by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 24, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is the latest government agency to be probing the way General Motors handled the recall of 2.6 million vehicles due to an ignition switch defect linked to the deaths of at least 13 people. The SEC probe came to light through...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 24, 2014
It was “a trying first 100 days” for General Motors CEO Mary Barra, writes one influential automotive analyst, but perhaps it’s paying off. The daughter of a GM “shop rat” who worked her way up to the top from a starting job as a co-op student has been named to the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 24, 2014
Considering the cost of bringing a car to market, every new vehicle is important, but few more so than the 2014 Acura TLX making its first public appearance at the New York Auto Show this week. Acura has scored a pair of solid hits with its two SUV models, the RDX and...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 24, 2014
After writing down more than $1.3 billion to cover the cost of a burst of embarrassing recalls, General Motors saw its earnings for the first quarter of 2014 fall by more than 85%, it reported today, though it was still able to squeak out a modest profit. The $125...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 24, 2014
A new brand General Motors launched only three years ago is poised to double its sales this year as GM continues to move ahead with its rapid expansion in China. Baojun, the brand that belongs to the Shanghai-GM-Wuling joint venture sold 100,000 cars last year and...
by Michael Strong | Apr 23, 2014
Karma is back! The Fisker Karma, that is. Fisker Automotive’s electric vehicle boasted cutting edge design, but couldn’t overcome production and quality issues that sucked up millions of dollars and led to its demise. Enter Chinese auto supplier Wanxiang, which bought...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 23, 2014
The numbers aren’t likely to look very good when General Motors and Ford Motor Co. release their first-quarter earnings results this week, both makers expected to post sharp declines from year-ago levels. Ford had signaled a likely slide late last year as a result of...
by Michael Strong | Apr 23, 2014
J.D. Power acquired an analytics firm to enhance Power’s ability to measure and track online shopping behaviors and trends of consumers. The move was announced today. Korrelate provides the information about online shopping to advertising agencies, advertisers, media...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 23, 2014
It once vied with rival Cadillac for dominance in the huge U.S. luxury car market, but the last two decades have been tough for Lincoln. Sales have steadily slid to the point that some anticipate parent Ford Motor Co. might eventually abandon the once-grand marque....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 23, 2014
Federal investigators have launched a preliminary probe of the 2014 Chevrolet Impala following a report that the big sedan’s emergency braking system might activate without warning or driver input. The probe comes as General Motors shakes up its internal product...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 23, 2014
General Motors continues to shake up its senior management ranks in the wake of the ongoing ignition switch recall scandal, this time ousting its global engineering chief and splitting the job into two new posts with a goal of catching potential safety problems...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 22, 2014
Tesla Motors has launched what could become its biggest gamble yet, delivering its first cars in China and hinting at plans to produce cars in the booming Asian nation. The Silicon Valley start-up is already the second best-selling producer of battery-electric...
