The Chrysler Foundation is reaching out to help Colorado rebuild roads, washed out by extreme flooding. The foundation is donating $50,000 to the First Response Team of America, a disaster relief organization that is working in Colorado to clear and rebuild impassable roads.
Back then, in 1913, a winch and a rope moved Model Ts through the Highland Park Assembly Plant, where 140 factory workers performed specific tasks toward a completed car. With its advent, the assembly line created hundreds of thousands of well-paying jobs, but made others obsolete. It has refined car and truck manufacturing, improved quality and safety of cars around the globe, and duplicated its efficiencies to other industries such as aircraft.
A century ago, Ford Motor Co.'s Highland Park Plant was bustling with assembly workers producing Model T vehicles.
Now, the massive facility may sit idle, but its impact on the automotive industry continues to be felt. It was 100 years ago today that the Highland Park Plant began using the first moving assembly line, ushering in the dawn of the modern automotive industry.
A century ago, on October 7, 1913, engineers built a rudimentary system using a rope and wince to pull a new Ford Model T past 140 workers at a brand new factory dubbed the Crystal Palace.
Henry Ford launched the modern assembly line in a suburb of Detroit a century ago -- and helped spark a radical transformation of both manufacturing and society.
Today’s moving automobile assembly lines are part human and part machine, capable of switching on the fly to different models of cars and trucks according to demand. Computer-controlled robots perform precise welds on chassis parts, while workers carry out tasks that machines alone cannot.
Last weekend at the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company’s Las Vegas sale, the 2014 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet prototype fetched $200,000. Ford Motor Company auctioned it at no reserve with proceeds benefitting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The organization assists those living with this unpredictable and often disabling disease of the central nervous system.
After spirited bidding that electrified the auction block, an anonymous bidder purchased the Cobra Jet. The winning bidder is not only the proud owner of the NHRA-legal vehicle, but they are now an honorary member of Team Mustang with full backstage passes to the Ford Product Development Center, Ford Design Studios and Ford Racing. The winning bid also made an important contribution in the fight against MS.
Call me Goldilocks. Keep your hands to yourself, sailor. This ain’t Fleet Week. It’s the week I drove the 3-star 2013 Lincoln MKZ hybrid luxury sedan.
The MKZ hybrid’s fuel economy, technology, features and price are just right. It’s the car to beat for drivers aiming to minimize their carbon footprint and maximize comfort behind the wheel. The hybrid delivers a clear advantage in technology and efficiency.
One of America's most iconic sports cars, the Corvette, is assembled just up the road in Bowling Green, Ky.
I was given a tour of the plant this week. To see what goes into the making of a Corvette, or to imagine what it would be like to sit back and enjoy this new ride, check out the slideshow with this story.
September 17, 2013 , Auburn Hills, Mich. - With the 52nd running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona only four months away, Riley Technologies and veteran racer Ben Keating remain on schedule to debut the Viper GT3-R when the United SportsCar Racing (USCR) season opens in January.
Built as the first mass-produced, GT3-based car designed and manufactured in the United States, the Chrysler Group’s Street and Racing Technology (SRT) Motorsports V-10 thoroughbred emerges from the factory eligible for a wide variety of competition arenas in addition to USCR, including the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), North American Road Racing Association (NARRA), Pirelli World Challenge GT Class and International GT3 Championships.