Bigger is better only if it adds value and efficiency for dealers.

The mess at Fremont shows that in terms of managing a factory, Tesla is not at the cutting edge, but surprisingly behind the times.

When Bill Ford handed over his job to Mulally, he had his back. It worked. He needs to make that a priority again.

If the auto industry wants to preserve NAFTA, then automakers and suppliers ought to offer something in return: good jobs for skilled workers.

Ford has installed a “visionary” as its CEO. But without enough focus to go with that vision, Ford may end up just spinning its wheels.

Racing is the soul and maybe even the starting point of the auto industry. That's why this issue of Automotive News is dedicated to the sport of automobile racing.

States should use their portion of the $2.7 billion Environmental Mitigation Trust fund for reducing air pollution.

The deaths of four people, with eight more hospitalized, at Lynnway Auto Auction outside Boston should be a wake-up call to the industry.

It's increasingly clear that U.S. auto sales have peaked after an impressive seven years of growth.

With sales figures like it has, it ought to be China — not the U.S., Europe or Japan — that dictates the future of what we call global vehicles.

There's nothing inherently wrong with fleet sales. The problem arises when you mismanage the opportunity.

The 840-hp Dodge Challenger SRT Demon from Fiat Chrysler is so inherently dangerous to the common safety of motorists that its registration as a road-worthy automobile should be banned.

We've never seen a U.S. strategy like the one PSA Group -- maker of Peugeots and Citroens -- has embarked on.

Dealer-factory relations have always been uneasy in the auto industry, but a relentless fixation on new-vehicle volumes is creating fresh tensions.

When r&d executives at big automotive companies say there's no end in sight to all the spending needed to do everything the industry wants to do, we believe them. Stirring the global business are new safety technologies, autonomous drive strategies, new concepts in mobility and the industry's efforts to improve fuel economy.

This year's list of Automotive News Rising Stars shows that one way or another, the car industry is now getting its share of the modern whiz kids. Congratulations to the industry for attracting them.