People: Less Drama in Detroit as Lutz Leaves the Stage
Famously blunt, occasionally stubborn and blessed with a knack to lead, inspire or provoke, Robert A. Lutz, the vice chairman of General Motors, will officially retire on May 1.
Investigators Say Brakes Weren?t Used on Crashed Toyota
Regulators and Toyota engineers examining the crash of a Prius in New York saw no evidence that the driver had tried to brake.
Get out and Drive
The long cold winter is officially over, Detroit is in bloom and that jalopy isn’t going to drive itself, you know. So break out the stadium coat, limber up your cranking arm and get that thing on the road. Spring days are, apparently, motoring days.
GM backs 'black boxes' bill
Washington -- General Motors Co. supports legislation to require so-called "black boxes" in vehicles to collect crash data, and it is willing to support additional "reasonable" auto safety legislation.
American Axle chief divesting holdings
Detroit -- American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. announced Friday that the company's chairman and chief executive, Richard "Dick" Dauch, intends to sell up to a quarter of his stock in the company he co-founded in 1994.
Toyota had 'game plan' to deal with NHSTA concerns
Washington -- Internal Toyota Motor Corp. documents released by a congressional committee show the automaker developed a "game plan" in 2007 to handle federal safety regulators' urgent concerns about floor mats on its Lexus ES350.
Scott Burgess: Buick shifts gears with 2011 Regal
Milford -- The 2011 Buick Regal is the most important car in Buick's lineup. It can transform the brand, or bury it, depending upon whom you talk to. But it's certainly going to shake things up in the coming months.
Chrysler launches Pentastar V-6 engine
Trenton -- Chrysler Group LLC celebrated the launch of its new Pentastar V-6 engine Friday at the Trenton South Engine Plant.
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Boeing 787 Completes Critical Flutter Testing
Boeing passed a major milestone today in the 787 Dreamliner program. Today’s flight test of airframe ZA001, the first 787 to fly back in December, marks the end of flutter testing for the airplane. Wired.com was in Boeing’s telemetry room today in Seattle and will have a full report of flight testing from the engineers perspective on Monday. Flight test engineers and test pilots at Boeing have been performing flutter tests for the pas...