Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. has opened a tech center in suburban Detroit. The center, the Indian conglomerate’s first in America is to support Mahindra’s tractor and automotive engineering operations in India, while at the same time offering consulting and design services for Mahindra’s auto customers in the area. The opening of the center is part […]

Though it seems like just yesterday that Henry Leland founded Cadillac, the stunning truth is that Leland performed this honorable act on August 22, 1902. Originally hired as a consultant by investors in Henry Ford’s auto-manufacturing plant in 1902 to help them figure out how they’d liquidate the plant after Ford had decided to leave […]

As is usually the case with politicians, it turns out that suddenly the presidential hopefuls are examining the automobile industry bailout of 2008-9 with 20/20 hindsight.  Republicans claim that the industry should have been allowed to go through a “structured bailout,” while Democrats claim that the bailout saved GM, Chrysler, Detroit, the country, and possibly […]

As 2011 was drawing its final curtain, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne and 200 of his automaker’s top executives spent half a day in downtown Detroit packing food boxes for hungry schoolchildren. The boxes were then forwarded to United Way’s Southeastern Michigan headquarters. In addition to the packing of boxes, the bearded CEO and his team […]

Observers of the auto and auto insurance industries believe that the Michigan House of Representatives will soon bring HB 4936 to the floor for a vote. Many also believe that the house bill will pass and greatly change the state’s automobile no-fault personal injury protection (PIP) insurance. If you call the Wolverine State home, you […]