Roy Chapin News Today

A daily look at the people whove driven the news over the past 150 years, from the glorious to the notorious.

A daily look at the people whove driven the news over the past 150 years, from the glorious to the notorious.

A daily look at the people whove driven the news over the past 150 years, from the glorious to the notorious.

Gerald Meyers once described his management style as "buckchaser" and he was just 48 when he became one of the youngest heads of a U.S. automaker, succeeding Roy Chapin Jr. as CEO of AMC in October 1977. An engineer with roots in finance and manufacturing, Meyers helped create the AMC Pacer and…

Meyers, a self-described "buck chaser," played a key role in Jeep history and helped bring the AMC Pacer to creation before heading the nation's 4th-biggest automaker and Detroit's perennial underdog. He was 94.

Henry Ford II’s price war with Chevrolet decimated a weakened field of independent automakers. TheDetroitBureau.com looks at the roots of the founding of American Motors Corp.

For many low-income and minority Americans, automobiles have been turbo-boosted engines of inequality, immobilising their owners with debt, increasing their exposure...

Cars promised liberation. They delivered something very different.

When we talk about Presidential cars, we usually think about Lincolns and Cadillacs. But not all U.S. Presidents used vehicles from these companies. Herb...

Created to show how small and efficient the AMC lineup could be, the AM Van was, unfortunately, built without a drivetrain