Siemens VDO Automotive, one of the last big Tier 1 suppliers with a major presence on the floor of the annual Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress, has decided to pull out next year. Budget cuts forced the move, says company spokesman...
January is a good time to throw out the old and bring in the new, so expect to see a lot of old business models stacked in the garbage bins out behind OEMs and suppliers this month. Everybody hates to throw away stuff that used to be valuable, but...
My fellow judges consider me public enemy No.1 because I have this thing about small-displacement engines. It's no fetish just a deep-seated respect for a powerplant that does its job efficiently, quietly and with enough gusto to fool me into...
No need to have your eyes checked, and the writer of this story isn't heavily medicated. What you're about to read is actually happening. General Motors Corp. is becoming a leader in manufacturing efficiency and technologies. That was unthinkable...
Welcome to the eighth annual installment of the Ward's 10 Best Engines awards. Our list of the year's best engines remains the auto industry's only best of list to concentrate solely on the engine, what we consider to be any vehicle's single most...
After almost a decade of Best Engines competitions, if there's one thing I can say I've learned, it's to never underestimate Detroit's shortsightedness. Back in 1995, the first year for Best Engines, we had Ford's Duratec, Cadillac's Northstar...
TOCHIGI, Japan It's beginning to look like Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. is going to pull this thing off. Two years into the radical Revival Plan crafted to bring it back from the brink of fiscal ruin, Nissan and its no-bullcrap President Carlos Ghosn bet...
At a time when many automakers are shedding their inline 6-cyl. engines, General Motors Corp. is pulling full speed ahead with its new all-aluminum I-6 engineered for its redesigned family of midsize SUVs GMC Envoy/Chevrolet TrailBlazer/Oldsmobile...
The festive spirit was lacking last month as the holiday party circuit became a steady stream of tough-luck stories of job losses and pay cuts. Got any good news for me? became a familiar conversation starter. From auto maker to supplier...
The auto makers of the world do a great job of catering to the kind of people who think like they do. Car companies are enthralled with selling parts and accessories to enthusiasts who love their cars. But the factories might find more business...