by Marty Bernstein | Jan 27, 2012
Super Bowl XLVI Hype 3.0 Contrary to popular belief, less is not more, more is more when it comes to carvertisers on the Super Bowl broadcast. Just nine days and counting til kick-off but you’d think it’s already the big game. Enuf is enfuf already, as the teasers,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 27, 2012
Ener1 Inc., the ambitious New York-based maker of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage, has filed for bankruptcy despite receiving $118 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy — and lavish-support from the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 27, 2012
Ford Motor Co.’s comeback slowed in the fourth quarter as a 21% decline in core automotive business drove down operating profits at a time when the overall U.S. auto industry was showing signs of renewed strength. For the full year, the second largest of the Detroit...
by Bryan Laviolette | Jan 27, 2012
Let’s cut to the chase: The Chevy Volt is as safe as any other vehicle on the road. And if something in the vehicle is going to cause a fire, it’s more likely to be its gasoline engine and associated plumbing than the groundbreaking car’s lithium-ion battery. Still,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 26, 2012
Word-of-mouth is typically a critical factor in the choice a car buyer makes, yet “conventional wisdom” about which brands have the best quality may be sorely out of date, notes a new study by J.D. Power and Associates. Nonetheless, 40% of buyers say they steered...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 26, 2012
Those of us who’ve driving long enough will likely recall “the one that got away,” the Jaguar E-Type or split-window Chevrolet Corvette that we coulda-shoulda hung onto because today it’s a hot ticket on the collector car circuit. But what about the cars on the road...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 26, 2012
Confirming a report first posted by TheDetroitBureau.com last summer, BMW will introduce an all-new line-up of high-performance diesel cars, including the new triple-turbo M550d that will all but match the off-the-line performance of the Bavarian maker’s celebrated,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 26, 2012
BMW’s updated X6 Sport Activity Vehicle was one of those proverbial game-changers that comes along only every so often but then has a significant influence on automotive design. In this case, any number of competitors has raced to match the Bavarian maker’s quirky...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 26, 2012
Copyright 2012 TheDetroitBureau.com Nissan and Daimler are looking to take a significant step forward in their rapidly expanding partnership – the German maker expecting to set up a new plant that would be located adjacent to the new Nissan assembly complex going into...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 25, 2012
Hoping to gain a leg up on its luxury market rivals, Daimler AG is looking at adding at least two more plants to its global production network – one in China and the other some place in North America. The new plants could be a critical step in regaining the global...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 25, 2012
“The American auto industry is back,” proclaimed Pres. Barack Obama in his state-of-the-union message Tuesday night. And that appears to include most brands selling in the U.S., including Japanese, Korean, European and Detroit makers, as well, if preliminary...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 25, 2012
General Motors is planning to invest more than $1 billion in Russia over the next five years, said James Bovenzi, managing director of GM Russia and CIS, and it expects production, including production by its joint venture partners, to double from 232,000 units in...
