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Inbetween the proverbial rock and a hard place is where some GM workers find themselves. Asian automakers outsold Detroit’s Big Three in the U.S. for the first time last month as fuel-conscious consumers shunned General Motors Corp...

As the US market for trucks and SUVs continues to deteriorate in the face of rising fuel costs, there are baragins to be had. Just look at the pricing on trucks and SUVs at your local car lots. Heck, you can even be tempted with $2.99 gas for three years as an incentive...

Having labor problems? Are you at an impasse in negotiations? Don't know what to do?..

Highlander Recall Problems with seat belts attached to the child safety seats in Toyota Motor's Highlander and Highlander hybrid sport utility vehicles from the model year 2008 has forced the carmaker to recall almost 90,000 vehicles. A long strike at GM's Fairfax plant could hurt sales of Chevy Malibu The landscape continues the change for the UAW.They wou;dn't strike eslewhere to try and influence negotiations at American Axle, would they? Ford workers quick to OK deal Meanwhile, north of the border, Canadian autoworkers swiftly ratify a new contract that freezes wages, gives up one week of vacation and delays the closing an assembly plant...

Time again for my weekly look at some Big Three news and to check on the Alternate Route Automotive Index. 'Toyota way' inspires lean practices Toyota and other Japanese companies search for new management styles to bring Japan's economy back to life. General Motors May Post Loss as Kerkorian Signals Ford Support Three years ago Kirk Kerkorian was buying GM stock...

2010 is just around the corner. Will GM make their self-imposed deadline for bringing the Volt to market? I've always thought the 2010 target was very ambitious, and now it appears that GM's Rick Wagoner is starting to see it as well...

Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas GM Chief Executive Rick Wagoner will devote part of his speech to driverless vehicles that drive themselve, even parking at their destination, and could be ready for sale within a decade. Given Americans ongoing love affair with cars and driving, I know that I wake up every day with dreams of a car that doesn't even need me to be in it. But it does seem to be the way we're headed...

While GM may be struggling with the problem of holding its market share in North America, the Far East is another matter. GM has announced that it is the first automaker to sell a million vehicles in China inside a single year. GM pass 100,000 sales in China in 2002, and topped 500,000 in 2005...

Today is the 62nd anniversary of the disappearance of Flight 19 in the Bermuda Triangle. Sometimes you just fly off the map. In the auto industry it's not quite as dramatic and unexpected as Flight 19, but cars disappear into history all the time...

I'm sitting here listening to my local morning radio show, and one of the hosts is the type who always sees another side, even when there isn't one. Tell him that the sky is blue and he'll say that's your opinion and some people think otherwise. No it's not, it's a fact...