Continuing coverage: Auto industry in crisis
A six-month forced march into a dramatically different U.S. auto industry is coming to a climax. From the grilling of auto executives on Capitol Hill to the government-mandated ouster of General Motors' leader to Chrysler and GM's plunge into bankrupcy, the domestic automakers are being downsized and reshaped.
What will be salvaged? What long-term future can be planned? In front of a backdrop of plummeting sales and stock prices, the answers will come soon. Track the developments in this special section.
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GM deadline crucial
The Treasury Department could stop financing General Motors' restructuring, forcing the automaker to liquidate, if a sale of the automaker's best assets is not approved by July 10. - 07/01/2009
Rattner praises Chrysler exit
In a wide-ranging interview Monday, the Obama administration's top auto adviser said Chrysler's emergence from bankruptcy in just 42 days had gone almost exactly to form. - 06/16/2009
GM slashes pensions at the top
General Motors is making dramatic reductions in the pensions of some of its outgoing high-level executives -- a move that is expected to cost ousted CEO Rick Wagoner up to $15 million. - 06/13/2009
Daniel Howes
Meddling with GM? Not us, feds say
Don't know what's more laughable: federal officials, including a president of the United States, who say they don't want to run General Motors but do. Or a GM CEO who denies altering business decisions under political duress but does. - 06/12/2009
Commentary
Retirees and pensions fuel GM's downfall
General Motors has declared bankruptcy as a result of a number of things -- bad management, poor products and screwy labor relations. But in the end, the biggest problem that GM couldn't solve concerned the company's retirees. - 06/12/2009
Global auto industry realigns
The shock waves from Detroit's desperate struggle for survival are rippling across the global auto industry, bringing radical changes in a matter of months. Foreign automakers are seizing opportunities amid the turmoil as U.S. automakers shed assets and brands to focus on their core operations. - 06/11/2009
Leadership sets Chrysler on new course
Chrysler Group LLC employees on Wednesday officially met the new boss -- and he's not like the old boss -- nor does he intend to run the automaker the same way. - 06/11/2009
Daniel Howes
Howes: Old look to the new Chrysler
The new Chrysler, sprung from bankruptcy Wednesday, is not the old Chrysler. Or is it? It's leaner, smaller and lighter by 789 dealers. It's got a new CEO, Sergio Marchionne, a promoted deputy CEO, Jim Press, and the makings of a new board. - 06/11/2009
Adviser defends auto strategy
A top adviser to the Obama administration's auto task force defended the government's handling of the restructuring of GM and Chrysler Wednesday. - 06/11/2009
GM protects global strategy with Opel deal
Most Germans think of Adam Opel GmbH as a German carmaker, but it has been part of General Motors since 1929 and recently began to play a critical role in GM's global product development strategy. - 06/11/2009
Manny Lopez
Anti-media plan bad for UAW
The call came unexpectedly. "Hello, Mr. Lopez, Mark Gaffney, the head of the Michigan AFL ..." - 06/11/2009
GM to reverse closing of 41 dealerships
General Motors has agreed to reverse its decision to close 41 of the 2,100 dealerships it plans to shutter in bankruptcy, as pressure mounts on automakers to do more for their dealers. - 06/11/2009
Auto outsider to lead GM board
The new General Motors will have a new, blunt-talking industry outsider overseeing the automaker's management later this summer who has experience transforming heavily regulated companies. - 06/10/2009
'Sad day' for Chrysler dealers
New York -- A federal bankruptcy court approved Chrysler LLC's request to close a quarter of its dealerships effective immediately, ending an era for dealers in 49 states and sparking heartbreak among longtime dealers across the nation. - 06/10/2009
GM tweaks dealer rules
General Motors has told its roughly 4,000 surviving dealers that they must stop selling non-GM brands in their showrooms by the end of this year. They must also be prepared to sell more vehicles and improve the look of their showrooms, if necessary. - 06/10/2009
Way cleared for Chrysler sale
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for the sale of Chrysler LLC's assets and its tie-up with Italian automaker Fiat SpA. - 06/10/2009
'Cash for clunkers' bill now up to Senate
Washington -- The auto industry and Michigan lawmakers are pushing for quick Senate action on "cash for clunkers" legislation to boost auto sales, after the House overwhelmingly passed such a bill Tuesday. - 06/10/2009
Editorial: Risk and reward
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to intervene in the Chrysler bankruptcy gives the auto firm a reprieve, but it creates new risks and problems for all companies seeking to raise capital. - 06/10/2009
Editorial: Carmakers don't need Congress' involvement
