by Henny Hemmes | Jan 16, 2009
Is this the ultimate City Car? The perfect, clean, fun-to-drive alternative for the urban motorist tired of big, cumbersome, gas-guzzling SUVs? Visitors at the North American International Auto Show will now see the electric car at the Mini exhibit in Cobo Hall. But...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 15, 2009
What a long, strange trip it’s been! It’s almost precisely 30 years since I first wrote about the auto industry as the classic “cub” reporter, here in Detroit. Back then, Chrysler was in a desperate struggle for survival and with oil prices skyrocketing, the Big Three...
by Brenda Priddy | Jan 15, 2009
Earlier this week a major internet news network picked up our older Cadillac One photos, and the images became an overnight sensation world-wide. We’ve spent the last 36 hours sending the photos out around the globe and even received the following note from the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 15, 2009
“Sometimes, there’s a sense that it’s Silicon Valley versus Detroit,” says Elon Musk, the Internet gazillionaire who’s now putting his money to work with the electric vehicle venture, Tesla Motors. “It isn’t true,” he adds, noting that his struggling start-up is keen...
by John DeCicco | Jan 15, 2009
As I headed in a few minutes late — thanks to Detroit’s poorly snow-plowed freeways — for General Motor’s first Detroit auto show press conference this year, the cheers-on-cue rose from behind the crowds surrounding the stand. “Saturn Aura, the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 15, 2009
In order for the auto industry to make a full recovery, the federal government may have to impose a steep increase in gasoline taxes – something that could prove a political nightmare. Richard Wagoner, General Motors Corp.’s heavily challenged chairman and chief...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 15, 2009
When Monique Cronin, a Pennsylvania radio producer went to buy a new Toyota Prius, she knew it was not going to be easy getting her hands on one of the most popular cars on the market. Indeed, she was prepared to sell out $29,539 – well above sticker price – and was...
