A Detroit Shop Allegedly Moved $80,000 in Ford Rouge Parts Stolen Over Seven Saturdays. Four Men Now Have to Hand Over Their Passports
Four men were arraigned Tuesday in Michigan’s 19th District Court in a Rouge Plant parts...
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A Stolen $500,000 McLaren Showed Up in a Detroit Takeover Video, and Tips From His 1.1 Million Followers Led Police to It
A McLaren taken from a Detroit driveway turned up doing donuts in a street takeover video. Here is what Michigan…
Dakkota Is Closing Its Kettering Dash-Panel Plant After Six Years. The Jeeps It Supplied Aren’t Going Anywhere.
Detroit, Michigan and federal tax-credit investors backed Dakkota's plant on the old Kettering High School site. It closes Dec. 31…
Today in Automotive History: September 25, 1926 — Henry Ford Announces the Five-Day, 40-Hour Workweek
Henry Ford announced the Ford five-day workweek on Sept. 25, 1926. The weekend it helped create still shapes how cars…
Today in Automotive History: GM Was Founded on September 16, 1908 — On a Bet Henry Ford Refused to Copy
On September 16, 1908, a Flint carriage salesman who once called automobiles “noisy, smelly, and...
Today in Automotive History: The 1970 GM Strike Began September 15 — and So Did the Next Two
The 1970 GM strike began September 15 and idled hundreds of thousands of workers. What it won still shapes what…
Trump Threatens 50% Tariffs on All Cars in 2027, But His Post Never Actually Says Canada
Read Donald Trump’s Monday morning tariff threat closely, and something is missing. He posted that...
A Robot Didn’t Kill This Stellantis Mechanic. A Bypass Key Did, and OSHA Predicted It Decades Ago.
Nobody has ever been crushed by an industrial robot that was doing exactly what its...
Detroit’s EV Cowardice: Automakers Don’t Believe In Electric Cars, They Believe In Whoever’s In The White House
Let’s cut through the press-release language. The American auto industry did not “transition” to electric...
2026 Dodge Durango R/T 392: What the Six-Hour Sellout Really Tells Buyers
Dodge Sold Out the 392 Durango Before Lunch. The Interesting Part Is Why. Dodge says...
Detroit Is Panicking That Teens Won’t Get Their License. Maybe Check the Sticker Price First
The decline in teenage driving didn’t start with the smartphone. It started in 1983, when...
Ford’s CEO Doesn’t Want You Wrenching on Your New Bronco — Washington Just Torched That Excuse
Jim Farley has a favorite prop when he explains why Ford doesn’t want you popping...
GM Cut 1,000 Detroit Jobs, Added 50 Robots, Then Posted a $4.25 Billion Quarter
General Motors just sidelined more than 1,000 workers at its flagship Detroit assembly plant and...
Four Stolen Ram Infotainment Screens Turned Up in One Detroit House
A modern truck is basically a computer with a bed, and the most valuable computer...
Last Chance: The Auto Wire Readers Get Bonus Entries to Win a 1966 Chevelle SS396
Clock’s ticking, and this could be your ticket to classic-car glory. The Zero-to-Sixty Dream Giveaway...