President Barack Obama is maintaining the illusion that he doesn't want to run a car company, even as the details emerge of his administration's deep and daily involvement in the bankruptcy strategies of General Motors and Chrysler. - 06/10/2009
Daniel Howes
Howes: In Supreme Court, Chrysler bankruptcy paves new legal road
It doesn't take a law degree to understand why the fate of Chrysler and its ostensibly life-saving deal with Fiat now rests with the U.S. Supreme Court. - 06/09/2009
GM reaches agreement with dealers
General Motors reached a deal with the National Automobile Dealers Association on franchise terms for the more than 3,500 dealers it plans to keep after it exits bankruptcy, GM and NADA said Monday night. - 06/09/2009
Bush, Obama aides differ on GM collapse
Former Bush administration officials and the Obama administration are in a war of words over who is responsible for the collapse of General Motors. - 06/09/2009
GM drops medium-duty trucks, opens battery lab
General Motors Corp. shed another bad asset Monday by scrapping its medium-duty truck business after a fruitless four-year search for a buyer. The move came on the day GM unveiled a new battery lab seen as key to the automaker's reinvention. - 06/09/2009
Right-wing radio hosts Hewitt and Limbaugh back GM boycott
A pair of right-wing radio hosts says there's only one choice for conservatives angry about government involvement in the auto industry: Boycott GM. - 06/09/2009
Chrysler creditors to appeal
Chrysler LLC's creditors have until Monday to file a last-ditch appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in their bid to block the company from selling its good assets out of bankruptcy court to a group headed by Italy's Fiat SpA. - 06/06/2009
Michigan reps seek answers on GM closures
Michigan's congressional delegation, stung this week by news of new General Motors plant closings, asked Friday for a meeting with CEO Fritz Henderson amid word that the automaker would delay closing a Massachusetts parts facility in the district of an influential lawmaker. - 06/06/2009
Daniel Howes
GOP falls flat with its auto arguments
Congressional Republicans at some point might break through with their serial laments on the metastasizing auto bailouts-cum-bankruptcy -- but they haven't yet. - 06/05/2009
Chrysler dealers plead their case to stay open
They survived floods, wars and recessions. But not the collapse of Chrysler LLC. - 06/05/2009
Five times ugly equals GM's automotive failures
The causes of General Motors's descent into bankruptcy are complex, but its failures are tangible enough in a rogue's gallery of unloved and unlovely cars and trucks. - 06/04/2009
Daniel Howes
Commentary: Ford gives model for recovery
There's one powerful counterargument to the gloomy script of inevitable Detroit decline -- Ford Motor Co., the cross-town rival little more than two years ago given up for dead, mortgaged to the hilt, dumping brands and bleeding market share. - 06/04/2009
Auto execs defend dealer cuts in Senate visit
Top executives at General Motors and Chrysler defended their decision to cut a total of at least 3,000 dealers while the two automakers are in bankruptcy court. - 06/04/2009
Obama official tries to quell auto fears
A high-level Obama administration official spent a couple hours in Michigan on Wednesday to allay people's fears about the future of the domestic automakers and to tell business and community leaders how the government can help make them whole again. - 06/04/2009
Manny Lopez
Commentary: Obama won't let GM fail
When the dust settles on the reorganization rollercoaster here in Detroit, the nation and the world will go back to ignoring us. - 06/04/2009
Brian O'Connor
On the Fritz: Government paychecks out of whack with GM CEO's salary
At an annual base salary of $1.3 million, GM's CEO out-earns President Barack Obama's $400,000 yearly paycheck by more than three times. - 06/04/2009
Editorial: GM should keep releasing finances to public
Contrary to the statements of some General Motors executives, it is still very much a public company, even as it goes through the bankruptcy process. It should still make all the financial disclosures it did before it went to court. - 06/04/2009
More GM dealers set to close
General Motors is eliminating more dealers than initially reported and taking a tough stance with the rest of its retailers who must agree to stricter sales and performance targets or be eliminated in bankruptcy court. - 06/03/2009
Top auto figures may take a pension hit
The bankruptcy filings of General Motors and Chrysler will likely cost former and current top executives including Rick Wagoner, Robert Lutz and Lee Iacocca big money. - 06/03/2009
GM makes tentative deal to sell Hummer to Tengzhong
General Motors has a tentative deal to sell its Hummer brand to Chinese-based Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co., Ltd., the automaker said Tuesday. - 06/03/2009
Obama officials rush aid to Metro Detroit
Obama administration officials fanned out across Metro Detroit on Tuesday, offering $59 million in federal money, advice about jobs and a vision for the future in the wake of General Motors Corp.'s bankruptcy filing. - 06/03/2009
