Autoline This Week - Video

There’s a new administration taking over in Washington in January that has many wondering about what happens to the economy. And obviously the automakers are wondering as well. Join the chief economists from General Motors and Ford as well as the senior economist from the Original Equipment Manufacturers Association as they try to read the economic and business tea leaves for 2017.

At the end of 2016 the WardsAuto.com editors took their analysis of the more than 60 new vehicles released during the year and determined which had the 10 Best Engines. Join host John McElroy as three of those editors, Drew Winter, Tom Murphy and Bob Gritzinger, reveal their winners for 2017.

Three North American Car and Truck of the Year jurors join host John McElroy to analyze the three finalists for Truck of the Year as well as their predictions for Car and Utility of the Year.

Three North American Car and Truck of the Year jurors join host John McElroy to analyze the three finalists for Car of the Year as well as their predictions for Truck and Utility of the Year.

As we sit on the edge of the electronic transformation of the car, into the fray steps Jay Rogers, a man who is pioneering a new way to make cars. As the founder of Local Motors, his vision is to print cars, yes, that’s p-r-i-n-t cars, with the help of today’s technology. And, in fact, he’s already doing it! Mr. Rogers joins, John McElroy and Gary Vasilash from Automotive Design and Production from the site of the LA Auto Show to talk about Local Motors.

Some only think of Continental as a tire company, but it’s so much more. From interior to safety, to even what it calls Clean Power, Continental is a huge company supplying so much of today’s car. Joining us to talk about the Automotive Group and what it’s doing to prepare for the future is Samir Salman, CEO NAFTA Region of Continental Corporation.

As one of the largest suppliers of automotive seating, Lear Corporation actually makes seats for every manufacturer in the world. On this edition of Autoline THIS WEEK its CEO and Director, Matt Simoncini, discusses the company’s global reach and how he sees things changing in the auto industry in the next few years.

As the auto industry changes, so must everything that it touches, including dealerships. On this edition of Autoline THIS WEEK, NADA Chairman Jeff Carlson joins John McElroy and his panel – Mike Colias of the Wall Street Journal and Gary Vasilash of Automotive Design and Production – to discuss where car dealers are today and how they will adapt to a changing auto industry.

Is Ford still a car company or has it morphed into something else? Mark Fields, its CEO has been saying that today Ford is a mobility company. On this week’s Autoline, John and his panel talk with Mr. Fields about the future of Ford as well as the entire transportation industry.

Enthusiasm, Passion, Innovative and Commitment are the four key words that describe the people that Honda wants in its workforce. So many of today’s youth ignore manufacturing jobs that companies like Honda have reached out to local communities to create programs like the one in central Ohio called EPIC. John McElroy takes his show on the road to Honda’s Development Center in Marysville, Ohio to talk with a variety of educators, students and workers on how to develop an interest in today’s high-tech manufacturing jobs.

Enthusiasm, Passion, Innovative and Commitment are the four key words that describe the people that Honda wants in its workforce. So many of today’s youth ignore manufacturing jobs that companies like Honda have reached out to local communities to create programs like the one in central Ohio called EPIC. John McElroy takes his show on the road to Honda’s Development Center in Marysville, Ohio to talk with a variety of educators, students and workers on how to develop an interest in today’s high-tech manufacturing jobs.

This week’s show talks about the technology that is dominating transportation today and into the near future, and does it with a macro view in language we can all understand. Joining John McElroy on his panel discussing Connectivity, Mobility and Autonomy are: Richard Wallace from the Center for Automotive Research; Lindsay Brooke, Society of Automotive Engineers; and Sam Abuelsamid, Navigant Research.

After a little more than two years on the job, United Auto Workers’ President Dennis Williams joins Autoline THIS WEEK to discuss the UAW, the automakers and how both are surviving in the 21st Century. Joining John McElroy on his panel are Brent Snavely from the Detroit Free Press and Mike Wayland of the Detroit News.

Ask any of the automotive media who they prefer to talk to at an automaker and it’s usually the company CEO. But if you happen to be a supplier to that same automaker the line usually starts at this week’s guest Thomas Lake, the Vice President of North American Purchasing at Honda North America. Joining host John McElroy on his panel are Gary Vasilash of Automotive Design and Production and Joann Muller with Forbes.

It was 8 years ago that the world economy was on a knife’s edge. And it was also the time when some of the world’s largest automakers declared bankruptcy while others stood by holding their proverbial breath. Now, a decade later it’s a brand new story, or is it? Have the OEMs really cleaned up the poor practices that led to their own knife’s edge or just rearranged the deck chairs? John McElroy welcomes three observers of the auto industry from Ann Arbor, Michigan’s Center for Automotive Research including Bernard Swiecki, Brett Smith and Dave Andrea, to discuss the car industry’s current health and what the future holds on Autoline THIS WEEK.