BOSTON-In the words of George Hoffer, an economics professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, “The SUV craze was a bubble and now it is bursting…. It's an irrational vehicle. It'll never come back." MORE
TOULOUSE, France-As if Airbus didn’t have enough problems already, workers in France are threatening to strike over its current restructuring plan. MORE
DETROIT-Passenger cars outsold light trucks last month for the first time in at least two decades as soaring gasoline prices sent consumers scrambling to more fuel-efficient vehicles. MORE
DETROIT-Two months into their bitter strike, UAW employees at American Axle can't avoid the fact that high-quality manufacturing is increasingly being done more cheaply in places like Mexico and India. MORE