A 1932 Duesenberg won Best of Show at the 2022 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The award hasn’t been given to an American car since 2013, and it went to a Mercedes-Benz in 2021. The Duesenberg is owned by Lee and Penny Anderson of Naples, Florida. Concours Chairman Sandra Button described the car as a combination […]
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DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. plans to eliminate 3,000 jobs globally this week, according to a letter sent to employees Monday and obtained by Automotive News. The automaker is cutting 2,000 salaried positions and 1,000 agency jobs, CEO Jim Farley and Executive Chair Bill Ford said. Affected employees in the U.S., Canada and India will
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The west Michigan mirror supplier Gentex has had a problem for the past few years. It has new business coming in fast and furious — but that’s not the problem. The issue is, like other manufacturers around the country, Gentex has been hampered by a shortage of workers to handle it. Many in the auto
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In addition to providing us with some funny, scary, and downright bemusing content, dashcams have become a popular way to protect one’s vehicle and determine fault in an accident. Depending on where you live, a car-mounted recorder can even reduce your insurance premium. But when it comes to purchasing one, things get a little trickier.
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Robert BoschNorth America Vice President of Electrification ErichBanhegyi Big Break: Being project leader of the team that designed Bosch’s first hybrid drive — an e-motor and clutch — which debuted in 2010. Age: 43 Valeo Regional Operations Quality Director FernandaBarrales Big Break: Moved from sales into a more technically challenging management career track in project
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The driver of a Mercedes-Benz E-Class thought he could take the premium sedan for a swim in Spain, in a quest to get his boat out of the water. Unfortunately, the E-Class got stranded on the shore, and the driver got a fine from the police for this illegal driving behavior. This photo of the
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Buoyed by the success of 2020’s Bacalar convertible, which has nearly completed its 12-car production run, Bentley has now introduced its next bespoke project, a coupe that goes by the name Batur. Unveiled late on Saturday during 2022 Monterey Car Week, the Batur is a large grand touring coupe based on the bones of the
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The world’s largest rubber duck and Fred Flintstone’s car will be coming to Detroit next month for the revival of the city’s auto show. Other attractions lined up for the show, which has been on hiatus since 2019, include life-size dinosaurs, monster trucks and jet suit demonstrations over the Detroit River. The giant duck —
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More than 3 million vehicles have been axed from automakers’ production schedules worldwide so far this year because of the microchip shortage — but that might be an undercount, according to AutoForecast Solutions. About 66,800 vehicles were added by AutoForecast Solutions to its running tally of chip-related production cuts this week, bringing the year-to-date total
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The BMW 5-Series, Audi A6 and Mercedes E-Class have, between them, a complete stranglehold on the European large luxury car market, their combined sales accounting for 71 percent of the segment in the first quarter of 2022. The Lexus ES that tops the U.S chart is way down at 1.9 percent of market share in
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