by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 17, 2013
Soon-to-retire General Motors Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson has said thanks, but no thanks, to suggestions the now-profitable automaker should pay back the roughly $10 billion the U.S. Treasury is believed to have lost on its 2009 bailout of the then-bankrupt...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 17, 2013
Lincoln hopes to undercut its competition in the increasingly crowded compact luxury crossover segment – but whether a price tag starting below $34,000 will help it gain traction against offerings from makers like BMW, Acura and Audi remains to be seen. The Lincoln...
by Michael Strong | Dec 16, 2013
The good news for U.S. manufacturing continued today with the announcement that General Motors plans to invest nearly $1.3 billion in five U.S. plants creating or saving 1,000 jobs. The announcement comes just days after cross-town rival Ford Motor Co. announced it...
by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 16, 2013
Ford Motor Co. top executives constantly talk about “One Ford” and how it important it is to the company’s future. In the past, the concept has referenced everything from employee morale to commonizing components. Now the company has a new meaning for it: 3D...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 16, 2013
Is it that time of year? Whenever the snows start to fly and we begin thinking about the upcoming auto show season we can be sure to see some intriguing – and more than occasionally wacky – images land in our inbox thanks to the folks at Swiss “idea factory”...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 16, 2013
This Baby has grown up. After giving us a tease of the new interior of the completely redesign 2015 C-Class a couple months ago, Mercedes-Benz is finally offering a full look – and details – about a car that no longer should be thought about as the “Baby Benz.” No...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 16, 2013
While millions of Americans routinely admit to driving above the speed limit, nearly half of all motorists say speeding is a problem and the vast majority – including many chronic speeders – believe “everyone should obey the speed limits because it’s the law,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 13, 2013
The fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the United States set a record for efficiency during model year 2012 as vehicles reached an all-time high fuel economy of 23.6 miles per gallon, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reported. The 23.6 mpg figure...
by Michael Strong | Dec 13, 2013
With nasty winter weather dominating the headlines the past few years, it would seem people are buying vehicles better equipped to handle the elements: sales of all-wheel-drive vehicles have risen five percentage points in five years. Nearly one-third – 31.3% – of new...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 13, 2013
We’ve had more than a month to pour over early images of the new BMW 2-Series Coupe but now, the German maker says, we’ve only got a few more weeks to wait for a chance to actually eyeball the new sheet metal with the downsized 2-door scheduled to make its formal...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 13, 2013
Volkswagen is teaming up with Protean Electric, a promising battery-car technology supplier, to test a new system that could dramatically alter the way vehicles are designed and built. The German maker is testing Protean’s hub motor technology on its Bora sedan, the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 13, 2013
Volkswagen’s top American executive is leaving the automaker — a move that comes at a time the German maker is struggling to reverse an unexpectedly sharp slump in U.S. sales. The 54-year-old Jonathan Browning’s departure comes just over two years after he took...
