by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 6, 2012
Need a car that’s family-friendly? There’s a surprisingly broad range of offerings available and that doesn’t mean you’ll be stuck picking from a pile of minivans. In fact, there were only two of those classic family-movers among the list of the 15 most...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 5, 2012
A curious thing happened in May: after months of trading in for smaller, more fuel-efficient models, U.S. motorists began to shift back to bigger, less fuel-efficiency vehicles. But was this an anomaly or a significant reversal of recent trends? By the end of May,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 5, 2012
Mercedes-Benz plans to amp up the performance of its gullwing sports car next year – a move it will signal by renaming the 2-seater the 2013 Mercedes SLS AMG GT. It will likely take you almost as much time to get that out of your mouth as it will for the upgraded...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 5, 2012
The new 2013 Cadillac XTS is off to a shaky start – but that’s good news. Cadillac’s big new sedan is introducing a variety of new high-tech features, including a “Driver Awareness Package” that vibrates the driver’s seat to signal when there’s a potential problem...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 5, 2012
Barely a month after launching sales of the new Fiat 500 Abarth the maker has told dealers it will no longer be able to supply orders for the rest of the 2012 model-year. The high-performance version of what Italians call the Cinquecento has helped kick-start demand...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 5, 2012
By most measures, it should be a tough year for the full-size pickup truck market. Yet even when fuel prices were running at near-record levels, earlier this spring, demand for the big rigs was running hot. And that means Ford may be perfectly timed for the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 4, 2012
Having abruptly handed in his resignation to Audi, the maker’s former U.S. marketing chief will be heading over to Hong Kong, there to take the reins at Nissan’s new global headquarters for the Infiniti division. The unexpected announcement last week accompanied a...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 4, 2012
Volkswagen AG, Europe’s largest automaker, has agreed to give its German workers a pay increase of 4.3%, following the pattern set last month at Daimler, Porsche and BMW. Under the one year contract, which expires next June, the pay increase took effect June 1 and...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 4, 2012
Mazda is hoping that old motor sports adage, “Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday,” still holds. Aware it will have plenty of convincing to do when it launches its new SkyActiv diesel next year the maker plans to turn to motor sports to get its message across. A beefed-up...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 4, 2012
At the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, Saab unveiled a concept car called the Phoenix, named to symbolize the maker’s seeming rebirth from the ashes. It was clearly premature, as we now know, the maker soon forced into bankruptcy. Yet, there may still be life in the old...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 4, 2012
It looks like a flying glass donut and would seem more appropriate in a remake of the Jetsons but Volkswagen’s hovercraft concept is a bit more than just sci-fi. The prototype emerges from the “People’s Car Project,” a crowd-sourcing program VW has set up in China to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 4, 2012
Detroit’s weather-beaten roads are a frequent target of criticism, but drivers on the IndyCar circuit were particularly disturbed when the surface on the Motor City’s Belle Isle race track began to break up, leading to a crash and a long delay as crews raced to patch...
