Auto Industry

rows of cars parked in lot from an aerial view

US Government Demands Brutal 50% American-Made Rule in High-Stakes USMCA Auto Trade Overhaul

A shot of the GM campus in Detroit. The recent GM lay offs impacted nearly 300 CAD engineers.

GM Lays Off Nearly 300 Engineers on Video Calls

President Donald Trump's administration used tariffs as trade negotiation tools, impacting Toyota's bottom line by billions.

Trump tariffs slash almost $10B from forecasted Toyota profits

Ford boss and one of the best-paid auto industry CEOs, Jim Farley, at the Miami GP.

How much do automaker CEOs make?

President Donald Trump, pictured here speaking to US Army troops, says he has a deal with China to secure magnets and rare earths.

Donald Trump says China will provide ‘full magnets’ for US auto industry

A Toyota sign like the one at the Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas.

Toyota runs a factory that turns out nothing but music and food

Malcolm Bricklin 2005

Malcolm Bricklin: The (Bumpy) Ride of a Lifetime, From Cheap Cars to Affordable EVs

What Is the Most Profitable Car Company in the World?

The 2023 sports utility vehicle (SUV) lineup from Hyundai, from the Venue (L) to the Kona (R)

How Many SUV Segments Are There?

A GMC 5.3L V8 engine cutaway at the 2019 New England International Auto Show (NEIAS) in Boston, Massachusetts

Is There Anything That ‘Car People’ Can All Agree On?

An electric Ford truck and charging station on display at the Electrify Expo in Washington D.C.

Ford Appears to Be Getting Stronger in All the Right Areas

German chancellor Adolf Hitler seated in the very first Volkswagen Beetle model in Stuttgart, Germany

How Volkswagen and the Beetle Were Created by Nazi Germany

Tourists in Berlin, Germany, reading an information board about Adolf Hitler's hidden bunker and gravesite

Hitler’s Final Resting Place is Hidden Beneath an Ordinary Parking Lot

A Volkswagen ID.3 undergoing final inspection, similar to the practice of benchmarking

What Is Benchmarking, and How Do Car Companies Use It to Improve Their Vehicles?

12 Cars With Terrible Sales Numbers Due to Dropped Nameplates

An orange 2011 Chevy Cruze compact car displaying the Chevrolet bow tie symbol

Why Is Chevy Known as the Bow Tie Brand?

An old Buick truck being driven at the Hartford Automobile Club in 1955

Did Buick Ever Build a Pickup Truck?

'The Express Train' lithograph print of a locomotive with a cowcatcher by Currier & Ives

What Is the Giant Bumper on the Front of a Locomotive Called?

Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca sitting in the front seat of a 1982 1/2 Chrysler LeBaron Convertible prototype

How Lee Iacocca Pumped the Brakes on Chrysler’s Collision Course With Doom

U.S. President Joe Biden smiles a big as he can at the prospect of going for a drive in a C7 Corvette.

Biden’s NHTSA Just Killed Your Right to Repair Your Own Truck