prices and the earthquake in Japan have not yet hampered the auto industry's slow recovery.
As the UAW lays out plans to use this year's contract talks to add more jobs, a top union official said today that all laid off GM manufacturing workers will be back to work within a few months.
This year's UAW bargaining convention is not only the kickoff to an important round of auto negotiations; it is often taking on the trappings of a democratic campaign rally.
About 1200 UAW members have begun gathering in Detroit, to lay out strategy for their upcoming contract talks with the three domestic auto companies.
GM idled another plant because of parts shortages, as a top analyst warned that the industry won't start to feel the real impact of the Japan earthquake for three more weeks.