by Marty Bernstein | Apr 3, 2009
It’s a shame the New York International Auto Show’s media days do not coincide with the BMW exhibit in Grand Central Station’s Vanderbilt Hall. This has to be the most unique display of cars and art and art cars one has ever seen. Many have seen...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 2, 2009
Ford Motor Company is betting big on its new Ecoboost engine, planning to offer variants of the high-mileage engine in 90% of its global vehicle lines, company officials reveal. The first version of Ecoboost, a twin-turbocharged V-6, will make its debut, later this...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 2, 2009
The President’s restructuring of General Motors Corporation and Chrysler LLC just got more interesting. As executives from Chrysler and the Italian carmaker Fiat have intensified their discussion on an alliance, some of the automaker’s political allies are...
by Ken Zino | Apr 2, 2009
Since the odd looking Volkswagen Beetle convertible appeared in 1949, more than 200,000 were sold in the United States. Sales of the sleeker Karmann Ghia convertible, starting in 1957, added another 50,000 ragtops to the sales tally. And since some of these classic...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 1, 2009
Sales of new vehicles dropped by more than 37 percent in March as the annual sales rate remained below 10 million units – compared to the 17 million trendline, early in the decade, and the more than 13 million sales rung up in 2008. Surprisingly, automakers saw...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 1, 2009
If you’re a comedian, there are some things that automatically ensure a laugh. You can slip on a banana peel or take a pie in the face. You usually only have to mention New Jersey – and before you Joisey boys write me hate letters, know that I grew up...
by Brenda Priddy | Apr 1, 2009
After a long stakeout (on a public street, of course) outside a top-secret Toyota facility, we caught a quick glimpse of Scion’s upcoming New York Auto Show Concept. The” super-compact” hatchback, named IQ (same name as Toyota’s version), will...
by Ken Zino | Apr 1, 2009
Faced with the sudden departure last week of design-head Steven Mattin from loss-making Volvo, “to pursue other opportunities,” Ford Motor Company is sending Peter Horbury, executive director Ford Americas design, back to Gothenburg, Sweden, as vice...
by Mike Davis | Apr 1, 2009
It’s all still preliminary, but there’s significant news in some details dribbling out here and there about 2008 highway deaths. As reported in TheDetroitBureau on March 13, estimates of traffic deaths last year based on records through October indicate...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 1, 2009
Is one of the Ford Motors Co.’s most critical suppliers, Visteon Corp, the next big victim of the automotive slump? The partsmaker recently sidestepped a crisis with a last-minute payment on debt, in the U.S. But Visteon officials may not be able to keep...
