As the American home front was converting industry to wartime production, numerous problems arose. The revived economy brought jobs and better income to the U.S population, and people were eager to spend their earnings on new consumer goods, including...

Advances in materials science have been a leading factor contributing to improvements in vehicle fuel economy and performance since the 1973 oil embargo. Better tire materials have reduced rolling resistance, better materials for moving parts have...

In 2000, Asian factories assembled 18 million four-wheel vehicles, 30 percent of the world output of 58 million units; Asian firms also accounted for another 6 million units made outside their home market, primarily in the United States and England....

Automakers, unions battling health care costs By CRAIG TORRES AND KEITH SNIDER Bloomberg News Wednesday, July 14, 2004 Kenosha -- In another era, Geoffrey Schick and Ken Johnson might have clashed across a bargaining table. Schick, 33, is a health...

EVERYTHING YOU NEED to know about American automakers was in four recent newspaper clippings. In the Aug. 25 USA Today, a review of the 2007 Cadillac Escalade and GMC Yukon Denali said they had "many improvements, lavish presentation, but seating and space utilization are...

Two of China's biggest domestic car companies have formed a partnership to develop new models amid Chinese efforts to create producers able to compete with global automakers.Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp. and Nanjing Automobile Corp. agreed to "comprehensive cooperation" on design, production and sales, Nanjing Auto...

As automakers race to inject as many safety, security, navigation and entertainment features as possible into their vehicles, they ought to keep Mark Evangelista in mind.The 45-year-old owner of a suburban Detroit construction company says he's had General Motors Corp.'s OnStar service installed on several...