How Will America's Big Two Automakers Survive?After decades of market

How Will America's Big Two Automakers Survive?
After decades of market share losses, look for a leaner and more focused Big Two.
Ann Job

Auto supplier C&A initiates overhaul of N.C. operations (BizJournals)
ROXBORO - Bankrupt auto interior supplier Collins & Aikman will upgrade the equipment at one of its smaller plants in western North Carolina, but the company is not tipping its hand about the fate of its other manufacturing facilities in the state.

Sons keep innovator's dream alive (St. Petersburg Times)
The Wicker family has endured decades of complex patent battles over technology used to detect counterfeiting all over the world.

Auto industry puts a dismal '05 behind it (MENAFN)
Auto industry puts a dismal '05 behind it

The Truth About Fuel Economy Ratings
If your new car's actual fuel mileage does not match the fuel economy numbers on the window sticker, it's not necessarily your car's fault.
Ann Job

BASF Bids For Engelhard to Expand Into Car Parts (New York Times)
The BASF Group of Germany made a hostile takeover bid of for Engelhard, an American company that invented the catalytic converter for cars.

The road ahead (Tennessean)
D EARBORN -- At Ford Motor Co.'s Lincoln Design Center, designers cluster around a computer monitor that shows a 3-D rendering of a new concept car debuting next week at the North American International Auto Show.

Mazda's '03 Protege on recall list (The Daily Advance)
The Mazda Motor Corp. has issued a recall of its 2003 Mazda Protege because of potentially loose engine parts. The problem, as indicated in letters mailed recently to Protege owners, is that screws used to mount the intake manifold shutter valve may become loose and fall out.