Editorials
Calif. still has no business dictating technology

It is wrongheaded and inefficient for California to dictate that by 2025 15.4 percent of new vehicles sold in the state must be electric, fuel cell or plug-in hybrid vehicles. The plan violates the intent of the Obama ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb.6

Sin no more

Price fixing by suppliers, which is being revealed by a growing multicontinent investigation, threatens to undermine the trust between suppliers and their customers. Automakers and suppliers spent much of the last recession ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb.6

Factories, dealers must resolve renovations issue

Dealers are tearing up tile to match the right color of gray. As dealers and manufacturers come together this week in Las Vegas for the National Automobile Dealers Association convention, it is important to focus on a contentious ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan.30

If it's broke, fix it

In the days before auto sales tanked in 2008 and 2009, some automakers routinely foisted unwanted inventory on dealerships to keep factories up and running. That triggered ill effects, including the frequent need for a glut of retail ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan.30

Believe the experts, and give NHTSA the tools it needs

It is long past time to take the notion that some electronic gremlin caused sudden acceleration in Toyotas and bury it alongside the theories that President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States, the 9/11 attacks on the World ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan.23

Oh, the places they'll go

The National Automobile Dealers Association deserves praise for its determination to update and improve its annual convention -- especially the decision to move the event to April from its customary date in early February beginning in ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan.23

NADA must be reasonable about CAFE proposals

It's time for the National Automobile Dealers Association to reconsider its opposition to the Obama administration's proposed corporate average fuel economy standards for the 2017-25 model years. NADA is just about the last ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan.16

Ethanol isn't the answer; picking winners never is

Ethanol, once touted as a viable way to reduce America's dependence on imported oil, is rapidly fading from view as an automotive fuel. It's about time. On Jan. 1, a 30-year-old federal tax subsidy for corn-based ethanol went away ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan.9

Auto industry laid solid groundwork for a healthy 2012

You don't have to look far to see the progress made by the U.S. auto industry in 2011. From dealer profits to supplier innovation to an overall increase in sales, all signs point to a viable, profitable launching pad for the industry in ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan.2

Why Saab was doomed

What happens when you take a small, northern European brand with decades of loyal customers and inject a heavy dose of American influence, years of indecision and a vague notion of what the carmaker was supposed to be? You get Saab in ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan.2

And for 2012, I do solemnly resolve ...

Resolutions we may -- or may not -- hear for 2012: Alan Mulally, Ford Motor Co. CEO: Even though Boeing never sold luxury aircraft, I will embrace the idea of a luxury brand for Ford and wholeheartedly ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec.26

Avoid conflict over online shopping sites

The retail auto market is evolving again, due in part to the proliferation of Internet shopping sites such as TrueCar.com, Edmunds.com and shopautoweek.com. The last of those is part of Autoweek, a sister publication of ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec.19

Mild hybrids deliver

General Motors' decision to introduce its mild hybrid system, eAssist, in a big way proves that automakers can use a variety of technologies in the quest to achieve a corporate average fuel economy of 54.5 mpg by the 2025 model year. ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec.19

Good news on traffic deaths and a word of warning

Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that the number of traffic fatalities in the United States last year -- 32,885 -- represents the fewest people killed on U.S. roads in a year since 1949. That's good ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec.12

Confidence at Ford

The decision by the Ford Motor Co. board to restore a first-quarter stock dividend was a vote of confidence in the future of the company and in the assumption that the U.S. sales recovery is sustainable. The company has not paid a ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec.12

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