Nov. 2, 1983, was not just another autumn day at Chrysler Corp. Across the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario, a boxy-shaped new vehicle rolled down the assembly line for the first time.Under development since 1977 and given the green light in 1980...
While General motors Corp. was blowing its horn over earnings, its Allision Transmission Div. quietly announces record sales of 114,800 transmissions, up 8% from 1993. That's $841 million in sales revenues.
It was two weeks before Christmas, 1992. Visions of sparkling trees and holiday spirit danced in their heads as they drove home from a family gathering. Suddenly there was a loud, deadening crunch and flames shot up in front of the shocked driver...
Response to January's first annual Ward's Best Engines of 1995 feature has been overwhelming. WAW readers, from engineers to executives to suppliers, phoned, faxed and wrote to express their opinions and to support -- or contest -- our 10 Best...
The U.S. should export its safety standards to the world market, suggests Ricardo Martinez, the new head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). "U.S. standards are a good product in the global market because NAFTA (the...
Tenneco Automotive sells its Lincolnshire, IL-based brake division to James E. Bennett Jr. of Charleston, SC, for undisclosed terms. Under Bennett the company, which had $63 million in 1994 sales, will be called Brake Pro Inc. and will continue to...