Author: Richard Truett

In the battle for pickup buyers, Detroit’s automakers are rolling out innovations at a furious pace. The latest part of the truck to go high tech: the humble tailgate.

To remake the Mazda3 for 2019, Mazda engineers first studied human bones, muscles and spines.

Veteran Jaguar designer Wayne Burgess, once a candidate to eventually replace Jaguar design director Ian Callum, has left JLR and joined Geely Auto Group.

Continental’s North American CEO says consumers won’t value new safety technologies for self-driving vehicles if they don’t understand how they work.

Canada’s largest supplier says if the numbers work out, it would consider a North American plant for contract manufacturing.

The top engine in the heavily re-engineered Ram 3500 is the most powerful ever offered in a regular production pickup.

The 4,500 layoffs Jaguar Land Rover announced this week will impact an undisclosed number of employees in the company’s North American operations.

A strict retro Defender would have been instantly written off by Rover fans looking for something new. A completely different looking vehicle from the original would have brought the ire of traditionalists. So there was never any way to please everyone.

Veteran supplier executive Frank Lubischer, president of Brose North America, died Dec. 24, the company said Monday. He was 56.

Jim Perkins focused on doing what was right at Chevrolet — even when GM didn’t agree.