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Another historic UAW "victory" as workers at the Sterling Heights axle plant vote down the concessions Ford needs to stay competetive. Under the terms of the agreement, Sterling Axle was supposed to get new rear-wheel drive work that would have added about 100 jobs. Now, union sources fear that work will be given to Getrag Corp., a German supplier with a nonunion factory in North Carolina...

China has told the U.S. that it will take steps that could lead to higher tariffs on imports of autos made by GM, Chrysler and Ford. Steve Collins, president of industry trade group the American Automotive Policy Council, said Wednesday that U.S...

From freep.com The trusted magazine Consumer Reports heaped praise Tuesday on Ford Motor Co., which continues to gain momentum in the face of the global recession. "Ford is the only domestic automaker that's producing vehicles with world-class reliability," Rik Paul, Consumer Reports' automotive editor, said. He was in Detroit to announce the magazine's 2009 Annual Car Reliability Survey...

Daniel Howes' column in the Detroit News nails it in his opening paragraph. Old Detroit lives! Here, in the week before Ford Motor Co...

We are a nation that worships speed and power. And for good reason. Without power we would still be part of England and everybody would be out of work...

To promote its upcoming extended-range electric vehicle, the Chevy Volt, General Motors is playing a game of "name that color." If you've seen pictures of the Volt, you're likely already familiar with its greenish-silvery hue. A contest inviting the public to suggest a name for that color launched Friday and will continue through Nov. 4...

From the TimesArgus.com Cash for Clunkers put cash in the pockets of new car dealers this summer but left used car dealers scrambling to find pre-owned cars and trucks to sell. "The problem is we have a demand when we have no supply," said Kevin Smith of Springfield Auto Mart. He said his inventory of used vehicles is down 50 percent from normal levels...

Dear Dub, Where have you been? Are you OK? Donger Harris Well I wasn't on sabbatical, that's for sure!..

I'm willing to bet that if you look up the etymology of the idiom, "cut off one's nose to spite one's face", you'll find references to the UAW. Is it just me, or are we in challenging economic times, particularly in the auto industry? On October 13, Ford and the UAW reached a tentative agreement on a contract...

Here's why you don't want the government's fingers in the day to day business pie. The government has sunk $50 billion into GM and $14 billion into Chrysler. Rattner has long maintained that the money the Bush administration gave the automakers -- roughly $20 billion for GM and $4 billion for Chrysler -- would have to be written off because it wasn't tied to restructuring...