Micheline Maynard — “Micki” to her friends and Twitter followers — is the Detroit-based senior business correspondent for the New York Times covering autos and aviation, and the author of the just-released The Selling of the American Economy: How Foreign Companies are Remaking the American Dream. If you’re wondering if it’s a good book, consider [...]

We may not be the biggest car experts on the road, but everyone can appreciate a good old-fashioned duel. So when we heard that Jalopnik Road Test Editor Wes Siler accepted a challenge from General Motors bigwig Bob Lutz to race against the brand new Cadillac CTS-V, our interest was piqued. In the words of GM’s new ad slogan: “May The Best Car Win.”