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Automobile Manufacturing

  • News

    April 13, 2011

    Alan Mulally Makes a Killing

    Why leaving Boeing may have been the Ford CEO's best decision yet.

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Alan Mulally, Ford CEO and Former Boeing Exec, Is Done with "Sacrifice"

    ​It seems like leaving Seattle was the best thing that ever happened to Alan Mulally. In 2006, it was hard not to feel just a little sorry for the outgoing head of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Yes, he was finally becoming a CEO--but at Ford Motor, a company immersed in the malaise of the car i ... More >>

  • News

    June 16, 2010

    Murray Stumps for Biodiesel

    But will it do much for our dependence on oil?

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Microsoft's Loss Is General Motors' Gain?

    Will its new SUVs be Windows 7-compatible?​You could call this bailing out of one large corporation to join the bailout of another. Former Microsoft chief financial officer Christopher P. Liddell left his old post last month. But instead of joining a startup or making pottery in Peru, like oth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Reader: Used Car Salesman May Be Shady, but They're Nothing Compared to Bail Bonds

    Flickr"Do I have a deal for you!"​Reader chickenhead responds to Bail Bonds Outfit That Sprung Maurice Clemmons Also Passing the Buck. He says that in the hierarchy of shady industries, used car salesman have the right to feel superior to the lowly bail bondsman. "Comparing Jail Sucks to used ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    GM Hands Boeing Perfect Opportunity to Restore Company Goodwill

    Saab--to be reborn from a maker of jets?​We, along with every other editorial voice in the Northwest, have repeatedly bashed Boeing for opting to build its 787 Dreamliner in South Carolina. But now struggling General Motors is handing Boeing a perfect PR gesture to earn the goodwill of enginee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    Wanna Know Why GM Is Going Bankrupt?

    Project P.U.M.A. The Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility. Apparently General Motors and Segway have teamed up to create an electric wheelchair with a roll cage. Would have company head honchos who'd green light a lemon like this, it's game over. How trendy. There's almost room on the thing f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Mightier Than the Mini?

    Understandably overlooked in the news today was the news (see the NYT and Jalopnik) that ailing Chrysler just sold 35% of itself to Fiat, which hasn't imported cars to America since the '80s. Why should Seattle drivers care? Because Fiat makes super cool subcompacts like the revived 500 (pictured ab ... More >>

  • News

    December 24, 2008

    Land Rover and Friends vs. Seattle

    We want our $700,000 back.

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    Non-Snow News

    Yes, there is snow falling outside. But still, government, taxes, and that economic storm we heard so much about until last night's "thundersnow" (does anyone else think the National Weather Service's description of our storm sounds like a 1980's kids cartoon?) haven't gone anywhere, so a little non ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2008

    Mulally's $1 Fake-out

     FoMoCo's MulullayAs the CEO of Boeing Commerical Airplanes in Seattle, Alan Mulally, now Ford Motor Co. CEO, knew how to feed at the public trough for his multi-billion-dollar private corporation. He helped steer Boeing and its new 787 production line towards a $3.2 billion, 20-year tax break ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    James Bond, Eco-Warrior

    Yes, the generally poorly reviewed new 007 movie opens with a car chase, with Daniel Craig at the wheel of a gas-guzzling Aston Martin DBS. (That's a V12 supercar rated by the EPA at 12 mpg city, and 18 on the highway.) But that's not all he drives. As a passenger of love interest Olga Kurylenko, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Neil Young Offers Advice To Auto Industry

    Basically, his opinion echos that of many of forward-thinking Americans: Pull your head out of your ass, Detroit, and start manufacturing goddamned green vehicles! How To Save A Major Automobile Company Auto manufacturers taking advantage of a government bailout must only sell clean and green v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2008

    If You Want to See Dylan Next Month ...

    Basically, his opinion echos that of many of forward-thinking Americans: Pull your head out of your ass, Detroit, and start manufacturing goddamned green vehicles! How To Save A Major Automobile Company Auto manufacturers taking advantage of a government bailout must only sell clean and green v ... More >>

  • News

    October 17, 2007

    When It Comes to Biodiesel, How Pure Is Too Pure?

    Enviros cry foul at Ford’s pump-perplexing warranty policy.

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