by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 22, 2012
This year’s near-record run-up in fuel prices has clearly had an impact on the choices American motorists are making when it’s time to buy a new vehicle – in fact, three in four U.S. drivers now say they’re ready to consider an alternative-fuel vehicle, according to a...
by Bryan Laviolette | May 22, 2012
General Motors broke ground Monday on a $380 million plant expansion to its Wentzville Assembly facility outside St. Louis, to accommodate the production of the newly designed Chevrolet Colorado midsize pick-up, creating or retaining about 1,260 jobs hourly and...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 21, 2012
Don’t go looking for a production version of the battery-powered 102 EX concept vehicle at your local Rolls-Royce dealer anytime soon. The project has quite literally come unplugged. The British ultra-luxury maker rolled out the prototype at the 2011 Geneva Motor...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 21, 2012
May is National Youth Traffic Safety Month, and among the many story ideas we’ve received to mark the occasion is one that offers a few tips for teens on how to handle a breakdown. Spending a weekend driving through metro Los Angeles we realized the recommendations...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 21, 2012
The risk of fire is forcing Jeep to recall nearly 87,000 Wranglers in the U.S., Canada and other parts of the world. About 68,000 of those were sold in the United States, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The government has received...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 21, 2012
Talks between German industrial employers, including major carmakers, and Europe’s largest industrial union, IG Metall, are now at an impasse. Talks are resuming, but so far five rounds of negotiations have produced little movement and a round of warning strike...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 21, 2012
With products ranging from the next-generation Chevrolet Silverado pickup to an all-new Infiniti electric vehicle, the U.S. auto industry will see a potentially record flood of new products roll into dealer showrooms by 2016. According to the new “Car Wars” study by...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 21, 2012
With products ranging from the next-generation Chevrolet Silverado pickup to an all-new Infiniti electric vehicle, the U.S. auto industry will see a potentially record flood of new products roll into dealer showrooms by 2016. According to the new “Car Wars” study by...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 18, 2012
In the latest in a series of surprise moves, General Motors has decided to boycott next January’s Super Bowl advertising extravaganza in protest over a huge increase in advertiser rates. The decision follows word that the maker will also pull its ads off Facebook, the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 18, 2012
You might want to pick up a scorecard to keep up with all the changes as General Motors shuffles the key players in its sales operations. The moves are timed to prepare for a host of critical new product launches coming over the next 18 months, including replacements...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 18, 2012
The recent run-up in fuel prices led to a surge in demand for hybrids like the Toyota Prius, which has been selling at record levels. Yet sales of gas-electric vehicles still lag well behind what proponents keep forecasting, accounting for barely 3% of the overall...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 18, 2012
With his long list of successful films, you might Martin Scorcese to be riding to work in a Rolls-Royce, but it seems he plans to make his next film about the classic luxury brand – or, more precisely, about its early years and the people who transformed Rolls into as...
