In the drama that continues to unfold in the North American auto industry, Canada brings ardor to its role as understudy. With patience and restraint, it knows it has the potential to outperform. Sales in Canada are expected to hold up better than...
A Japanese automaker in the Big Three? The concept would cause many Detroiters to hyperventilate. But then again, is it more odd than a German company in the No.3 spot? The question arises as Toyota sales approach those of the Chrysler Group in...
Jacques Nasser was a supernova of a CEO. He exploded on the scene, shone brighter than all the other stars in his universe, then abruptly snuffed out. It was weird. Anyone who met Mr. Nasser before he made CEO knew he was destined to rise to the...
Early talk was that this year's Tokyo Motor Show would be more occurring as it did barely a month after the September U.S. terrorist attacks. Subdued, perhaps somewhat, but the auto show here has earned a reputation as the industry's biannual...
Meeting a target date set four years ago, GM's new Grand River Plant in Lansing, MI, began assembly of the Cadillac CTS for shipment to customers Nov. 12. Jim Taylor, VLE for prestige vehicles, says the date was fixed four years ago to coincide...
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Honda Motor Co. Ltd. begins mass production at its Lincoln, AL, plant Nov. 14, six months ahead of schedule. Honda Manufacturing of Alabama is building the Odyssey minivan and the V-6 engine that powers it. The Alabama plant currently is operating...
To me, first and foremost, we're in the car and truck business. We're designing, developing, building and selling cars and trucks. If you're going to do that, you've got to have the process that delivers things on time, at quality, and on cost...
In a half century of reporting I have never seen any business plagued by such misinformation as the automobile industry. Think for a minute: Can you imagine that the state of California would order the airline companies to provide every traveler...
The threat of terrorism since Sept. 11 has massively tightened security along the 4,000-mile long U.S.-Canada border, and checkpoints that once took minutes to clear have taken hours. That's a problem for automakers and suppliers using just-in...