by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 15, 2013
If you’ve bought a new car over the last several years, chances are it’s been a challenge trying to learn all the new features, whether pairing a cellphone, using voice commands to program in a destination or setting up one of the new safety systems such as active...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 15, 2013
Chrysler is scrambling to fill a big hole left in its senior management ranks following the unexpected defection of Fred Diaz, who had been running its fast-growing Ram truck brand. A 24-year Chrysler veteran, Diaz now becomes the new head of sales and marketing for...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 15, 2013
General Motors and Ford Motor Co. have formed an unusual alliance designed to help them meet increasing stringent fuel-economy standards by jointly development a new 10-speed automatic transmission. The announcement underscores the increasingly difficult challenges...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 12, 2013
If, as expected, Ford Motor Co. opts to build its next-generation F-Series pickup out of aluminum it will not only shed a tremendous amount of mass but also send a clear signal that the industry is looking for lightweight alternatives as manufacturers struggle to meet...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 12, 2013
Don’t count Bugatti down-and-out. True, the maker recently had to relinquish the title of “World’s Fastest Production Car,” having been bested by the Hennessy Venom. But if you lose one trophy line up another, it seems, and Bugatti proved it still had plenty of...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 12, 2013
After so-so sales during the first quarter, Daimler AG has deferred making any kind of prediction on its first quarter profits from its core automobile and truck business. However, while Daimler declined to offer revised income and sales forecasts, CEO Dieter Zetsche...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 12, 2013
One thing about Tesla founder Elon Musk: he is nothing if not ambitious. And with his battery-electric company expected to report its first-ever profit for the January-to-March quarter, the entrepreneur is already looking how to keep his business expanding. That could...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 12, 2013
Jaguar apparently didn’t know it would have a hit on its hands when it unveiled the “track-focused” XKR-S GT at the New York International Auto Show a few weeks back. One of three new high-performance R-line models to be added to the British marque’s line-up in recent...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 11, 2013
Daimler AG is facing new pressure about opening its Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Alabama up to the long-stalled organizing efforts of the United Auto Workers Union. The big difference is that the maker’s German unions seem ready to throw their hefty support to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 11, 2013
President Barack Obama is proposing a number of new efforts designed to improve the nation’s transportation system, with a mix of high-speed rails, cleaner fuels, tax credits for those buying alternatively powered vehicles – and as much as $2 billion in funding for...
by Marty Bernstein | Apr 11, 2013
The reintroduction of the Lincoln Motor Company via the new MKZ model is now officially comatose. A code blue alert has brought in an auto marketing turnaround specialist, the 54-year-old Mark LeNeve, to assume command of Lincoln’s almost new “luxury-oriented boutique...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 11, 2013
While you may be scraping together the cash needed to cover the tax bill due by next week, millions of other Americans have been claiming or already receiving big refund checks – and that’s good news for automakers and auto dealers. While there are no hard statistics...
