POWER OF ATTORNEY







      As of the 24th day of October, 2007, Richard C. Lappin appoints Patrick S.

Lancaster, Richard G. Raymond, and Laura L. Douglas signing singly, as the

undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in his capacity as officer

and/or director of American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. (AAM), Forms 3, 4,

and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to

file in connection with his ownership, acquisition, or disposition of

securities of AAM;



(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned in

order to execute any Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and timely file

the form or report with the United States Securities and Exchange

Commission; and



(3) take any other action, which, in the opinion of each attorney-in-fact, may

be in the interest of or legally required by the undersigned.



      The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full power and authority

to perform any act necessary to exercise the rights and powers granted herein, as fully

as the undersigned could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or

revocation.  The undersigned acknowledges that the attorneys-in-fact are not assuming,

nor is AAM assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section

16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned

is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, or 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings

of and transactions in securities issued by AAM, unless earlier revoked by the

undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the attorneys-in-fact.





       /s/Richard C. Lappin

       Richard C. Lappin





Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 24th day

of October, 2007.





/s/La Rhonda Lewis

La Rhonda Lewis

Notary Public, Wayne County, MI

My commission expires: November 2, 2011

Acting in Wayne County, MI