Transparency, and Some Retail Auto Industry History

Ruggles “Transparency” is one of the new buzz words in the retail auto industry these days. Dealers are urged to be transparent with their...

The Auto Industry: Journals from Detroit

My students have now a cumulative 150+ blog posts on the auto industry, plus 13 separate journals from our visits to firms and other events ...

Technological Surprises: PACE and PNGV at 20

I've test driven a number of cars the past week, and what I've seen is a cautionary tale on mapping technological trajectories. Two ...

Detroit Student Trip, Detroit Bankruptcy

I'm now back from a week on the road with students that provided an intense exposure to the auto industry and to the greater Detroit are...

Tom Hudson on "One Price."

Tom Hudson on One Price . The lede: No Haggle? No Problem. Or Not. The tag: The magazine’s legal wiz believes that dealers who advertise n...

A Perspective on Ford and the Automotive Business

Here is a student's perspective on a day spent with Bill Cosgrove, a retired Ford executive with experience at the senior level in Ford ...

Bill Vlasic's Once Upon a Car

This term I have my students reading 4 auto books: Rudi Volti's short historical overview, (2004). Cars and Culture: The Life Story of ...