Senate closes in on 'cash-for-clunkers' vote
Washington -- Consumers are a step closer to getting thousands of dollars to trade in gas-guzzling vehicles for new models. - 06/03/2009
Editorial: Let GM run GM
President Barack Obama's administration has set forth sound principles for handling the government's ownership in General Motors. - 06/03/2009
Editorial: President Obama should accept invitation to speak at National Summit in Detroit
President Barack Obama is dispatching his cabinet members across the nation to explain and build support for his economic policies. That's fine, but Michigan, the state with the biggest stake in those policies, deserves to hear the message from the horse's mouth. - 06/03/2009
Ron Gettelfinger: Labor Voices
Commentary: Automakers get chance to rebuild
In the face of these enormous challenges, it's important to note what our union and our industry has accomplished in recent months. - 06/03/2009
Reinventing GM
Michigan feels brunt of GM's bankruptcy
Michigan will suffer the greatest under General Motors Corp.'s decision to shutter strip_ledemore plants and shed more workers. - 06/02/2009
Daniel Howes
Commentary: Day of infamy
There's no doubting the historic import of GM's bankruptcy filing Monday, the brutal humbling of an American corporate icon and confirmation that taxpayers in the United States and Canada will own 72% of an automaker to be considered an arm of government -- until it isn't. - 06/02/2009
Henderson: Fast recovery 'of the essence'
General Motors Corp. CEO Fritz Henderson is racing against time as he pushes to transform the automaker into a lean competitor under the taint of bankruptcy while holding on to its customers and keeping alive its suppliers. - 06/02/2009
Reinventing GM: Michigan impact
Michigan communities await fallout
Michigan communities that once thrived because of General Motors braced for a bumpy ride Monday after the automaker filed for bankruptcy. - 06/02/2009
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Reinventing GM: National impact
GM's fall felt across the nation
Across the country there was much taking stock Monday after General Motors Corp. -- the one-time leviathan of American industry -- declared bankruptcy. - 06/02/2009
Will GM buyers come back?
Government intervention and a radical restructuring plan that will shave billions off General Motors Corp.'s debt won't help save the automaker unless it gets shoppers into its showrooms. - 06/02/2009
Granholm: 'Safety net' will feel impact
State financial experts allowed for a General Motors bankruptcy when they drew up tax collection estimates last month showing the budget will fall $3 billion short over the next two years, state officials said Monday. - 06/02/2009
Reinventing GM: Political reaction
GOP attacks U.S. role in restructuring
National Republicans attacked the government's role in General Motors Corp.'s restructuring Monday, saying the Democratic Obama administration had "trampled" the rights of lenders to reward "union cronies." - 06/02/2009
Reinventing GM: Industry reaction
Chrysler seeks to close Fiat deal Thursday
Chrysler has asked the federal bankruptcy judge overseeing its case to close the deal Thursday to sell its bankrupt assets to a new automaker in partnership with Fiat. - 06/02/2009
Delphi sold in $3.6B deal
Detroit -- While its former parent formally entered bankruptcy proceedings Monday, auto parts manufacturer Delphi Corp. reached a deal to sell the bulk of its assets to a private-equity firm and finally emerge from bankruptcy protection after nearly 4 years. - 06/02/2009
Reinventing GM: Market reaction
GM shares' fluctuations add to stock market's big bounce
Wall Street shrugged off the long-anticipated General Motors Corp. bankruptcy Monday, with the Dow Jones average soaring more than 200 points -- thanks in part to a bizarre temporary gain on shares of the bankrupt automaker. - 06/02/2009
FAQ: What to expect with bankruptcy
Q . Why is General Motors Corp. filing for bankruptcy? - 06/02/2009
Editorial: GM is risky business for Obama
Though it had been expected for weeks, Monday's bankruptcy filing by General Motors, for decades the world's largest automaker, was stunning. Chrysler, which is emerging from bankruptcy, had been through the bailout and merger processes before, but GM had always been a symbol of American industrial might. Now, the nation is embarked on what will hopefully be a brief experiment in government control of a giant auto company. - 06/02/2009
End of the line: Four brands GM plans to phase out or sell
The future is particularly uncertain for Hummer, Saab and Saturn; Pontiac's fate is sealed. - 06/02/2009
Editorial: GM bankruptcy is Michigan's darkest day
The General Motors bankruptcy is a hammer blow for a state that was already on its knees. - 06/02/2009
Reinventing GM
Commentary: GM driven to downsize
Now that General Motors Corp. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the focus will shift to a judge's deliberations, lenders' claims and other court actions. But even after the company emerges from bankruptcy, its greatest challenge will be to sell the cars and trucks the Obama administration will force it to build. - 06/02/2009
