Monster Jam Is Going to War With Mattel
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Ferraris, $37,500 Pens and Disney Tickets: How the FCA-UAW Corruption Scandal Gave Labor a Black Eye It Doesn’t Need
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The Tragedy of Goodyear’s Allegedly Defective G159 Tire Keeps Getting Worse
In July 1999, Jim Wright and his wife Joyce were traveling along a New Mexico roadway in their 1995 Fleetwood American…
How a Deal to Bring Autonomous Vehicles to Walt Disney World Blew Up
Walt Disney once mused that it’s “kind of fun to do the impossible,” so it’s likely the animation mogul would’ve been…
How I Collected The Data For Our Latest Story On Credit Acceptance
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How a Subprime Auto Lender Consumed Detroit With Debt and Turned Its Courthouse Into a Collections Agency
When Don Foss started his career as a car salesman, he recognized early on that most of his prospective customers had…
The Car Loans That Never Die
Richard Parker locked down a job at a Ford plant in the Detroit area, and, like most residents of the region, needed a…
A Rep from the Largest U.S. Porsche Dealer May Have Skipped Town With $2.5 Million in Customer Deposits
Champion Porsche in Florida has made a name for itself as the largest Porsche dealer in the U.S., a reputation secured…
Spying on Employees, Screwing Buyers: What Went Wrong at One of America's Biggest Euro Parts Companies
Parts arriving broken or weeks late. Horrible customer service. An office where employees were spied on with cameras.…
Hennessey's 1600 Horsepower Twin-Turbo V8 May Not Be as Unique as They Say
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Goodyear CEO Learned About Deadly RV Tire Failures As Early As 2008, Court Docs Suggest
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How New York Became the Center of the Fight Against Uber and the Gig Economy Lie
The scene outside of New York City Hall in late May was several years in the making. Dozens of taxi and livery drivers…
New Federal Probe of Goodyear's Deadly RV Tire Could Lead to a Criminal Investigation
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General has opened an investigation into an allegedly…
Lost Nissan Skylines, A $335,000 Lawsuit, An Empty Warehouse: Has A Well-Known JDM Importer Skipped Town?
In a scene full of shady Japanese car importers, Florida-based Rivsu Imports was supposed to be one of the good ones.…
Why Didn't Goodyear Recall An RV Tire That's Linked To At Least 98 Deaths And Injuries?
In June 2002, facing numerous complaints about a tire that had been installed on thousands of motorhomes, Goodyear Tire…
How One Recalled SUV Destroyed $45 Million In Cars, Burned A Massive Ship, And Sparked A Legal Battle Between Ford And BMW
Mary didn’t know anything was wrong with her old Ford SUV when it was loaded onto a container ship in Europe in…
Goodyear Motorcycle Tire Under Scrutiny As Well After Fatal Crashes And No Recall: Report
As it faces an ongoing federal probe into an allegedly defective RV tire that’s linked to at least nine deaths, Goodyear
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Why People In This Michigan Suburb Say General Motors Polluted Their Water Supply
MILFORD, Mich.—On the surface, Diane O’Nions lives in luxury. The suburban Detroit subdivision she has called home…
How Goodyear Destroyed The Alleged Smoking Gun On 'The Worst Tire Made In History'
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