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Ford Motor Co. "has decided it will not honor its promise" to add new product to the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake and, instead, the autoworker intends to farm out jobs to Mexico, wrote a top UAW leader to union officials in an angry two-page letter dated Friday.

"Ford management expects us to hang our heads and accept the decision. But let ...Read more

They don't make the great cars anymore.

Cars like the original (rear-engined/air-cooled) VW Beetle, for instance, which many consider to be the greatest car ever made, if the standard for greatness is a car almost anyone could afford to buy -- and for that reason put almost everyone on the road who wanted to be on the road.

Hence, the...Read more

General Motors said it will build certain 2021 light-duty full-size pickups without a fuel management module starting Monday until the end of the model year in late summer.

The goal is to keep pickups rolling off the assembly line despite a global shortage of semiconductor chips used in the modules. But the result is those affected pickups will...Read more

With its 2022 Grand Wagoneer, Jeep is challenging the luxury SUV establishment in a way it's never attempted before. Unveiled in production form earlier this month, this three-row hauler has the Cadillac Escalade and Lincoln Navigator locked in its sights, and ambitiously, offerings from BMW, Land Rover and Mercedes-Benz are in its gaze, too. ...Read more

Attention GMC Yukon, Cadillac Escalade and Lincoln Navigator owners: Your rides don’t stand out.

That’s what the folks at Stellantis, formerly Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, say. They think you’d be a bit more impressive behind the wheel of a new 2022 Jeep Wagoneer or Grand Wagoneer instead.

“You look at some of those vehicles (the Yukon, ...Read more

Jeep is jumping into the super-sized SUV space with a pair of old friends: the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer.

The three-row utes resuscitate the luxurious Wagoneer badge that adorned opulent, wood-trimmed ocean liners for the last four decades of the 20th century. The Jeeps complete the brand's expansion as a full-line SUV maker by offering ...Read more

The great-great grandchildren of Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Co., are planning to step into key roles as members of the influential board of directors this year, the company announced Friday.

Alexandra Ford English and Henry Ford III have been nominated by the company to stand for election to the board at its virtual annual shareholder ...Read more

Electric auto startup Bollinger's B1 SUV and B2 pickup are among the highly-anticipated crop of electric pickups scheduled to come to market in the next year. The pricey, $125,000 vehicles promise unique hauling capabilities as well as competitive towing and horsepower numbers compared to traditional petrol-powered trucks.

But Bollinger also ...Read more

In all of us, there is always some reluctance to face the truth, particularly when it comes to age. Its why people dye their hair, or wear youthful clothing that merely reinforces their lack of youth. Of course, as the saying goes, there’s no fool like old fool. After all, no one ever got poor selling products that promise the illusion of ...Read more

It arrived late to the luxury-compact party two years ago so it still has plenty of ground to make up. In fact, some competitors are well into their second or third generations.

But the 2021 Cadillac XT4 has no problem snaring attention on the boulevard, attracting looks, smiles and thumbs-up. It is one of the sharpest looking SUVs in this ...Read more

With new electric vehicle prices hitting more than $30,000 for cars like the Chevrolet Bolt, Nissan Leaf and Hyundai Ioniq, some buyers are turning to the used channel to find a gas-free car at a more affordable price.

There, they often find they can save significant dollars because the residual values of electric vehicles traditionally ...Read more

Auto consumers have been fixated on their transition to SUVs, but I encourage them to pay attention to a parallel trend: the democratization of the automobile. Thanks to the electronics revolution, the gap between luxury and mainstream autos has been shrinking rapidly.

With the 2021 Mazda CX-30 Turbo, the difference has been obliterated.

In ...Read more

General Motors wants to sell electric vehicles that can travel 500 to 600 miles on a full charge in the near future.

To get there, it's partnered with lithium metal battery developer SolidEnergy Systems, which is based in Singapore, but has U.S. operations in Boston.

GM President Mark Reuss announced the new partnership Thursday at a ...Read more

Q: You may be getting a lot of responses on this one. Subaru Legacys and Outbacks are prone to water freezing on the inside edge of the fuel fill door. It is more common on the Legacy. The solution is to insert a credit card in the space around the door and work it around the opening. Once free, the door opens normally.

T.B., Chicago

Q: I once...Read more

For years, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has been telling the public that fully autonomous Teslas are just around the corner, no more than a year or two off.

The company has been telling regulators a very different story.

In official correspondence with California's Department of Motor Vehicles, Tesla lawyers recently admitted the $10,000 ...Read more

It used to be easy to review trucks.

They were the most basic vehicles on the road, built to work and not to be comfortable. There was a body on a frame with a bed in the back and you picked the length and the number of doors -- and that about covered it.

Now, selecting those things is just getting started.

How about an onboard generator that...Read more

The automaker and the environmentalist.

It’s not a mismatched-buddy movie.

It’s an effort to make transportation safer, cleaner and equitable.

Jim Farley and Mary Nichols are together leading a global team that includes some of the most innovative minds in business, technology and public policy with a plan to help shape the future — not...Read more

In February, Nissan revealed the new Nissan Frontier, which replaces the company's existing second-gen midsize pickup, a model that's been kicking around America's roads for a scarcely believable 17 years. Due to the pandemic, the reveal of the new truck didn't take place at an auto show, or even in person -- it was done virtually. Thankfully,...Read more

It’s time Jeep and Stellantis, the huge automaker that owns the popular and profitable brand, pay their debt to the Cherokee Nation of American Indians. It won’t be easy, it shouldn’t be free, but it’s the right thing to do.

Jeep has reaped billions of dollars from positive perceptions of what "Cherokee" means since the first vehicle ...Read more

Just one word.

That's all Ford CEO Jim Farley used to respond to Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday.

"Tesla & Ford are the only American carmakers not to have gone bankrupt out of 1000’s of car startups. Prototypes are easy, production is hard & being cash flow positive is excruciating," Musk tweeted Thursday.

Farley retweeted Musk early Friday ...Read more