by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 25, 2011
The United Auto Workers Union is tallying up strike votes at Ford Motor Co. plants around the country as contract negotiations between the union and domestic automakers move towards the mid-September deadline. The UAW is in the midst of talks with all three of the...
by Bryan Laviolette | Aug 25, 2011
This is the first in a two-part series about auto designer Colin Neale. Click here to read part two, which looks at an interesting aerodynamic concept Neale would like to see an automaker or academic institution test in a wind tunnel. Colin Neale tells a story about...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 24, 2011
With a goal of more than doubling sales – to 800,000 a year – by 2018, Volkswagen officials are rapidly ramping up the maker’s U.S. line-up and expect to have several new offerings roll into dealer showrooms over the next few years, including a 7-passenger SUV and...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 24, 2011
Goliath, meet David. Oh, and watch out for the rock. It came as more than a little surprise, a few years back, when a little automotive start-up – from Washington State, no less – bested big Bugatti, the ultra-luxury Volkswagen Group brand to grab the world...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 24, 2011
There are plenty of big changes underway at Bentley, as TheDetroitBureau.com recently reported, with the maker preparing a new SUV, developing a plug-in hybrid and beginning work on a diesel – but that doesn’t mean the British luxury marque has forgotten its more...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 24, 2011
Few cars more clearly define a brand than Toyota’s midsize Camry sedan, a nameplate that has led the U.S. passenger car sales charts for 13 of the last 14 years. And, arguably, no product is more important to Toyota as the maker struggles to emerge from a series of...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 24, 2011
Today will cut the price on its updated 2012 Camry sedan by as much as $2,000, depending on the specific model – a move that reflects the increasingly competitive nature of the U.S. midsize car market, the maker acknowledged during the official launch of the new...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 23, 2011
Volkswagen will formally introduce the production version of its newest – and smallest – car, the Up, at the Frankfurt Motor Show, next month. The micro-compact will reach European showrooms before year-end, though plans for a U.S. launch apparently remain “Up” in...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 23, 2011
Subaru will bring a new “technology concept” to the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show that should provide some pretty clear answers as to what to expect once it finally brings to market the long-awaited sports car it has been developing with Japanese giant Toyota. One of...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 23, 2011
The Frankfurt Motor Show is still nearly a month away but we’re already getting a good hint of what’s to come at the most important European car show of the new model-year – including this first look at the Ferrari 458 Spider. As its name suggests, it’s a drop-top...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 23, 2011
Premium credit card provider American Express has inked an affinity deal with equally upscale automaker Daimler AG, the maker of Mercedes-Benz products. Affinity cards have become a hot ticket in the marketing world, hotels, retailers and other businesses planting...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 22, 2011
Internet start-up TrueCar.com will invest $83 million to acquire ALG, a data service that is the gold standard for the automotive industry when it comes to establishing such things as what a car is expected to be worth at trade-in or when its lease expires. The...
