by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 5, 2009
General Motors Corporation is now committed to building a new small car in the U.S. sooner rather than later, following the intervention of the United Auto Workers and the U.S. Treasury, which persuaded, if that’s the right word, GM to build the car in the U.S....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 5, 2009
It likes to bill itself “a different kind of car company,” and that’s likely to be even more true in the future, now that Roger Penske has signed an agreement that will likely make him the new owner of General Motors’ Saturn division by the end...
by Ken Zino | Jun 5, 2009
More than 130,000 independent repair shops are bracing for the effects of the closings of thousands of Chrysler and General Motors new car dealers. A study by consulting firm Grant Thornton says that 20% of car dealerships in the United States are projected to close...
by John Day | Jun 5, 2009
Telematics – wireless communication to and from vehicles – has reached critical mass, or so seemed the consensus among attendees at this week’s Telematics Detroit 2009 in Novi, Michigan. Telematics – wireless communication to and from vehicles...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 5, 2009
Confirming what TheDetroitBureau.com earlier reported, General Motors has announced that it has concluded negotiations on a proposed sale of its Saturn brand to Penske Automotive Group. The deal must still be finalized – a matter complicated by GM’s...
by Brenda Priddy | Jun 5, 2009
Once again, we caught up with Honda’s upcoming Accord-based crossover – not far from where we originally shot it earlier in the week, but this time we managed to get a bit closer! Honda fans have been asking lots of questions and speculating, and we think...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 5, 2009
Barring a last-minute hitch Roger Penske will become the new owner of General Motors’ Saturn brand, ending a grand experiment that was meant to give GM a leg up on its Japanese rivals. Penske, the motor sports legend and mega-entrepreneur, has or will shortly...
by Marty Bernstein | Jun 5, 2009
New GM reinvention commercial continues previous arrogance This week I’ve seen new commercials and videos produced for Government Motors, err, the new General Motors that are as arrogant, audacious and asinine as any produced ever by a company known for being...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 4, 2009
Mitsubishi is hoping car buyers will get wired up about its all-new battery car, the 2010 i-MiEV, which it plans to introduce for fleet sales sometime in late July of this year. The Japanese automaker dubs the limited-volume EV “the ultimate eco-car,”...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 4, 2009
We live, it’s often pointed out, in a polarized society, and few things, of late, have been more divisive than the debate over the federal bailout of General Motors and Chrysler. When first proposed, late last year, surveys found a solid majority of Americans...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 4, 2009
The domestic automobile industry is an important element in innovation engine that is critical to prosperity in the U.S., suggests a new study from a Washington think tank. America’s future depends on its ability to translate new ideas into investment, jobs, and...
by Ken Zino | Jun 4, 2009
May vehicles sales of domestic and offshore-owned brands were down significantly, -30% from a year before when the seasonally adjusted annual sales rate (SAAR) was running at more than 14.2 million units. This May the annual sales rate was a modest 9.91 million units,...
