by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 17, 2013
Exactly 49 years to the day after the public got its first look at the all-new pony car, Ford Motor Co. celebrated as the one-millionth version of the Mustang to roll off the assembly line at its assembly plant in Flat Rock, Michigan. The event helps usher in what is...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 17, 2013
It’s getting more and more difficult to keep secrets these days. Just ask Mercedes-Benz. The German maker had hoped to reveal its new GLA Concept on the opening day of the Shanghai Auto Show but images and details have already begun to leak out, as you can see here....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 17, 2013
We hear the word, “downsizing” a lot these days, and there’s no question that more and more Americans are abandoning their full-size utes, pickups and sedans for smaller offerings. But the shift is happening at a far slower pace than many had anticipated – and for a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 17, 2013
The first driverless cars could begin to roll into showrooms by 2025 – if not sooner — a panel of experts agreed during the annual convention of automotive engineers in Detroit. And many of the technologies that will permit autonomous driving will become...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 16, 2013
General Motors is counting down for the launch of two all-new midsize pickups which will likely reach showrooms in time for the 2015 model-year. GM hopes to buck the industry trend that has seen a sharp decline in demand for small trucks in recent years – and led both...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 16, 2013
Sometimes it pays to go green. While there’s often a steep premium associated with battery power and other alternative propulsion systems, the savings on fuel can rapidly offset the up-front costs when you’re talking about heavy-duty and commercial vehicles like the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 16, 2013
There seems to be no limit to the number of awards handed out in the auto industry these days. But what sort of vehicle might the engineers who actually design our cars, trucks and crossovers give the nod to? This year, it’s the Lotus Evora 414E Range Extender Hybrid...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 16, 2013
Now that you’ve got your taxes done, perhaps it’s time to sit down and work out your automotive budget. But a quick estimate by AAA suggests you’ll spend an average $9,122 on your car this year – an increase of nearly 2% over 2012. Costs vary widely, of course,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 16, 2013
Generating almost exactly half of its parent’s worldwide total, Chevrolet posted sales of 1.18 million vehicles during the first quarter of 2013, its 10th consecutive quarterly record – despite the continuing slide of the European automotive market. General Motors...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 16, 2013
Automakers often argue that there’s no better place to test out promising new technology than on the race track – which is apparently what Aston Martin has in mind for the hydrogen-powered Rapide S it will field during the 24 Hours of Nurburgring next month. The ‘Ring...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 15, 2013
China’s endemic problem with corporate corruption appears to have caught up with the booming Asian nation’s second-largest state-owned automaker where as much as $1.5 billion may have been embezzled. That has led the chairman of First Automobile Works Group, or FAW,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 15, 2013
After unexpectedly losing one of its top brand bosses to Nissan, the Chrysler Group is shaking up its executive lineup, putting new managers in charge at its Ram, Dodge and Fiat brands. The quick switch following the loss of Ram chief Fred Diaz, appears designed to...