What they're saying
Excerpts on General Motors' bankruptcy filing on Monday. - 06/02/2009
Daniel Howes
Howes: GM bankruptcy is epic fall
Growing up in Flint, Dee Allen remembers the day in 1958 when General Motors Corp. chose his hometown to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The giant automaker, America's symbol of post-war prosperity, then was approaching the zenith of its power and wealth. - 06/01/2009
GM to appoint Koch restructuring officer
General Motors Corp. will appoint a chief restructuring officer today who will oversee the dismantling of the automaker's unwanted assets and free President and Chief Executive Officer Fritz Henderson to run the company. - 05/31/2009
Daniel Howes
Region reels from epic fall of a giant
Growing up in Flint, Dee Allen remembers the day in 1958 when General Motors Corp. chose his hometown to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The giant automaker, America's symbol of post-war prosperity, then was approaching the zenith of its power and wealth. - 05/31/2009
General Motors stock dives; Opel sold
Shares in General Motors sank below $1 Friday on what many investors anticipated would be their last trading day before an all-but-certain bankruptcy filing by the biggest U.S. automaker. - 05/30/2009
New Chrysler days from emerging
The fate of the newest incarnation of Chrysler, poised to emerge in Metro Detroit, won't be known until Monday or Tuesday. - 05/30/2009
UAW members accept GM deal
The United Auto Workers overwhelmingly approved concessions that will slash General Motors' labor costs and retiree health care burden, and now awaits details about 14 more plants GM will shutter as part of its restructuring. - 05/30/2009
Auto suppliers brace for hit
The bankruptcies of Visteon and Metaldyne occurring within hours of each other on Thursday, could be just the first in a rash of failures of auto parts suppliers. - 05/29/2009
Chrysler's sale of best assets to Fiat will be approved, chairman says
New York -- Chrysler LLC Chairman Robert Nardelli surprised a packed courtroom here on Thursday when he said he expects the sale of the bankrupt automaker's best assets to a new company with Fiat SpA to be approved today. - 05/29/2009
Daniel Howes
Suppliers feel the heat from GM's impending bankruptcy
As many as 1,400 suppliers to General Motors today expect to receive their cut of roughly $2 billion in payments from the beleaguered automaker, teetering near a historic bankruptcy filing likely to come as early as Monday. - 05/28/2009
Commentary
Big Three confront rough road
The crisis in Detroit and for the rest of the world's auto industry is intensifying as a depression level of auto sales continues to pummel the industry. If the government isn't careful about how it handles General Motors Corp. and the rest of the industry, it could make the problem even worse and further collapse the country's economy. - 05/28/2009
General Motors, Chrysler brace for a worrisome week
The next seven days could mark the biggest transformation ever of Detroit's auto industry. GM, which led the global auto industry for nearly a century, could face the ignominy of being forced into bankruptcy as early as this week. At the same time, crosstown rival Chrysler, which already was forced into bankruptcy, is likely to be sold to Italian automaker Fiat. - 05/26/2009
Bondholder face-off GM's next challenge
The most important week in General Motors Corp.'s history starts with a crucial labor meeting today, includes a showdown with bondholders and could be capped by one of the largest corporate bankruptcy filings ever. - 05/26/2009
Chrysler to seek OK for asset sale
The race through bankruptcy for Chrysler LLC culminates this week with a hearing to sell the company's best assets and prepare it for a fresh start with a new international partner. - 05/26/2009
Obama auto bailout draws fire
Members of Congress, who left GM and Chrysler on the brink of collapse five months ago, sought Friday to take control of the auto bailout, with dozens of lawmakers pressing claims for dealers, workers and lenders. - 05/23/2009
Magna confirms bid for Opel
Canadian supplier Magna International Inc. said Friday that it had teamed up with Russian financial institution Sberbank Rossii to bid for General Motors Corp.'s ailing German carmaker Adam Opel GmbH. - 05/23/2009
Daniel Howes
Lawmakers posture on Chapter 11
What did they expect from the creative destruction of Detroit Auto -- more business as usual? - 05/22/2009
Mitsubishi interested in supplying vehicles to Saturn dealership network
Japanese automaker Mitsubishi is in talks to supply vehicles to Saturn dealers if the brand and dealer network is sold this year, according to sources familiar with negotiations. - 05/22/2009
GM, UAW cut concessions deal; bondholders have until Tuesday to decide
General Motors bondholders risk being blamed for forcing the automaker into bankruptcy court now that the UAW has tentatively agreed to concessions 11 days before a government restructuring deadline. - 05/22/2009
UAW rallies to keep jobs in the U.S.
