by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 31, 2015
With the official unveiling of its new CT6 sedan, Cadillac is setting out to “reinvent the premium luxury segment, global president Johan de Nysschen declared Tuesday evening. But the debut of the big sedan is also about reinventing the once-dominant Cadillac brand...
by Michael Strong | Mar 31, 2015
Volkswagen dove right into this year’s New York Auto Show with the Beetle Convertible Wave and three other concepts and a look at the all-wheel drive future of the Golf. The German maker knows its customer base and listened when introduced the Golf SportWagen and it’s...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 31, 2015
After offering a tease of the new XF during a daring tightrope drive across the Thames River in London, Jaguar has again taken the wraps off the new mid-lux sedan during a New York Auto Show preview – this time revealing some intriguing details. The new...
by Michael Strong | Mar 31, 2015
The nation’s big rigs are often exceeding the 75 mph speeds that their tires are designed to handle, often with disastrous results. The problems may expand as many states consider raising speed limits beyond 70 mph. According to the Associated Press, 14 states, most...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 31, 2015
Americans love their car dealers. Or they want them to go away. Or perhaps just change a little bit. Apparently, you can find a new study to reflect your old sensibilities. But most do want to change the buying process, if nothing else, to make it quicker and easier....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 31, 2015
Rain or shine, drivers will switch on their engines for the sixth round of the Formula E race series in Long Beach, California this weekend. No matter what the weather, the 20 drivers in the battery-car racing program will ride the same set of rubber – in sharp...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 31, 2015
A long auto show season that began with last year’s gathering in Paris is getting set to wrap up with the annual New York International Auto Show. And things will be going out with a bang, rather than a whimper. Automakers have been building momentum as the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 31, 2015
With the big New York Auto Show set to open this week, carmakers have every reason to be optimistic about their prospects for the month ahead based on preliminary data. The economy remains on track to grow 3% this year, up from 2.4% in 2014, according to a new...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 31, 2015
While GMC may be taking a low-profile approach to the 2015 New York International Auto Show, with no official news conference on the media preview schedule, that doesn’t mean the truck brand doesn’t have anything to show off. Showgoers will find a heavily updated...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 30, 2015
It’s been a busy year for luxury automakers who have unleashed a flood of new products at shows around the world in recent months. And the season will wrap up with the unveiling of such new models as the popular Lexus RX crossover, as well as the $205,000 Range Rover...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 30, 2015
Range Rover has been pushing the extremes. Last year’s limited-edition Range Rover Long-Wheelbase Autobiography Black Holland & Holland edition not only had one of the longest names ever to wrap around the entire back end of a vehicle, but also a price tag to...
by Michael Strong | Mar 30, 2015
Volvo, the first Chinese automaker to export a vehicle to the U.S., announced it plans to build a $500 million somewhere in the U.S. Officials declined to elaborate on where. “Volvo Cars cannot claim to be a true global carmaker without an industrial presence in the...
