Alex Taylor, III is a distinguished journalist and author with an illustrious career spanning over three decades. As a Senior Editor-at-large (retired) for Fortune magazine, he has extensively covered the automotive industry, earning a reputation for his insightful and thorough reporting. Taylor is the author of “Sixty to Zero: An Inside Look at the Collapse of General Motors – and the Detroit Auto Industry,” a critical examination of the missteps and failures that led to the downfall of GM and other industry giants.

Taylor’s work has been widely recognized, earning him numerous accolades, including three first prizes from the Detroit Press Club Foundation and “Journalist of the Year” from the Washington Automotive Press Association. He authored the “MotorWorld” column on Fortune.com and has significantly contributed to automotive journalism.

Beyond his writing, Taylor has also shared his expertise as an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. In 2000, he was honored as one of the 100 Notable Business Journalists of the 20th Century. He is an active International Motor Press Association member and serves on the jury for the North American Car of the Year Awards. Taylor’s profound impact on automotive journalism continues to be felt through his influential work and dedication to the field.

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Sixty to Zero by Alex Taylor, III

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Sixty to Zero | An Inside Look at the Collapse of General Motors – and the Detroit Auto Industry by Alex Taylor III tells the story of General Motors’ decline. The collapse of General Motors captured headlines in early 2009, but as Alex Taylor III writes in this in-depth dissection of the automaker’s undoing, GM’s was a meltdown forty years in the making.

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