Industry News
Volkswagen’s workers are being told that the company faces a competitiveness problem. That is certainly true—but the important question is: competitive for whom, and at whose expense? The company is considering potentially tens of thousands of...
By Paul Whiston
August 27, 2026
Canada has abandoned its strategy of accommodation and answered Donald Trump’s latest tariffs with retaliation. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced counter-tariffs worth roughly C$20 billion in annual U.S. imports, matching the value of the new...
By Anthony Henson
August 26, 2026
Honda is reconsidering plans for an eighth assembly plant in North America, with uncertainty over the future of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) threatening to influence the Japanese automaker’s next major investment. Honda Executive Vice...
By Chris Ward
August 26, 2026
The Trump administration is preparing to reduce its tariff on Canadian-built vehicles from 25 percent to 15 percent, according to people familiar with the negotiations. In return, Canada is expected to abandon its remaining retaliatory...
By Anthony Henson
August 20, 2026
McLaren is enjoying a surge in demand in the US, and that success could lead to a major expansion of its American retail network. The British supercar maker, which returned to the road-car market with...
By DCB Editorial
August 18, 2026
There is some logic to Jaguar Land Rover’s proposed partnership with Stellantis. JLR wants to build Defender-branded vehicles in America without the enormous expense of creating its own manufacturing infrastructure. Stellantis already has the factories,...
By Brian Denton
August 18, 2026