Manufacturing Industries

Substantial federal assistance allowed GM and Chrysler to restructure their costs and improve their financial condition. Through federally-funded r...

Roof crush describes a vehicles roof as it is deformed during a rollover crash. According to some analysts, a collapsing roof can compromise all a ...

Anthony Townsend argues that the driverless car is a red herring. When self-driving technology infects buses, bikes, delivery vans and buildings, a...

The New York Times bestselling author of Bitter Brew chronicles the birth and rise to greatness of the American auto industry through the remarkabl...

The history of the Clyde and the great ships that were built there is well known. Less familiar and equally important, however, is the story of how...

City of Broken Dreams brings the global debate about the urban university to bear on the realities of South African rust-belt cities through a deta...

In mid-2015, Volkswagen proudly reached its goal of surpassing Toyota as the worlds largest automaker. A few months later, the EPA disclosed that V...

The Rootes Group once dominated the British motor industry, and its legacy lives on in thousands of carefully maintained cars most notably Hillman...

Restoring a fibreglass yacht is not something for the faint-hearted, even if you dont intend to do all the work yourself (you still need to underst...

The Royal Dockyard at Pembroke Dock produced over 250 warships for the Royal Navy, including five royal yachts, between its founding in 1814 and it...

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Exploring Ford UKs design studios during the past 70 years, this book provides a unique insight into the companys history, its UK studio locations,...

An award-winning journalist's insights into the auto industry, the decline of once-great companies, and the failures of management The collapse of ...

The Standard Motor Company grew to be one of the biggest companies in Coventry and employed some 11,000 people at its height. Based at its huge fac...

When I went to work for Lockheed-Georgia Company in September of 1952 I had no idea that this would end up being my lifes work. With these words, H...