by Ken Zino | Jul 13, 2010
Ah, the ongoing joys of observing California legislators bestow economic advantages on companies that are marketing the green flavor du jour. The state that brought you the ill-fated Electric Vehicle mandate that cost automakers billions upon billions of dollars...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 13, 2010
Hyundai has had a way of defying expectations. In its early years in the U.S. market it undercut the Japanese on price. And then, when it seemed that price alone wasn’t enough, it took steps to correct its quality problems, backing that up with the industry’s best...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 13, 2010
He’s better known as a tech guru – and, since his retirement from Microsoft, as a mega-philanthropist. But Seattle billionaire Bill Gates is now betting on what some have described as a revolutionary new automotive engine technology. Gates is one of two new principal...
by Bryan Laviolette | Jul 13, 2010
The chief engineer who was responsible for development of the latest-generation Ford Focus is leaving Ford of Europe to join a German pleasure boat builder as chief executive officer. Jens Ludman, global chief engineer for Ford in Germany, spent 11 years with the...
by Ken Zino | Jul 12, 2010
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed that the 2011 percentage standards for the four fuels categories under the agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard program must make up 7.95% of total gasoline sales. The Energy Independence and Security Act of...
by Ken Zino | Jul 12, 2010
In what is likely the world’s most hands-on super car program, customers who order a 2011 Corvette Z06 or ZR1 can choose an option to help assemble their cars’ LS7 or LS9 engine at the General Motors’ Performance Build Center (PBC) in Wixom, Michigan. This latest and...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 12, 2010
Product, product, product? Perhaps, but even the best vehicles won’t sell unless dealers know how to work with their customers, and according to a new study, Mercedes-Benz leads the way when it comes to doing the best job on the showroom floor. Not surprisingly,...
by Ken Zino | Jul 12, 2010
Fiat fans attending the annual convention of the Club Fiat-Lancia Unlimited this past weekend were given the chance to place reservations and select their vehicle build number for a Fiat Cinquecento Prima Edizione or First Edition model. A total of 500 of what Fiat is...
by Ken Zino | Jul 9, 2010
Chrysler Group LLC is starting a safety recall involving more than 26,000 2010 model Dodge Nitro, Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Liberty and Ram 1500 vehicles for a bad brake line connection from the master cylinder to the hydraulic control unit (HCU). Some vehicles may have...
by Ken Zino | Jul 9, 2010
Ford Motor Company is recalling more than 33,000 model year 2010 Transit Connect vans manufactured from December 5, 2008 through May 31, 2010 for failing to meet the minimum requirements of a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard. The National Highway Traffic Safety...
by Ken Zino | Jul 9, 2010
Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG.A, NYSE: MGA) today announced that it has filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a disclosure supplement to Magna’s Management Information Circular/Proxy...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 9, 2010
They called it “too cool to categorize” when it made its debut, but the once wildly-popular PT Cruiser has come to the end of its run, the last of the quirky little hatchbacks rolling off the assembly line at Chrysler’s Mexican assembly plant today....
