Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative , Green , Chrysler, LLC. , Ford , GM It's debatable whether or not now is the right time to make changes in the way our cars are made, with some believing that Detroit should follow the path it's already on and others claiming there couldn't be a better time...

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative , Green , Chrysler, LLC. , Ford , GM It's debatable whether or not now is the right time to make changes in the way our cars are made, with some believing that Detroit should follow the path it's already on and others claiming there couldn't be a better time...

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative , Sedans/Saloons , Etc. , Government/Legal , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Chrysler, LLC. , Ford , GM Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2008 Malibu Hybrid While it won't get him there as quickly (or as luxuriously) as a Gulfstream corporate jet, GM CEO Rick Wagoner...

Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Chrysler, LLC. , Ford , GM , Earnings/Financials , UAW/Unions As you read this, there are about 3,000 unionized workers -- down from about 15,000 two years ago -- employed by the Detroit 3 getting paid, despite the fact that they aren't working. While it's...

Filed under: Etc. , Euro , Chrysler, LLC. , Ford , GM , Porsche Little guy Porsche is taking huge swings, and not just at the giant that is Volkswagen. Porsche head Wendelin Wiedeking had fierce Teutonic words for General Motors and Ford, and banks. His Rindfleisch - beef, that is - with U.S. automakers...

Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing , Chrysler, LLC. , Ford , GM , Earnings/Financials , UAW/Unions The president of the United Auto Workers union, Ron Gettelfinger, said in a recent CNN interview that U.S. automakers need to tell Congress they will limit corporate pay, bonuses and severance packages in...

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative , Government/Legal , Green , Chrysler, LLC. , Ford , GM Remember the growing movement to caravan a few hundred of Detroit's most fuel efficient vehicles to the automaker's next meeting with Congress? Not happening. Interestingly, it wasn't for lack of support...

Filed under: Government/Legal , Chrysler, LLC. , Ford , GM President-Elect Barack Obama has been in favor of assisting Detroit automakers, but the soon-to-be Commander in Chief agrees with a Congressional demand to see concrete plans before any checks are signed. Obama's Cheif of Staff, David Axelrod...

Filed under: Government/Legal , Chrysler, LLC. , Ford , GM , Celebrities While there is definitely a huge rift between those who favor a Detroit bailout and those who would rather see the Big 3 fade away, you'd think that someone like Flint-native and documentary maker Michael Moore would be all...

Filed under: LA Auto Show , Podcasts , Chrysler, LLC. , Ford , GM , Lexus , Mazda If we were going to continue numbering things, this would technically be Autoblog Podcast #103. We had tried to record this comeback episode once already about three weeks ago, and that turned out to be the only time I've...