What the industry hasn't been willing to say out loud is what we now know: In the process of pursuing the societal benefits of autonomous vehicles, some innocent lives may be sacrificed.

The merits of moving the Detroit auto show from January to October are obvious. It's time to quit staging the show in the depths of winter.

We're relieved to see members of Congress voice concerns about President Donald Trump's destructive trade policy, but it will clearly take more voices of reason to get through to a man who thinks trade wars are "good, and easy to win."

Be wary of automakers' attempts to dominate the distribution of goods in a way that might be bad for consumers or other intermediaries trying to do honest business.

Just as car dealership sales personnel are offered incentives to increase business, Nissan has offered its dealers incentives to reach higher. And in recent years, they did and sales climbed.

Subaru of America's 50th anniversary is a perfect time to contemplate what has made this brand so successful.

These must be gut-wrenching times for the men and women who pay dues each month to the UAW. No one wants to believe that their interests may have been sold out for personal gain.

The challenges ahead will require the industry's key players to be more in touch with their customers' emotions than they are now and more articulate about the problems they're trying to solve.

An auto show just isn't the same without the edgy or even flipped-out concept vehicles that used to be a staple at international shows, but have been on the wane.

For the typical consumer driving a nearly 12-year-old vehicle, car bodies on turntables cannot begin to convey what makes today's cars exceptional or how much they have changed in those dozen years.