Road ahead for wheels of fortune

The wheels have fallen off the US auto industry, and all the king's horses and all the king's men cannot put Detroit back together again.

But when one car door closes, another opens, and China's booming motor vehicle makers will soon be sitting in pole position. Say goodbye to Ford and hello to Chery.

A new order is sorting itself out and major corrections are underway in the chaos of these fickle economic times.