by Mike Davis | Jan 10, 2010
One of the problems with owning a collector car, aside from spousal nagging, is where to store it, especially in the off-season of winter storms in certain latitudes. Even the South has been buried in recent weeks under two-foot snowfalls. There is a truism along the...
by Ken Zino | Jan 10, 2010
Hyundai’s Blue-Will Plug-in Hybrid makes its U.S. debut at the 2010 North American International Auto Show next week. It’s a good example of the conventional thinking that is emerging from all major makers. In a quest for CAFE credits, most are showing plug-in...
by Marty Bernstein | Jan 8, 2010
Chrysler Changes Ad Direction & Agencies Over the years, Chrysler’s divisions have had some terrific ad campaigns and some that define the word horrible. There have been some great ads for bad cars and bad ads for good cars, along with the “why in the hell did...
by Ken Zino | Jan 8, 2010
Chevrolet will debut the Aveo RS “show car” at the 2010 North American International Auto Show next week. The diminutive B-car is actually a preview of the next generation of Aveo models from GM’s best selling brand. It also signals the inclusion of a performance...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 8, 2010
Chrysler Group LLC is not planning any official press conferences for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next week. However, Jeep plans to introduce three new packages, including Liberty Renegade model, and two new trim versions of the Jeep...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 8, 2010
Decades before most observers imagined it possible, China closed 2009 as the world’s largest national car market, government officials reporting sales topped 13.5 million, compared with just 10.9 million for the recession-wracked United States. While U.S. sales...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 8, 2010
He’s best known for turning the Formula One racing series into a massive money-maker, but now Britain’s Bernie Ecclestone wants to get into the car-making business. With his partner, Genii Capital, the 79-year-old British entrepreneur is making a last-minute bid to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 8, 2010
Auto shows were already well established by the time Henry Ford rolled out his first Model T, more than a century ago, and the formula hadn’t changed much by the time the small, regional Detroit Auto Show morphed into the influential North American International Auto...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 7, 2010
Without a battery breakthrough, electric vehicles are likely to remain little more than a niche segment in the global automotive market, according to a new study that also sees little likelihood this can happen during the coming decade. Battery costs are coming down,...
by Ken Zino | Jan 7, 2010
The booming Chinese market will grow to 19 million units of annual sales by 2016, according to the experts from the global auto consultancy practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers. That would make China the largest maker and consumer of vehicles in the more than 100-year...
by Ken Zino | Jan 7, 2010
The Buick Regal GS “show car” that debuts at the 2010 North American International Auto Show next week is already successfully on sale in Europe as the Opel Insignia, and will eventually appear on this side of the ocean after GM imports a less powerful 220 horsepower...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 7, 2010
At first glance, you might not pay much attention to the seemingly familiar Volvo C30 as it rolls by. But the unexpected absence of sound should be a clue that something is not quite as familiar as it first might seem. That’s because the Swedish import’s conventional...
