by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 6, 2013
J Mays, the talented but at times controversial group vice president and global design director at Ford Motor Co., will be retiring after 16 years with the Detroit automaker – and 33 years in the auto industry. Mays, who was instrumental in breathing new life into...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 6, 2013
By Tesla’s account, the battery-car start-up generated a $16 million profit for the third quarter – but by generally accepted accounting practices, or GAAP, the maker would have plunged $38 million into the red for the July to September period. And that sent already...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 6, 2013
Toyota Motor Co.’s quarterly earnings soared by 70% despite slightly softer sales, reflecting the Japanese giant’s cost-cutting efforts as well as the impact of the weak yen. Toyota increased its earnings forecast for the full fiscal year after posting a $438.4...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 5, 2013
Hoping to expand upon the success of its new F-Type convertible, Jaguar plans to introduce a coupe version of the sports car at the upcoming LA Auto Show and follow up with an Asian preview at the Tokyo Motor Show a day later. Dubbed the “spiritual successor” to the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 5, 2013
While most automakers come to SEMA with an assortment of tricked out concept cars, it was nothing but the real deal at the Honda stand where the Japanese maker pulled the wraps off its updated 2014 Civic Coupe. The introduction marks the third major update of the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 5, 2013
The long-running alliance between French automaker Renault and Japan’s Nissan could soon get a little bit larger as the partners explore a possible tie-up with another Japanese maker, Mitsubishi Motors. The proposed alliance would cover a number of different product...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 5, 2013
Nissan and several other automakers have promised to put the first fully autonomous vehicles into production by the end of the decade, and industry analysts suggest the technology could become increasingly commonplace in the years to follow. That, of course, raises...
by Michael Strong | Nov 5, 2013
Mark Reuss, General Motors’ North American president, deactivated his Facebook account yesterday after disputing portions of a story on TheDetroitBureau.com about GM’s shrinking market share. “Mark made a personal decision to deactivate his page,” Terry Rhadigan, GM...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 5, 2013
With the SEMA Show set to open its doors in Las Vegas, automakers are rolling out a wide range of concepts – and even a few production vehicles. Chevrolet has been trickling out previews of some of the special models it will have on display at the Las Vegas...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 5, 2013
Regulators in China’s smog-choked capital will slash new car sales in hopes of getting control of Beijing’s notorious air pollution problem. Facing some of the worst smog ever in recent months, the city has already taken such steps as temporarily closing some...
by Michael Strong | Nov 5, 2013
Every few years, an inventor gets the public a little closer what was once envisioned by Henry Ford: a flying car. “Mark my word: a combination airplane and motor car is coming. You may smile, but it’s coming,” Ford is often quoted as saying later in his life. The...
by Michael Strong | Nov 4, 2013
After spending hours pushing themselves to their physical limits, Toyota knew that the first thing professional triathletes would want to do is hop in their RAV4 and…take a shower. Toyota-sponsored triathletes Sarah Haskins, Andy Potts, and Hunter Kemper designed a...