A rally in front of Chrysler LLC's Sterling Heights assembly plant Thursday attracted more than 400 United Auto Worker and community members to send a message to Congress that it is not right for the automaker to take millions in taxpayer dollars and close U.S. plants instead of shuttering facilities in other countries. - 05/22/2009
Daniel Howes
GM's Chapter 11 is inevitable
The voice on the other end of the line put it simply: Don't expect anything before June 1. But the executive's tone spoke clarity and inevitability. There's not much "probable" about it anymore, folks -- General Motors Corp., barring some unforeseen miracle, will declare bankruptcy, altering forever the foundation of the Detroit and global auto industries. - 05/21/2009
Ex-Piston Sura files first Saturn lawsuit
A Saturn dealership co-owned by former Detroit Pistons star Bob Sura has launched the first of an expected flood of lawsuits against General Motors arguing the automaker's plan to eliminate the brand rendered his franchise "worthless." - 05/21/2009
Ex-Duracell CEO to lead Fiat-Chrysler alliance
C. Robert Kidder will become chairman of a restructured Chrysler after the automaker emerges from bankruptcy as a new company allied with Italy's Fiat SpA. - 05/21/2009
Manny Lopez
Federal hypocrisy revisited
I rubbed my eyes and read it twice. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner actually said on Wednesday that the Obama administration wasn't getting involved in management decisions at General Motors. - 05/21/2009
Chrysler objections mount
A flurry of objections in the Chrysler LLC bankruptcy case continue to be filed in advance of a hearing next week to approve a tie-up with Fiat SpA. - 05/21/2009
Dealers aim to join Saturn bid
Local car dealers Joe Serra and David Fischer are in talks about partnering with Detroit auto tycoon Roger Penske to acquire Saturn's distribution network, according to people familiar with the discussions. - 05/20/2009
GM, UAW discuss savings
General Motors and the United Auto Workers held another round of talks at the Treasury Department Tuesday aimed at reaching a comprehensive labor savings agreement. - 05/20/2009
Editorial: Auto regulations come with price
Detroit's struggling auto companies have just been handed billions in additional costs to meet accelerated federal fuel economy requirements. The regulations will cost citizens additional money either through more taxpayer subsidies to the auto companies or through higher prices for vehicles, or both. - 05/20/2009
Daniel Howes
Commentary: President Obama's actions bring big change to auto industry
Two years ago this month, not-yet President Barack Obama laid it all out. Detroit would mass produce fuel-efficient cars, he told the Economic Club, invoking America's response to the onset of World War II. He was right, because the government-turned-chief-lender now can require it. And it will. - 05/19/2009
Dealers will take action against Chrysler
Chrysler dealers across the country are retaining lawyers to fight the termination of franchises and, failing that, to deal with inventory unsold as of the June 9 deadline. - 05/19/2009
Editorial: GM needs flexibility on number of imported cars
As General Motors and the United Auto Workers union negotiate the company's restructuring, there's a third party at the table that should be remembered -- the taxpayers. That means efforts to cut costs should take priority over other interests -- and the taxpayers' representative, the government, should help make that clear. - 05/19/2009
Editorial: Let's have fair treatment for closed auto dealerships
Saving General Motors and Chrysler is becoming an increasingly painful enterprise. What started as a surgical procedure has taken on the characteristics of a battlefield amputation. - 05/19/2009
Ford rejects big cuts in dealer network
