General Motors Corp., for several years, has been pursuing a strategy to appoint supplier to oversee development of interiors for future vehicles. The strategy remains in place, but the players appear to be changing. GM announced in January 2002...
Industry's Health Care Ailing I fully agree with your editorial in the July edition (see WAW July '04, p.5). I have been married to the auto industry for 30 years, 20 of which has seen me working in health care. I have observed both sides of the...
TRAVERSE CITY, MI – The next new communications frontier may be among inanimate objects, Motorola Inc. Chairman and CEO Ed Zander says here at the Management Briefing Seminars With the advent of inexpensive RFID (radio frequency...
TRAVERSE CITY, MI It’s almost guaranteed that sometime during the week at the Management Briefing Seminars here, somebody is going to say something politically incorrect on the podium. A trunk Tony Soprano will love? Jim Padilla, Ford Motor...
TRAVERSE CITY, MI General Motors Corp.’s OnStar telematics division is planning to significantly expand use in the ’05 model year of its advanced automatic crash notification (AACN) system that provides vital crash information to...
MARYSVILLE, OH Plant yourself in the front seat of a Honda Motor Co. Ltd. vehicle from an entry-level Civic to the sporty and luxurious ’04 Acura TL and it’s hard to find fault with the interior. High-quality materials, benchmark fit...
Ward’s spoke in early June with two top Toyota Motor Corp. executives as part of its annual U.S. purchasing interviews. In the interviews, Andy Lund, program manager-development and planning operations at Toyota Technical Center, discusses...
Grizzled observers of the auto industry have heard the Big Three promising for years that world-class interiors in their cars and trucks are just around the corner. That message still is out there, delivered most recently by interior design...
DETROIT – Entertainment options in vehicles will grow in 2005 when Delphi Corp.’s streaming-video technology becomes available, the company’s top executive says. The technology is a collaborative effort between Delphi and New...
Fiat Auto SpA is set to show off its latest design concept that bridges the gap between an off-road SUV and a multipurpose vehicle. The Fiat Idea 5terre, named after the Cinque Terre strip along the Mediterranean coast, will bow at the Geneva...