by Ken Zino | Nov 20, 2009
At a meeting earlier today in Germany, the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft approved the acquisition of land and machinery formerly belonging to the bankrupt Karmann holding company at the Osnabrück site. Karmann has a long history of building...
by Ken Zino | Nov 19, 2009
Fewer than 200 of 222,000 customers have returned vehicles to take advantage of GM’s 60-day Money Back Guarantee on new vehicle purchases, according to Vice President of Global Product Engineering Mark Reuss. Those who did return a Chevy, Buick, Cadillac or GMC...
by Ken Zino | Nov 19, 2009
A software program that purports to work on brain fitness is said to reduce the crash risk of senior drivers and can keep them safely on the road for a longer period, according to Jeff Zimman, Chairman of Posit Science. The claim was made based on data presented at...
by Ken Zino | Nov 19, 2009
November new-vehicle retail sales are expected to decline compared with one year ago, according to J.D. Power and Associates, which gathers real-time transaction data from more than 8,900 new car dealers across the United States. November new-vehicle retail sales are...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 19, 2009
Lexus, the largest luxury brand in the U.S., is giving serious thought to launching a new, downsized luxury model, and could bring it to market within the next couple years, the brand’s general manager told TheDetroitBureau.com. How soon and precisely what form the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 19, 2009
With legal pressures mounting, Toyota is working with federal safety regulators to see if another problem may be contributing to what some are dubbing “runaway cars,” a problem that recently spurred the Japanese maker to recall 3.8 million vehicles, including some...
by Ken Zino | Nov 19, 2009
A survey of more than 7,000 vehicles revealed that 11% had at least one bald tire. This, of course, can increase the risk of a crash — or at least sharpen your skid recovery skills — especially in wet weather, which if you look out the window you might...
by Ken Zino | Nov 18, 2009
Nineteen cars and eight SUVs earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Top Safety Pick award for 2010 it was announced today. For the first time, good performance in a roof strength test to measure protection in a rollover is required to win. These...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 18, 2009
Subaru is in the midst of an ambitious new electric vehicle program, but it won’t turn up in the United States any time soon. Instead, the automaker plans to prove its products in Japan where it plans to put more than 170 pure EVs into the fleets of local government...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 17, 2009
In a surprising move, Motor Trend magazine has named the Ford Fusion its Car of the Year, a decision that’s bound to give even more momentum to the first domestic midsize car in years giving serious challenge to import mainstays like the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 17, 2009
You’ll be hearing a lot about the Chevrolet Volt in the months to come – as if you hadn’t already – but for most buyers looking for a small, fuel-efficient vehicle, the real news to come out of next month’s Los Angeles Auto Show will focus on the long-awaited Chevy...
by Ken Zino | Nov 17, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced today a national initiative to “address environmental justice challenges” in ten communities through its Environmental Justice Showcase Communities program. EPA has committed $1...