Ford says it will not match big dealer cuts made by General Motors and Chrysler, and expects to benefit from the elimination of nearly 2,000 competing showrooms. - 05/19/2009
GM plans to shift overseas production
General Motors will shift more production of vehicles bound for the U.S. market to China, Mexico, South Korea and Japan, but will keep total imports at roughly one-third of all sales here. - 05/09/2009
Chrysler holdouts drop the fight, clearing way out of bankruptcy
The surrender Friday of a group of Chrysler's dissatisfied lenders removed the largest remaining obstacle to the automaker's quick emergence from bankruptcy. - 05/09/2009
GM, workers air concerns to auto recovery czar
President Barack Obama's auto industry recovery guru spent his second day in Michigan on Friday listening to the concerns of residents in southeastern Michigan and said he hopes to have answers soon on helping distressed cities. - 05/09/2009
Chrysler will pick dealer cuts by Thursday
Chrysler dealers are expecting to learn their individual fates by Thursday as the automaker chooses which dealerships will be part of a new and leaner company that emerges from bankruptcy. - 05/09/2009
Group lobbies for more federal aid to suppliers
Auto suppliers said Friday they are in crisis and may be forced out of business by temporary factory shutdowns at General Motors and Chrysler. - 05/09/2009
Daniel Howes
Commentary: General Motors can't avoid talk of bankruptcy
Now General Motors, the company that for so long officially refused to utter the "B" word, can't stop saying it. - 05/08/2009
Chrysler's first week rough
The first week of Chrysler's stay in bankruptcy was messier, costlier and more disruptive than the company or the Obama administration disclosed in the run-up to last Thursday's filing. - 05/08/2009
GM loss puts bankruptcy closer
Growing fear that General Motors will be forced to file for bankruptcy is scaring away buyers, a reality evident Thursday when the automaker reported a $6 billion first-quarter loss. - 05/08/2009
- What's good for hedge funds is destructive for Chrysler - 05/08/2009
- Commentary: UAW, General Motors headed for a showdown - 05/07/2009
- Chrysler lenders agree to deal with Treasury plan - 05/07/2009
- Obama's flawed auto logic - 05/07/2009
- Editorial: Auto Czar must bring national vision and listening ears to Michigan this week - 05/07/2009
- Chrysler dealers worry about their survival - 05/07/2009
- Fiat-Chrysler-Opel roadblocks look formidable - 05/07/2009
- Judge says Chrysler can accept bids - 05/06/2009
- Ford worries about suppliers - 05/06/2009
- 'Cash for guzzlers' compromise praised - 05/06/2009
- Chrysler incentive plans delayed - 05/06/2009
- Ford may hire 1,500 at Wayne - 05/06/2009
- GM 'open' to union concerns, CEO says - 05/06/2009
- GM-Opel, Fiat marriage would be big culture clash - 05/05/2009
- Chrysler loan payback iffy - 05/05/2009
- Fiat presses Opel alliance - 05/05/2009
- Penske may make play for Saturn - 05/05/2009
- 8 Chrysler facilities now considered liabilities - 05/02/2009
- Chapter 11 talk a shadow on industry - 05/02/2009
- Chrysler heads to bankruptcy court - 05/02/2009
- Chrysler courted many partners - 05/02/2009
- Commentary: Not even Obama knows the way Chapter 11 wind blows - 05/01/2009
- Fiat alliance likely to mean drastic changes to Chrysler lineup - 05/01/2009
- Day 1 for new Chrysler is anything but ordinary - 05/01/2009
- Obama confident bankruptcy will save Chrysler - 05/01/2009
- Fiat takes an active role - 05/01/2009
- Chrysler bankruptcy puts attention on GM - 05/01/2009
- Reaction: Anger, but no panic - 05/01/2009
- Auto supply base faces threat - 05/01/2009
- Dealerships put hope in warranties - 05/01/2009
- Pain and gain await Chrysler in bankruptcy court - 05/01/2009
- Politicians, White House give Chrysler lenders tongue-lashing - 05/01/2009
