Missouri

Ford to add 2,000 jobs, raise F-150 capacity at Kansas City plant

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 2, 2013
Ford plans to hire an additional 2,000 workers at its Kansas City Assembly Plant to meet increased demand for F-150 pickups and for the upcoming production of the new Transit family of commercial vehicles.... Read More »

 

Dealers' fraud suit against Mahindra can move ahead, U.S. judge rules

2:29 pm U.S. ET | March 11, 2013
Five dealers who claim they were defrauded by Mahindra & Mahindra have won their first small legal victory in federal court against the Indian automaker -- the right to be heard.... Read More »

 

JAMIE LaREAU

Southern dealers say good riddance to Isaac, but Midwesterners welcome its remnants

3:03 pm U.S. ET | Aug. 31, 2012
Missouri dealer Lynn Thompson is consumed by the weather reports. In a soft Missouri drawl, Thompson repeatedly expresses a desperate hope that the remnants of what once was Hurricane Isaac will reach his community.... Read More »

 

PHILIP NUSSEL

Why the governors’ plan is good for taxpayers, automakers

11:43 am U.S. ET | Aug. 9, 2012
When the leaders of Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, and Tennessee appeared at the 2012 Management Briefing Seminars here on Wednesday to say that they were forming the bi-partisan National Governors Auto Caucus, there was reason to hope this might be something more than political grandstanding.... Read More »

 

2012 MANAGEMENT BRIEFING SEMINARS

Four governors form caucus for automotive collaboration

2:03 pm U.S. ET | Aug. 8, 2012
Four state governors today announced the formation of a bipartisan caucus to create initiatives and policies to aid growth in the nation's largest manufacturing industry.... Read More »

 

Hendrick Automotive changes the names of Kansas City stores

5:09 pm U.S. ET | June 27, 2012
Hendrick Automotive Group is renaming its eight Kansas City-area dealerships over the next 10 months. The dealerships' names will change from “Superior” to “Hendrick,” the company said in a statement Wednesday.... Read More »