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Dealer Bill Wallace slashed inventory, invested in service to stay afloat
Wallace Automotive struggled to right-size inventory during the recession, but it also invested in service equipment and treated fixed ops staffers like superstars.
Star of the 2011 L.A. show, but a big failure at market research
A retired Automotive News reporter remembers the time Sergio Marchionne failed miserably in his audition as an entry-level market research intern.
ZF transforms itself for a new world
Germany's century-old ZF Friedrichshafen wants to make the transition from axle-maker, steering-maker and transmission-maker to a supplier of autonomous-drive technologies.
A farewell and a look back at my years at Automotive News
Thirty-two years ago today, I walked in the door at Crain Communications as a newly hired reporter for a startup publication called Crain's Detroit Business. Today, my 32nd anniversary, is also my last day working for the company that has given me so many opportunities. I am retiring to move on to new adventures.
How Cummins is tackling health-care costs
Diesel-maker Cummins Inc. is trying a new approach to tackle one of the business world's knottiest problems - the skyrocketing cost of U.S. health care. Its LiveWell Center offers not only easy-access traditional health care services, but also advice to help employees and their families lead healthier lives.
At Cummins clinic, patients get more time with the doctor
Cummins LiveWell Center offers employees lower health care fees, more in-depth counseling than traditional medical clinics.
Clarence Ditlow, 'guardian angel' of auto safety
Clarence Ditlow, who died Nov. 10 at age 72, played an instrumental role in making vehicles safer, more reliable and more fuel efficient.
Legends of retail: Bert Boeckmann
Dealer Bert Boeckmann, one of a select group of living legends who came of age just as the U.S. automotive landscape was changing dramatically, doesn't much like the term "legend." Yet, it applies.
When Alan Mullaly was a car salesman
Not long after taking over as Ford Motor Co. CEO in 2006, Alan Mulally was meeting with dealers in Las Vegas when someone suggested he visit Galpin Ford in Van Nuys, Calif., if he wanted to find out how the business really worked.
NAFTA on the ballot, and now on the table
Who knew free-trade resentments would be such a potent political force? Michael Moore did.
Clarence Ditlow, longtime auto safety crusader, dead at 72
Up until the end of his life late Thursday at age 72, Clarence Ditlow fought tirelessly to force the auto industry and federal and state regulators to make cars, SUVs, pickups and minivans safer.
Martin Leach took passion for racing to exec suite
From the age of 5, when he chose a push car as a birthday present, Martin Leach was happiest behind the wheel of an automobile, preferably a very fast one.
Galpin's chef: From 5-star fare to dealership kitchen
In 2002, Geovannni Euceda gave up his position as chef at the swank Beverly Hills Hotel.  He's been running an industry rarity -- a successful restaurant inside a car dealership -- ever since.
Adient begins life as world's No. 1 seat maker
Today, Oct. 31, the largest automotive supplier nobody ever heard of is to start business. That would be the $17 billion Adient, which is to launch on the New York Stock Exchange as a newly independent company and the world's No. 1 automotive seat maker.
Reliving the golden era of French luxury
Three-quarters of a century ago, French carmakers could go toe-to-toe with the world's best when it came to boundary-pushing style and grace.