The first Iron Age flickered out a millennium or two ago, but its automotive equivalent is still going strong. Well, if not strong, it's at least still going. Dodge, Ram, and other automakers still ...

At the dawn of the musclecar era, Chrysler engineers were pulling their hair out, replacing hefty iron parts with the svelte aluminum alternatives we've all come to know and love. From alternator ...

Somewhere, a heavy-set lady is singing a sad song about Ford's casting plant in Brook Park. That's because the curtain apparently is coming down on the 57-year-old, 1.6 million-square-foot plant that ...

At the dawn of the musclecar era, Chrysler engineers were pulling their hair out, replacing hefty iron parts with the svelte aluminum alternatives we've all come to know and love. From alternator ...

Auto engine designers are turning to a long neglected version of iron that can handle the much higher internal pressures of modern diesel engines. Compacted graphite iron has a molecular structure ...

The Ford Mustang's 5.0-liter Coyote V-8 is a fantastic engine, but being made of aluminum, it has its limitations. Though lighter than iron, aluminum is also more malleable, which is why an alloy ...

BROOK PARK, Ohio -- Ford Motor Co. this month will begin the gradual process of shutting down its Brook Park casting plant by the end of this year, union officials said, reducing the work force by an ...