by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 20, 2009
Rolls-Royce is giving up the Ghost, at least so to speak. That’s the name the British maker has decided to appliqué on the back of its new “small” luxury car, which was heretofore known as the RR4. The tradition-bound maker’s choice is no...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 19, 2009
Imagine making the drive from New York to Los Angeles on a gallon of gas. You’d probably burn through more Red Bull by the time you hit the Rockies. But a team of students achieved the equivalent of just that high-mileage performance as part of the Shell...
by Brenda Priddy | Apr 18, 2009
A diesel-powered Dodge Ram 1500 has been delayed, but the hybrid Hemi version is definitely happening for 2010. Our spy photographers caught it running undisguised in public during final testing. The so-called two-mode hybrid powertrain was co-developed with GM,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 17, 2009
There’s a huge game of chicken underway between Chrysler management and the Canadian Auto Workers Union – and it could well decide the fate of the struggling automaker. Chrysler Chairman Robert Nardelli said new contracts with both the UAW and the Canadian...
by Ken Zino | Apr 17, 2009
There’s an old joke about the Mustang that kicks around Ford Motor Company: So many people claim to be the father of the smash hit, you’d hate to be the mother. Well, Lido Anthony Iacocca or Henry Ford II or whomever, today marks the 45th anniversary of...
by Marty Bernstein | Apr 17, 2009
Forget Toyota. The Japanese maker’s brief reign as the world’s best-selling automaker may already be over. For the first quarter of 2009, at least, the new king-of-the-hill is Volkswagen AG. But the silver lining is surrounded by at least a few gray...
by Marty Bernstein | Apr 17, 2009
The new red and black Ferrari super-coupe-speed-machine that premiered in Geneva was revealed before the New York International Auto Show to an admiring audience of writers and speed freaks in the brand’s Park Avenue showroom. The 599xx is not for the faint of...
by Ken Zino | Apr 17, 2009
Rich Wagoner’s head wouldn’t be the only one to roll as a result of taxpayer financed restructurings at General Motors Corporation and Chrysler LLC, according to one interpretation of an e-mail that Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli sent to employees yesterday. In...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 17, 2009
With “the clock ticking,” General Motors Corp.’s efforts to “go faster and go deeper” with a revised restructuring plan may be facing gridlock that could push the automaker into bankruptcy. During a call-in news conference, Friday, GM CEO...
by Ken Zino | Apr 17, 2009
Conventional wisdom has General Motors Corporation filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late spring or early summer, emerging from court supervision as a smaller but viable company in as little as two weeks, or two to four months at the outside. Both of these scenarios...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 17, 2009
When you spend as much time on the road, as I do, especially overseas, you start realizing that automobiles really aren’t the only way to get around. Even in car-centric states like California, mass transit is gaining traction. In Europe and Japan, rail is...
by Marty Bernstein | Apr 17, 2009
Where is the “D” in NAIAS? The “Big 3” have become the “Detroit 3” and quite possibly, depending on the next few weeks, evolve into the “Detroit group of 1” so why is it so damned important the North American...
