After the Billion Dollar Recall: Fixing Auto Quality

How carmakers overhaul leadership, incentives, and production culture after a costly quality failure, from Ford's turnaround to Volkswagen's scandal and Boeing's grounded fleets.

Optimized for books about Books explaining why auto and manufacturing quality collapses and how companies fix leadership, incentives, and shopfloor culture to restore reliability..

6 books. Added August 29, 2026.

  1. American IconBryce G. HoffmanBryce Hoffman's inside account of Ford under Alan Mulally shows how decisive CEO leadership and cultural reset can...Shelf signal: Automobile Industry
  2. Faster, Higher, FartherJack EwingJack Ewing’s investigation of Volkswagen’s emissions scandal explains how engineering shortcuts and corporate...Shelf signal: White-Collar Crime
  3. Flying BlindFeodor Chin, Peter RobisonFlying Blind details aviation production dysfunction and how design, certification, and management failures cascade, a...Shelf signal: Commercial Aviation
  4. Car Guys Vs. Bean CountersBob LutzBob Lutz draws a line between engineering-driven product focus and financial managers, illuminating the internal...Shelf signal: Automobile Industry
  5. Turn the Ship Around!L. David Marquet, Stephen R. Covey - introductionTurn the Ship Around! offers practical leadership methods for creating a culture where frontline workers are empowered...Shelf signal: Organizational Behavior
  6. Wheels for the WorldDouglas G. Brinkley, Douglas BrinkleyWheels for the World provides a broad history of Ford’s manufacturing systems and institutions, helping readers situate...Shelf signal: Corporate Histories