The Future Is Today
General Motors has tried three times to sell cars with the engine behind the driver. All are viewed as failures. Will the eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette, scheduled to debut late Thursday in Tustin, Calif., break that streak? It’s a steep engineering…
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Nissan is giving the sporty Skyline sedan a high-tech, midcycle update with a new semi-autonomous system that allows for truly hands-free, auto-navigating highway driving. The refreshed sedan goes on sale this fall in Japan and signals what…
General Motors knows all about its warranty issues. And Toyota knows all about its own. But GM doesn’t have access to Toyota’s. And suppliers that sell the same part to both automakers often don’t have information on how those parts…
Former colleagues, politicians and friends paid respects to Lee Iacocca and his family Tuesday in suburban Detroit and remembered how the former Chrysler chairman and CEO provided strong leadership when it was needed most. An engineer turned marketing genius, Iacocca…
U.S. auto sales aren’t tumbling down a cliff, but they’re clearly no longer in flat, steady territory either. After six monthly declines to start the year, the industry is down 2.4 percent halfway through 2019. It’s on pace to finish…
In an effort to revive its flagging Maserati brand, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has recruited Davide Grasso, former CEO of Nike’s Converse sports-shoe brand, as chief operating officer for the luxury-car unit. Grasso will bring a “wealth of brand expertise” to…