US automotive industry in crisis

Henry Ford's Highland Park Plant, where automobiles were first mass produced on an assembly line, sits empty and boarded up in Highland Park, Michigan, Photograph: Brian Widdis/Rapport

'SALE' is the message on the new car lot at Galeana's Van Dyke Dodge in Warren, Michigan, USA Photograph: Brian Widdis/Rapport

A 1959 Cadillac Series 62 convertible is on display in the GM Headquarters building in Detroit, Michigan, USA Photograph: Brian Widdis/Rapport

For Rent signs are seen in empty disused buildings in Hamtramck, Michigan, USA Photograph: Brian Widdis/Rapport

A former used car lot sits empty on Van Dyke Avenue in Warren, Michigan Photograph: Brian Widdis/Rapport

'Hundreds More In Storage' is the message on the new car lot at Galeana's Van Dyke Dodge in Warren, Michigan, USA Photograph: Brian Widdis/Rapport

Henry Ford's Highland Park Plant, where automobiles were first mass produced on an assembly line, sits empty and boarded up in Highland Park, Michigan, USA Photograph: Brian Widdis/Rapport

For Rent signs seen in empty disused buildings in Hamtramck, Michigan, USA Photograph: Brian Widdis/Rapport