by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 8, 2011
You have your choice of good news or bad. When it comes to stolen cars, the good news is that the auto theft rate continues to decline, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The bad news? That might depend on what you own, especially if...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 8, 2011
“I just couldn’t warm up to the Flex until I actually drove it,” said Jan Queen, a suburban Detroit media executive, echoing the opinion of many motorists when it comes to Ford’s big people mover. The exterior styling, as designers like to say, is “polarizing,”...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 8, 2011
Toyota reported a sharp 18.5% downturn in its latest quarterly earnings, largely the result of parts and product shortages caused by the earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan last March. But the maker warned it is facing new challenges ahead. On an...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 7, 2011
Subaru will have a busy stand during the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show, the maker not only revealing the much-anticipated BRZ sports car (Click Here for a closer look) but also pulling the wraps off the Advanced Tourer Concept seen here. Clearly not one of the wild and...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 7, 2011
The Saab soap opera could take yet another turn, General Motors warning that it could move to block the sale of the cash-starved Swedish automaker to a Chinese consortium. That $142 million deal, announced on October 28, appeared to be the only way out for Swedish...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 7, 2011
Both Toyota and Honda acknowledge they will have to make further cuts in production in the wake of the disastrous flooding that has savaged Thailand. The two makers source a number of key components – especially microprocessors and other electronic goods – from the...
by Marty Bernstein | Nov 7, 2011
A quarter-million U.S. motorists will be getting an envelope in the mail from Ford Motor Co. early next year. Inside they’ll find a small flash drive that the maker says will fix problems owners have been reporting with vehicles equipped with the MrFordTouch and...
by Denise McCluggage | Nov 7, 2011
Anyone reading or most certainly writing about cars is delighted that Bob Lutz hasn’t gone gently into that good afternoon of retirement after all. Consultant to GM renewed. (Insultant to all deserving of it, if the Lutzian manner hasn’t changed.) Bob was always the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 4, 2011
Suzuki likes to claim there aren’t many obstacles that its Grand Vitara can’t overcome. Not on land, anyway. But its Marine Concept adds a new dimension to what the SUV can tackle. The concept car, er amphibious vehicle, made its debut at the annual SEMA Show, in...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 4, 2011
While the new Passat and Beetle models may be getting most of the headlines, few cars have done more to shift Volksawagen’s visual image than the strikingly curvaceous CC. Three years into the model-run, Volkswagen will be making some modest to significant changes to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 4, 2011
An Alabama jury has awarded $7.5 million to an Iranian-born car dealer who was slandered by a rival as “Taliban Toyota.” The settlement is actually significantly less than the $28 million sought by Shawn Esfahani, owner of Eastern Shore Toyota, in Daphne, Alabama. ...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 4, 2011
In the wake of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, last March, a number of automakers have been shifting production out of Japan, but Nissan apparently has another reason why it has decided to relocate the global headquarters of its Infiniti division to Hong Kong....
