Larry P. Vellequette
Automotive News
Detroit, MI, United States
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Why manufacturing could become a commodity
By automating factories with processes, machinery and even products that can communicate with each other, plants of the future will be transformed into highly profitable ventures capable of producing multiple products for different customers, a leading expert said. → Read More
Toyoda's trade stand too polite for its own good
Akio Toyoda paused a 60-year-plus history of genteel relations with the U.S. to criticize the Trump administration's trade policies, but the message might still have been too subtle to register with its intended target. → Read More
Is Sergio plotting to have a starved Chrysler whacked? Looks like it to me
The Chrysler brand isn't weak because consumers abandoned it. It's weak because FCA did. → Read More
FCA posts $1 billion Q4 profit, predicting 'strong likelihood we'll outperform Ford in 2018'
FCA said its fourth-quarter net profit nearly doubled to $1 billion and it stood by aggressive 2018 financial targets. CEO Sergio Marchionne said there is a 'strong likelihood we'll outperform Ford in 2018.' → Read More
Why we shouldn't let the VW scandal kill diesel powertrains
Volkswagen's travails aside, modern diesel engines such as Fiat Chrysler's 3.0-liter EcoDiesel V-6 still deserve a seat at the main table of automakers' fuel economy strategies. → Read More
Marchionne confirms Ram 1500 output switching Mich. plants in 2018
Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne confirmed that production of the Ram 1500 pickup would move about 10 miles north to FCA's Sterling Heights Assembly Plant from the Warren Truck Assembly Plant in suburban Detroit. The move would coincide with the start of production of the next-generation Ram 1500 in early 2018, he said. → Read More
Marchionne confirms Ram 1500 output moving to Sterling Heights in 2018
Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne today confirmed that production of the Ram 1500 pickup would move about 10 miles south to FCA's Sterling Heights Assembly Plant from the Warren Truck Assembly Plant in suburban Detroit. The move would coincide with the start of production of the next-generation Ram 1500 in early 2018, he said. → Read More
What FCA employees need to hear from their leaders; FCA responds
Fiat Chrysler's year-long obsession with a merger is taking a toll within the company in ways that don't show up on the balance sheet. → Read More
Dodge Journey will keep riding old platform
The Dodge Journey, which was due to be redesigned on a new platform this fall, will instead soldier on with few changes for at least two more model years, according to a company source. → Read More
What FCA employees need to hear from their leaders
Fiat Chrysler's year-long obsession with a merger is taking a toll within the company in ways that don’t show up on a balance sheet. → Read More
FCA recalls 1.1 million sedans, SUVs with Euro-style shifters after injuries
Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 1.1 million SUVs and sedans worldwide with European-style electronic shifters to prevent the vehicles from moving if a driver forgets to put the vehicles in park. → Read More
Former supplier executive to serve 18 months in U.S. for price fixing
A former high-ranking executive with Japanese supplier Nishikawa Rubber has pleaded guilty and will serve 18 months in a U.S. prison for his role in fixing the prices of automotive body sealing products, the U.S. Department of Justice said today. → Read More
Alfa-Romeo Stelvio crossover breaks cover, expected in late 2017
Spy photographers in Europe have caught glimpses of the Alfa Romeo Stelvio, a crossover being developed off a new Giorgio platform that features prominently in the brand's plan for North America. → Read More
New Jeep will be revealed in Brazil in 3rd qtr.
The Jeep SUV due to replace the Compass and Patriot will be revealed this fall in Brazil before it debuts in the U.S., Jeep brand head Mike Manley says. → Read More
'Fiat's biggest cheerleader' leaving for new role as motivational speaker
A high-profile dealer advocate for Fiat is handing in her keys to take a new role as a motivational speaker. → Read More
FCA will cut shift at Mich. plant, lay off 1,300 on slow car sales
Fiat Chrysler is laying off a full shift of 1,300 employees at its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in suburban Detroit as the automaker transitions the factory away from production of the Chrysler 200. → Read More
Printed owner's manual about to be scrapped?
The automotive owner's manual appears to be headed toward the dustbin of history. → Read More
Karl Rove, Howard Dean agree: Trump will not be president
Former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean and Republican senior presidential adviser Karl Rove agree on one thing in a chaotic election year: Donald Trump will not be elected president of the United States. → Read More
Tesla proof U.S. wants made-to-order?
While dealers were sitting in make meetings in Las Vegas, more than 250,000 consumers were lining up to throw $1,000 deposits at Tesla for its Model 3, a new car that likely won't be delivered for at least 18 months. → Read More
FCA dealers told more Jeeps, Rams coming
Fiat Chrysler dealers got their first in-person look at the automaker's plans to build more SUVs and pickups, and also heard that the Chrysler 200 and Dodge Dart will change, but won't be going away. → Read More