by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 20, 2012
General Motors China has opened an advanced development center in Shanghai where researchers and engineers will work on the development of next-generation vehicle battery systems. The decision is no coincidence. With its endemic smog problems, China has set strict...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 20, 2012
copyright: TheDetroitBureau.com With the launch of the new ATS small car, Cadillac is beginning the most expansive product roll-out in its history, according to senior officials with the General Motors luxury brand – a risky but potentially lucrative effort that is...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 20, 2012
There’s some small comfort in creeping along in traffic knowing that the car ahead is a 250 mph Bugatti Veyron worth $1.4 million while the one in your rearview mirror is a lovingly restored Talbot-Lago that could easily command several times as much money. So it goes...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 20, 2012
Fisker Automotive has ordered a recall of its Karma plug-in hybrid – the second since it was launched earlier this year – in the wake of a fire that destroyed one of the vehicles in a Northern California parking lot. The maker blames a sealed fan unit for the blaze,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 17, 2012
Is this the new look for BMW? Just three months after the maker revealed the striking Coupe it designed in a collaboration with Italian design house Zagato it unveiled the new BMW Zagato Roadster during the long weekend’s celebration of automotive elegance in Pebble...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 17, 2012
For those who want better performance – without the price tag of the top-line Abarth edition – Fiat is adding a new turbocharged version of its little 500 model. The new addition to the maker’s fast-growing line-up is making its debut in Monterey, California, this...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 17, 2012
All photos in this article courtesy Len Katz. Neither storms, nor blackouts, nor economic downturns – never mind over-zealous law enforcement – has failed to dampen the spirit of the Woodward Dream Cruise, the annual gathering of muscle cars, hot rods and more than a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 17, 2012
Daimler AG has officially called it quits on the grand plan to create a luxury car brand to rival the likes of the vaunted Rolls-Royce and Bentley. The German maker has “discontinued” production of all Maybach products. The question is whether anyone other than the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 16, 2012
With its 2012 losses already forecast to approach the $1 billion mark, the situation in Europe continues to get worse for Ford Motor Co. The Detroit maker revealed its July sales in 19 key European countries slipped to their lowest level in 17 years – with demand for...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 16, 2012
Mere months after revealing the results of their first new collaboration in decades, BMW is getting ready to roll out a second concept it has developed in a collaboration with the legendary Zagato design house. The maker isn’t saying much about the show car, other...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 16, 2012
Considering the record-breaking heat that’s scorched much of the country one might expect a significant turnout as Jaguar’s “Chill NY” event gets underway in New York this week. The event, which gives Big Apple residents the opportunity to skate inside what the maker...
