by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 7, 2011
It seemed like the best of times; following its takeover by the German Daimler AG, Chrysler counted nearly 71,000 hourly workers on its U.S. payroll. But by the time the partnership collapsed and the maker was rapidly plunging into bankruptcy, in 2009, the blue...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 6, 2011
Let’s face it, when someone mentions Hyundai you’re more likely than not to associate the brand with low-priced econoboxes, rather than high-end products. Sure, that’s begun to change as the Korean carmaker launches more sophisticated offerings, like the Genesis and...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 6, 2011
Ford Motor Co. was one of the first companies to yank its ads from the popular News of the World following revelations of a deepening phone hacking scandal involving the London tabloid. The newspaper, owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., was already following...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 6, 2011
It’s been a fantasy for more than a century. Even Henry Ford hoped to find a way to get one of his early flivvers to fly, but after countless failures it may soon become a reality. Federal regulators have approved a series of exemptions that could get the Terrafugia...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 6, 2011
“Buy American?” it’s not always easy to figure out what an American car is, these days, considering your Chevy may come from Korea, while your Kia may have been built in West Point, Georgia. But if you’re looking for the communities where...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 6, 2011
Patent trolls are after the Ford Motor Co. Eagle Harbor and another firm, MediusTech LLC, of Bainbridge Island, Washington, have filed a lawsuit in federal court in Tacoma, Washington, alleging the Detroit maker infringed on Eagle Harbor’s patents. The suit...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 5, 2011
Is Nissan ready to revive the once-familiar Datsun nameplate? That’s the word on the web, where various sources, including Japan’s Nikkei, and U.S. site TruthAboutCars.com, have been chattering about the possibility that the once-popular brand name will be brought...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 5, 2011
The Chevrolet Cruze handily beat such long-dominant rivals as the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry to become the nation’s best-selling passenger car – and third best-seller overall – last month. The success of the compact Chevy shows that Detroit is making a serious...
by Mike Davis | Jul 5, 2011
At this point in the calendar, with six months of calendar 2011 auto sales behind us, there is a lot of thumb-sucking going on among automotive writers and analysts. The tsunami upset the Japanese apple cart and deliveries of the two top selling cars, Accord and...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 5, 2011
General Motors set another record in the booming Chinese market, selling 1.27 million vehicles there during the first half of 2011. That’s good news for the Detroit maker, which last year became the first to sell more than 2 million vehicles in China during a single...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 5, 2011
There’s been a lot of talk about the comeback of the “American” auto industry in recent months. And if you’re specifically discussing Detroit’s so-called Big Three, there are clearly signs they are on the mends following the near collapse of the Motor City in 2009....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 5, 2011
Still struggling to re-start the assembly plant that has been idled for most of the last three months, Swedish automaker Saab has announced plans to add three new models to its line-up. The maker has been lining up a coterie of partners, in recent weeks, raising funds...
