Detroit 3 near $14-an-hour hiring blitz New production employees could start work in ’09 By TIM HIGGINS • FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER • February 20, 2008 Detroit’s automakers, while undergoing great efforts to eliminate jobs, are perhaps a year away from the largest local hiring spree in recent years. Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co. [...]

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Scott Burgess: ‘VETTE & WILD: Mean, green Z06 goes from zero to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds on less gas PHOENIX — The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 used to play first chair in the Corvette hierarchy. It’s the performance-oriented virtuoso from a powerful family; the ultimate achievement after 50 years of fabulous [...]

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 GMAC to shut 75% of auto sites Lender to have only five auto-finance outlets in U.S., Canada after $2.3 billion loss in 2007. Greg Bensinger / Bloomberg News GMAC LLC, the lender partially owned by General Motors Corp., plans to close about 75 percent of its auto-financing offices in the U.S. [...]