- Chrysler's history full of crises, comebacks - 05/01/2009
- Nonprofits, arts groups feel Chrysler's pain - 05/01/2009
- Commentary: Obama's demagoguery hurts Chrysler's future - 05/01/2009
- Officials weigh in on Chrysler bankruptcy - 05/01/2009
- Obama 'very hopeful' about Chrysler's future - 04/30/2009
- Commentary: Chrysler a canary in bankruptcy coal mine - 04/30/2009
- Does any magic remain? - 04/30/2009
- Chrysler creditors may force Chapter 11 - 04/30/2009
- Commentary: Federal control of General Motors is game changer - 04/29/2009
- Chrysler pushed to brink - 04/29/2009
- GM to ax struggling dealers - 04/29/2009
- UAW trust won't get control of Chrysler - 04/29/2009
- GM's latest plan would cede control to U.S. - 04/28/2009
- UAW closer to stake in Chrysler - 04/28/2009
- GM's plan would cut deeper, quicker - 04/28/2009
- Daimler gives up stake in Chrysler - 04/28/2009
- Community fears fallout if Orion's Pontiac plant is targeted - 04/28/2009
- Leaner GM may give Ford short-term gains - 04/28/2009
- No Pontiac, Saturn bargains yet - 04/28/2009
- GM: All of Opel for sale - 04/28/2009
- Editorial: Will profit or politics prevail with U.S. owning GM? - 04/28/2009
- Commentary: Give Fiat-Chrysler deal a chance - 04/28/2009
- General Motors to dump Pontiac - 04/25/2009
- Mulally: Ford's plan working - 04/25/2009
- Labor deal reached for Chrysler, CAW - 04/25/2009
- Fiat defends pursuit of deals - 04/25/2009
- Employee stock fund unloads all GM stock - 04/25/2009
- Chrysler talks intensify - 04/24/2009
- Commentary: U.S. will blame bankers if Chrysler goes bankrupt - 04/24/2009
- General Motors cuts to slash surplus - 04/24/2009
- Schwarzenegger says Detroit can reinvent itself - 04/21/2009
- Chrysler finance unit rejects aid - 04/21/2009
- GM to cut 1,600 jobs this week - 04/21/2009
- GM bankruptcy risk grows - 04/18/2009
- Nardelli: Changes at top possible for Chrysler - 04/18/2009
- GM, Chrysler in line for more federal aid - 04/17/2009
- Delphi likely to miss bankruptcy deadline; GM, task force talks ongoing - 04/17/2009
- Save GM with bold trade stroke - 04/17/2009
- Equity group, dealers make Saturn bid - 04/16/2009
- Ford banks on its rivals' misfortune - 04/16/2009
- Fiat chief assumes larger role - 04/16/2009
- Talk of auto bankruptcy unavoidable - 04/16/2009
- Editorial: Temporary federal sales incentive for new cars could help struggling auto industry - 04/16/2009
- Retiree pensions are at risk - 04/15/2009
- Fiat races to strike Chrysler deal - 04/15/2009
- Bankruptcy looms over auto talks - 04/15/2009
- Michigan bets big on batteries: $300M in tax credits to spur new jobs - 04/15/2009
- Obama: GM, Chrysler must make 'unpopular choices' - 04/15/2009
- Commentary: Politics rule General Motors run to bankruptcy - 04/14/2009
- U.S. may swap GM debt for equity - 04/14/2009
- Debt restructuring helps Ford's credit - 04/14/2009
- Pro-Chrysler groups back a boycott of JPMorgan - 04/09/2009
- $5B aid on way to auto suppliers - 04/09/2009
- Auto aid may reshape Michigan politics - 04/09/2009
- Granholm fights for Chrysler - 04/08/2009
- Officials: $5B auto supplier aid close - 04/07/2009
- 'Sad day' if Big 3 fail, LaHood says - 04/04/2009
- DPS, GM run amok on denial - 04/03/2009
- Bipartisan consensus: Drive GM into bankruptcy - 04/03/2009
- Wagoner: The man who helped save America - 04/03/2009
- Obama adviser meets with Granholm, Cockrel on auto crisis - 04/02/2009
- Ford can compete, veteran engineer shows - 04/02/2009
- GM says it will save $1B if UAW OKs pacts - 04/02/2009
- Deals galore but consumers still wary - 04/01/2009
- New GM CEO doesn't rule out bankruptcy - 04/01/2009
- Auto dealers hope incentives attract buyers - 04/01/2009
- Approach new-car incentives with caution - 04/01/2009
- Commentary: Obama now in driver's seat - 04/01/2009











