In the YouTube video, an actor reenacts Clint Eastwood walking down a dark corridor, but instead of being a motivator, he tells America to give up, kickback and eat some coney dogs.

Lewis Booth, executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Derrick Kuzak, group vice president, Global Product Development, have elected to retire effective April 1. Each has served the automaker for more than 30 years.

In wake of General Motors Co. proclaiming itself the post-apocalyptic king of pickups, a very obvious question arises: Should Ford Motor Co. retaliate? It didn't retaliate against Chrysler for the Dodge Durango showing ''the Ford Explorer a thing or two about what it means to have best-in-class towing.''

On behalf of more than 2,300 franchised dealers, the council has ''no doubt that this ad had no political agenda of any kind but rather a statement of fact and hope for the future for all of us and America.''

(See David Kwan's previous column on the Detroit auto show here.) I now have some knowledge of what it must be like to have been Steve Jobs at Apple. Like the mob scene unveilings of the next shiny new iPhone, iPad, or Apple Computer, at each new car introduction made at the North American International Auto Show, there is a ...

General Motors integrated input from young adults into the design of two new concept vehicles, including the Chevrolet Tru 140S.Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com (Related story: Detroit auto show: Auto companies try to appeal to Millennials) Here’s a quick way to summarize many young people’s attitudes toward obtaining a driver’s license: Meh. It may be a welcome development for worrying parents, ...

Hyundai revealed the turbo version of its Veloster hatchback simultaneously at the Detroit auto show and in a "virtual showroom" in an X-Box video game in a bid to appeal to young car buyers.Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com (Related story: Car companies' new problem: Young people who don't want a driver's license) Automakers are scrambling to adopt new technologies and styling ...

The new BMW 335i is on display at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com(For more coverage of the 2012 Detroit auto show, click here.) The focus of the North American International Auto Show is back on the product — cars, in fact, fun and entertaining with nary a pickup truck or van in sight. With ...

The North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit opens to the public Sunday. Check out this photo gallery by AnnArbor.com photographer Chris Asadian of Day Two of the press preview days. If you missed it, here's AnnArbor.com photographer Melanie Maxwell's photos from Day One of the press previews. You can see AnnArbor.com's full coverage of the Detroit ...