Improved throughput that has helped cut overtime, plus increased on-line purchasing and reductions in inventory are leading the Chrysler Group to $1 billion in manufacturing cost savings this year, says Tom LaSorda, DaimlerChrysler AG senior vice...
For Nissan dealers the news is generally optimistic. From all indications, the dark days for the Japanese auto company appear to be over. Nissan reported profits of $2.7 billion for the fiscal year ending in March up from a loss double that amount...
Ford Motor Co.'s plan to reopen an Ohio engine plant is the first in a series of moves to overhaul it's powertrain products and operations, WAW has learned. By late 2003, Ford says it will be building all-aluminum 2.5L and 3L Duratec V-6s at the...
We're all going to be driving fuel cell-powered vehicles eventually. It's just that nobody can agree on how and when we'll be able to fill up with the hydrogen that fuel cells need to produce power. The lack of infrastructure issue just took a...
OKAZAKI, Japan Speculation that Mitsubishi Motor Corp. may de-emphasize its hallmark gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine is premature. To the contrary, in fact, as the automaker late last month promoted its two top GDI engineers. Akira Kijima...