Four of the biggest sellers of cars and trucks in the United States said Friday that their sales had plunged recently, reflecting the intense squeeze that a global semiconductor shortage […]
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Back to news homeHigh Octane and a Stick Shift: Standout Cars as an Era Starts to End
For speed demons — or demons wedded to hellacious fossil-fuel power — the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing checks off quite a list. A supercharged, 668-horsepower V-8. A top speed above 200 […]
Ford Will Build 4 Factories in a Big Electric Vehicle Push
The top wage for a Ford assembly line worker represented by the United Auto Workers is $32 an hour under a contract the company and union reached in 2019. Unionized […]
A Strange Voice on the Phone
Angela Merkel’s party comes up short in Germany. In yesterday’s election, the center-left Social Democratic Party led by Olaf Scholz won 1.6 percentage points more of the vote than Merkel’s […]
Why Manheim Used Vehicle Index is Wall St.’s Leading Inflation Indicator
The hottest ride on Wall Street right now is the humble used car.The cost of clunkers and dealership trade-ins has suddenly become market-moving information, with analysts, economists and traders fixating […]
Why Electric Cars Could Make American Roads Resemble Cuba
All those stories about Cubans keeping ancient American cars on the road are absolutely true. It is out of necessity: Trade embargoes prevent both U.S. cars and parts from making […]
As Germany Election Nears, Merkel Leaves a Strong But Vulnerable Economy
Ms. Merkel’s supporters say that she has helped the German economy dodge some bullets. Her sharp political instincts proved valuable during a eurozone debt crisis that began in 2010 and […]