by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 24, 2015
Take a late night walk down a dark country lane and you’re likely to aim your flashlight precisely where you want to look. Imagine having a car that’s equally intuitive. That’s the idea behind a new system being developed by Opel, General Motors’ European subsidiary,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 24, 2015
The United Auto Workers union is meeting this week in Detroit with its local leaders to set its agenda for future bargaining with General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler. Among the many issues they are expected to broach during talks with automakers this year include...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 24, 2015
The fast-growing Land Rover family will be getting bigger yet with the addition of the new Range Rover Sport HST, a limited-edition model for 2016. Set to make its debut at the New York International Auto Show next week, the new model gets a 40 horsepower bump thanks...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 24, 2015
Even as the demand for gasoline rises as the weather improves and the economy gets stronger, gasoline prices have remained flat for the past week even as the price of crude oil began to decline on markets all over the world. The price of West Texas Intermediate crude...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 24, 2015
Late to the Chinese party, Ford Motor Co. is playing a fast-paced game of catch-up. The Detroit maker’s latest move comes with the opening of a new, $760 million assembly plant in Hangzhou, about 100 miles southwest of Shanghai. The new facility will bring to 1.2...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 23, 2015
When Cadillac’s first car rolled out in 1902 it was powered by a single-cylinder motor making a whopping 10 horsepower. You can expect five more cylinders and a lot more muscle under the hood when the new Caddy CT6 debuts at the New York Auto Show next week. Among the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 23, 2015
Suspension problems may have soured things at Sebring over the weekend, but the folks behind the DeltaWing program are anything but downbeat these days. Quite the contrary. They’re confidently planning to move ahead with efforts to build not just one but a family of...
by Michael Strong | Mar 23, 2015
Federal safety regulators announced they’re opening an investigation into the effectiveness of a recall of nearly 1 million vehicles by Nissan Motor Co. due to an airbag problem. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking Nissan’s recall of about...
by Michael Strong | Mar 23, 2015
The recent drop in gas prices encouraged Americans to get out on the roads at near-record levels in 2014. U.S. motorists traveled 3.02 trillion miles last year: 1.7% more than the 2.97 trillion in 2013. The result was the second-highest total ever recorded in the 69...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 23, 2015
Automotive interiors have come a long way in recent years. Even the most Spartan vehicles are likely to use materials and offer features that were found in only the most up-market models a decade ago. And that’s become a critical factor when motorists go to buy a new...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 23, 2015
Sales of new vehicles have picked up in March and are now expected to reach their best level in a decade, according to a new forecast from J.D. Power and LMC Automotive. “Inclement weather in February caused many consumers to delay their new-vehicle purchase until...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 23, 2015
What could be the make-it-or-break-it model for Mitsubishi Motors will put in its debut appearance at the New York International Auto Show next week. The 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander will be a complete remake of the long-struggling Japanese automaker’s primary...
