by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 18, 2013
Chrysler has issued an unusually dire warning to some owners of its Dodge Challenger muscle car warning them to park the vehicles until it can make repairs due to a risk of fire. According to Chrysler, the wiring harness is the source of the problem due a batch of...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 15, 2013
Toyota is recalling about 310,000 of its distinctive FJ Cruiser SUVs, the majority of which were sold in the United States, due to a seatbelt problem. The announcement is the latest in a series of safety-related problems for the maker which topped the list among...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 15, 2013
Compared to his counterpart at General Motors, Alan Mulally was a well-paid man last year, taking home $21 million as part of a package including salary, bonuses and stock options. But the Ford Motor Co. CEO nonetheless saw his compensation dip from the $29.5 million...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 15, 2013
Following up on a pledge made during his State of the Union address to “shift our cars and trucks off oil for good,” President Barack Obama is seeking Congressional approval for a $2 billion energy trust fund to support the development of advanced vehicle...
by Marty Bernstein | Mar 15, 2013
The advertising business is loaded with cliches but perhaps the most pertinent is, “An agency is only as good as the client lets it be!” Yet, when the ads aren’t working it never turns out to be the clients fault, it’s always the agency’s. Ha!...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 15, 2013
Hyundai has set sales records in each of the last two months yet could still wind up losing market share this year because of a chronic shortage of vehicles. The problem is one of global scale and reflects the maker’s cautious approach to boosting production capacity,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 14, 2013
With the apparent embrace of America’s increasingly mileage-minded buyers, German makers are flooding the U.S. market with an assortment of new diesel offerings, BMW to join the fray when it reveals the 328d sedan at the upcoming New York Auto Show. The compact sedan...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 14, 2013
They can be “fatal distractions,” but despite the increasingly well-understood risks, American motorists blithely continue to use cellphones or text while behind the wheel – far more than their counterparts in Europe. Efforts to get drivers to put down their mobile...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 14, 2013
It’s the world’s biggest car market, yet, when it comes to fully-assembled automotive exports, China is little more than a minor player. But a new and unusual consortium pairing one of the Asian nation’s more ambitious domestic makers with an Israeli billionaire...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 14, 2013
General Motors’ marketing operations are a step short of chaos, according to sources close to the maker, with two of GM’s most important brands set to review – and likely make major changes to – their ad agency partnerships. Chevrolet is the latest to be looking for...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 14, 2013
Honda continues to be plagued by safety-related problems that have resulted in it being at the top of the automotive recall list in recent years – the latest announcement targeting 250,000 vehicles sold worldwide due to potential brake problems. More than 180,000 of...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 14, 2013
Hyundai landed an unexpected body blow to the luxury car segment when it introduced its first-generation Genesis and followed with the well-received Equus, the big sedan taking on the likes of the BMW 7-Series and Mercedes-Benz S-Class. An updated version of the...