Bridgestone/Firestone, which lost a business relationship with Ford Motor Co., now has a fresh one with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A new product from that partnership is the Firehawk Indy 500 tire. It's the first time in Indy 500's 90-year...
THE 16TH ANNUAL WARD'S DEALER BUSINESS 500 ARE dealers who can run, hit and throw. Check out their stats (our Ward's 500 coverage starts on pg. 10, the on pg. 12) to see how great these major players do throughout the various profit centers of...
Considering the industry's current cost-consciousness, there might be some difficulty believing that auto makers are willing to replace an inexpensive component with another part that costs three times as much. But that's exactly what auto makers...
It's China's auto industry, not more established competitors, that is setting the bar for Toyota Motor Corp.'s next round of cost-cutting and efficiency improvements, says Kosuke Shiramizu, executive vice president-Manufacturing and Quality...
49 Years Ago On June 12, 1952, Chevrolet Chief Engineer Maurice Olley and his team completed the first chassis for a special project code-name Opel sports car that would eventually become the '53 Corvette, the first production unit of which rolled...
DETROIT Ward's editors always hate to part with our 10 Best Engines long-term test vehicles, because that means we're parting with one of the year's 10 Best Engines. Audi AG's 2001 A4 Avant and its sparkling 1.8L turbocharged DOHC I-4 will be...
Ford Motor Co. lures former vice chairman Allan Gilmour out of retirement to return as vice chairman and chief financial officer, replacing Martin Inglis, who had held the CFO position since August 2001. Inglis becomes group vice president...
Reeves Callaway knows something about high horsepower. In the 1980s, a derivative of his celebrated C4 Twin Turbo Corvette was known as the SledgeHammer, and it recorded a speed of 254 mph (406 km/h) on an Ohio test track, with 880 hp. At the New...
The United Auto Workers union wants to organize suppliers that will occupy Ford Motor Co.'s first integrated manufacturing campus in the U.S., a $250 million complex that will employ up to 1,000. The supplier park will service Ford's Chicago...
SANTA BARBARA, CA Invite journalists to test drive the new Navigator on narrow twisty roads in the hills of Southern California? That usually wouldn't be the intuitive venue to show off the capabilities of a huge sport/utility vehicle that weighs...