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Whirlpool hires ex-Ford designer J Mays

As vice president and chief design officer, the longtime automotive executive will be charged with "translating consumer insights, needs and wants ... into next-generation product design concepts" at the West Michigan-based appliance maker. → Read More

Whirlpool hires ex-Ford designer J Mays

As vice president and chief design officer, the longtime automotive executive will be charged with "translating consumer insights, needs and wants ... into next-generation product design concepts" at the West Michigan-based appliance maker. → Read More

U.S. auto sales on pace for second increase of year, but headwinds loom

U.S. new-vehicle sales are on pace to reach the highest March volume since at least 2001, but that does not necessarily mean another banner year for new car sales. → Read More

Ex-FCA labor chief Iacobelli, widow of UAW VP charged in lucrative conspiracy

The charges are related to a broad multiyear conspiracy to pocket money and gifts, violating the Labor Management Relations Act. → Read More

GM plans to cut shift at Warren plant

The automaker did not reveal how many jobs would be eliminated at its Warren Transmission Operations facility, which employs about 630 hourly workers and 100 salaried workers. → Read More

Before Ford, Hackett built reputation on transforming Steelcase

The longtime CEO of the Grand Rapids-based furniture maker also ran the University of Michigan's athletics department before outgoing Ford CEO Mark Fields tapped him to steer the automaker's investments in new forms of mobility. → Read More

Ford names ex-Steelcase chief Jim Hackett as CEO; embattled Fields steps down

Hackett, also the former athletic director at the University of Michigan who hired head football coach Jim Harbaugh, has headed Ford's mobility unit since its creation last year. → Read More

GM's Maven launches service aimed at freelancers

Maven Gig is aimed at the growing number of people working as independent contractors. It is launching in San Diego, followed by San Francisco and Los Angeles later this year. → Read More

GM CEO Mary Barra's salary up 14%, but total pay falls to $22.6 million

Each of the Detroit-based automaker's top four executives received a higher salary in 2016 but no bonus and none of the one-time awards given in 2015. → Read More

Ford issues five recalls for 285,000 N.A. vehicles

Ford today issued five recalls covering a total of about 285,000 vehicles in North America for problems that include transmissions downshifting into first gear at high speeds, poor welding and tires damaged by a factory conveyor belt. The recalls are connected to four crashes and one injury, Ford said. → Read More

Ford to invest $1.4 billion to build 10-speed transmissions for 2017 F-150

Ford today said it plans to spend $1.4 billion creating 500 jobs and upgrading a Detroit-area plant to build 10-speed transmissions for the 2017 F-150 pickup. → Read More

Ford's plan: Create a bit of Silicon Valley in Dearborn

A decade from now, Ford plans to have 30,000 employees housed on two Silicon Valley-like campuses in Dearborn, rather than scattered across the city in some 70 buildings. → Read More

Lincoln prices Continental from $45,485

The 2017 Lincoln Continental will have a starting price of $45,485 including shipping, several thousand more than the MKS it replaces but still less than most similar-sized luxury sedans. → Read More

Ford begins taking applications to buy 'mid-$400,000s' GT supercar

The 2017 Ford GT will have a starting price 'in the mid-$400,000s' plus destination and delivery charges, Ford said as it began taking applications today for the first 300 to 500 cars. → Read More

Ford to replace aging research, engineering campus in Mich. with high-tech product complex

Ford plans to begin a sweeping overhaul of its 63-year-old research and engineering campus near Detroit this month, transforming an inefficient hodgepodge of buildings into a “modern, green and high-tech” environment that centralizes more employees to encourage collaboration and innovation. → Read More

Uber hires top Ford electrical engineer

One of Ford’s top electrical engineers has left the automaker to help the ride-hailing company Uber pursue self-driving vehicles. Uber said it hired Sherif Marakby as vice president of global vehicle programs. → Read More

Ford to invest $1.6 billion in new Mexico small-car plant, create 2,800 jobs

Ford will invest $1.6 billion to build a new small-car assembly plant in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi, creating 2,800 jobs by 2020. The automaker said the move will not affect jobs in the U.S. → Read More

Exhibitors add unique touches, fun to turn heads

For its first NADA convention, Car360 got a booth in a distant corner of the show floor. But it still had little trouble drawing a constant gaggle of onlookers intrigued by the DeLorean it put on display. → Read More

Lincoln says it has 40,000 potential buyers for Continental

Lincoln already has a list of 40,000 people who have expressed interest in buying the upcoming Continental, and brand executives on Saturday said they plan to start working with dealers soon to help turn those leads into reservations ahead of the sedan's arrival this fall. → Read More

Ford brand stair-step program to remain in place

The Ford brand is extending its year-old stair-step incentive program at least through July and making some tweaks in response to feedback from dealers, but executives are still evaluating whether it should remain in place long-term. → Read More