by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 23, 2015
The Super Bowl has built a reputation among automotive aficionados as a place to watch for a first glimpse of new sheet metal. Now, it seems, automakers are using the Oscars as another venue to provide a sneak peek at what they have coming. Cadillac, anyway. The...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 23, 2015
Known as “the father of the Z,” the original Nissan 240Z sports car, Yutaka Katayama was both a passionate brand ambassador and a serious business executive who continued to play a role at the Japanese automaker long after his official retirement in 1977. Katayama,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 23, 2015
There were some big winners – and equally big losers – at Daytona Beach over the weekend. Coming up smiling was Joey Logano, the 24-year-old Team Penske driver who took the checkered flag. Among those less than happy with the results of the Daytona 500 were Dale...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 23, 2015
Honda’s ongoing airbag problem has claimed another victim. In this case, it’s President and CEO Takanobu Ito, who will step aside in April, at the end of the automaker’s fiscal year. Honda has been forced to recall millions of vehicles around the world due to problems...
by Michael Strong | Feb 20, 2015
Takata’s refusal to fully cooperate in a federal investigation of its exploding airbags responsible for the recall of more than 18 million vehicles will now cost them more than bad publicity – the company’s going to pony up $14,000 a day. “Safety is a shared...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 20, 2015
Two weeks after teasing us with some early renderings – and another two weeks before its official debut at the Geneva Motor Show – Hyundai has offered up several complete images of the next generation Tucson sport-utility vehicle. With a sleeker design that moves even...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 20, 2015
General Motors has recruited a veteran of the oil industry to serve as its next general counsel as it begins to dig out from the litigation surrounding the faulty ignition switch recall failure, which has already cost the company an estimated $3 billion. GM appointed...
by Michael Strong | Feb 20, 2015
Americans owe more money for new and used cars than ever: $866 billion, according to Experian Automotive. That’s the outstanding loan balance for vehicles in the U.S. and not only have Americans borrowed more than ever for cars, the average length of new car loans is...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 20, 2015
After one of the worst downturns in U.S. automotive history, the industry could be in the midst of one of the more long-lasting recoveries, according to a new study predicting sales will continue to grow through 2017. Americans bought 16.4 million vehicles last year,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 20, 2015
Volvo plans to launch an autonomous vehicle pilot program by 2017, and it intends to use real motorists in its home town of Gothenberg, Sweden to get feedback on how well the technology works. Dubbed Drive Me, the project is one of the more ambitious laid out by a...
by Michael Strong | Feb 19, 2015
Consumers may relish the sharp slump in fuel prices during the last few months, but they anticipate prices will eventually rebound – and want automakers to continue putting a premium on fuel economy, according to a new survey. In the early weeks of the New Year,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 19, 2015
Infiniti gave us a hint of what it had in store for the compact crossover earlier this month when it released a teaser image of its QX30 Concept. Now, two weeks before the small CUV makes its formal debut at the Geneva Motor Show we’re getting a more complete look at...
