by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 9, 2013
Ford Motor Co. is racing to make up for lost time after getting off to a late start in the booming Chinese market. And with demand surging 51% since the beginning of the year, the Detroit maker is rapidly expanding both its product line-up and production capacity in a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 9, 2013
Hyundai is giving us a look at yet another one of the many concept vehicles it plans to unveil at the upcoming SEMA show in Las Vegas early next month, this one coming from an ongoing partnership between the Korean carmaker and tuner ARK. Dubbed the Legato Concept –...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 9, 2013
New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg apparently didn’t play fair when it came to choosing the next generation of vehicles that would pick up fares across the Big Apple. One of the billionaire mayor’s signature plans was to replace all of New York’s existing taxi fleet...
by Joseph Szczesny | Oct 8, 2013
General Motors has big plans for its next generation of full-size SUVs – and not just in the traditional U.S. market for models such as the Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon Denali and Cadillac Escalade. The automaker expects to export more than a quarter of the big sport...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 8, 2013
A growing number of vehicles are currently being offered with automated systems that make it easy for those who tend to freeze up when it comes time to parallel park. But Ford is demonstrating an even more advanced system today that can drop you off and then park...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 8, 2013
It was inevitable that at least one Cadillac executive would repeat the tired old cliché, describing the brand as “the standard of the world,” during a preview of the new 2015 Escalade in New York City on Monday night. But Caddy’s global marketing chief Bob Ferguson...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 8, 2013
The bling is back – or so Cadillac is hoping as it gets ready to launch the long-delayed fourth-generation Escalade, a massive SUV that, to fans, once defined the pinnacle of luxury while, to critics, was a symbol of wretched excess. Whichever side you’re on, an...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 7, 2013
It’s little more than a crumbling ruin now, a decrepit collection of brick buildings in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Motown, but the old Highland Park Assembly Plant was once the site of an industrial revolution, one rivaling the invention of the steam engine...
by Joseph Szczesny | Oct 7, 2013
Few cars have done a better job of putting a relatively unknown brand on the radar for a broad swath of American car buyers. The 2009 Kia Soul and the hip-hop hamsters who became its spokes, er, rodents have carved out a unique and enviable niche in the market. So,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 7, 2013
Only a handful of employees still report to work at the Fisker Automotive offices in Anaheim, California, and it has been more than a year since any of the failed maker’s Karma sedans have rolled off the assembly line at a plant in Finland. But the once-promising...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 7, 2013
Investors may be worrying about the impact of a fire that severely damaged a Tesla Model S battery car last week, but the maker’s CEO is not only defending the design of the electric vehicle but arguing that the accident proves it safer than a comparable,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 7, 2013
Whatever the polls may say, you have to wait for election day to be sure who’s going to win the big prize. And that goes for the annual North American Car and Truck of the Year balloting which started out with 45 different models in contention – 29 passenger cars and...
