For everyone connected with the automobile business, whether in engineering, design, manufacturing or retailing, hope springs eternal. During press days at the Geneva motor show, everyone seemed to be commenting that we have seen the worst of ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | March8

Bob Lutz once told me that real car guys, guys with vision -- he seemed to be describing himself -- didn't need consumer clinics to develop hot new products. After all, he reasoned, consumers can judge concepts only by what's already on the road. ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | March8

Toyota wanted to be General Motors. And now Volkswagen wants to be Toyota.Be careful what you wish for.The grilling of Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda by our congressional committees was embarrassing for almost everybody -- Toyoda; ... 12:48 pm U.S. ET | Feb.25

There has been a lot of talk about the new normal in the industry. NADA has a new normal: People who are here are here to work. After a lot of time on the floor Sunday -- a day when the crowds felt thinner -- the consensus is that the survivors ... 6:46 pm U.S. ET | Feb.14

Oprah and me.Well, not exactly. I've never met the queen of daytime television, but we have a common cause. It's to stop people from texting while driving.Eleven years ago, I wrote a column advocating stiff penalties for using a cell phone ... 3:42 pm U.S. ET | March12

Catalytic converters, diesel particulate filters, hybrid drivetrains -- the shock of being late on these technologies still runs deep among German automakers.The proud German auto industry doesn't want to be told again that it didn't recognize ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct.20

No doubt most industry watchers arrived in Detroit last week with low expectations.For that you can thank the dismal economy and the underwhelming Tokyo and Los Angeles shows that concluded 2009. But hold on. The 2010 Detroit show was filled ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan.18

The U.S. jobless rate remaining at 9.7 percent is an abstract number. It’s a big-picture number that tells auto dealers that the long-awaited sales recovery isn’t starting tomorrow. It’s a textbook Catch-22. Until hiring starts, ... 3:57 pm U.S. ET | March9

SHANGHAI -- Of the two Chinese companies chasing foreign auto brands, Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. has already given up its pursuit of Hummer. How much chance does the second -- Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. -- now have of ... 3:52 pm U.S. ET | March10