by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 15, 2015
General Motors is slashing the price of its slow-selling Chevrolet Spark battery-electric vehicle in a bid to boost demand. It’s the latest in a string of price cuts by automakers struggling to build interest in plug-based vehicles, and the announcement comes just...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 14, 2015
This coming June will mark the second anniversary of a settlement between Chrysler and federal regulators that resulted in the recall of 1.56 million Jeeps due to a potential fire hazard. But so far, only a tiny fraction of the vehicles covered by that service action...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 14, 2015
Senior officials at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles are sending out signals that they’d like to find another partner, barely a year after the trans-Atlantic alliance was officially completed. Such a deal could be come together – if a willing partner can be found – before...
by Michael Strong | Apr 14, 2015
It’s not unusual for car aficionados to claim that cars are art. In fact, top auto designers usually attend the world’s best design schools before they are scooped up by auto companies. While most of the time, their creativity shows up atop four wheels, this week...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 14, 2015
While it might not get you to pick up and move, a new study reveals a big gap in what you’ll pay for auto insurance depending upon what state you live in. Maine is, by far, the cheapest place to get coverage, while you’ll pay nearly twice the national average if your...
by Michael Strong | Apr 14, 2015
Head-up displays have been in cars for more than two decades now giving drivers a simple way to see necessary information. The technology, which was borrowed from fighter jets, is supposed to make driving safer. The technology isn’t widely used because it just hasn’t...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 14, 2015
After four years, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has taken its share of lumps for the halting performance of the Fiat brand in the U.S. where it still hasn’t won the hearts and minds of the American consumers. Nevertheless, the Fiat brand has established a beachhead in...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 13, 2015
You can never be too thin, too rich…or have too many gears, it seems. Even as it moves ahead on a joint venture developing a 10-speed automatic transmission, Ford has been granted a patent for a new design that would use 11 gears. That might come as a shock to older...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 13, 2015
These days, it’s hard to call carmakers like Mercedes-Benz, Honda or Toyota “imports.” The vast majority of the vehicles they sell here are now produced in North America – and a fair share of the products rolling off those lines will wind up in markets abroad. Demand...
by Michael Strong | Apr 13, 2015
The future became the present in Detroit last weekend when more than 100 futuristic looking cars from took to the city streets trying to thousands of miles on just one gallon of gasoline in the annual Shell Eco-Marathon Americas 2015. The event attracts entrants from...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 13, 2015
With the launch of its 2016 CT6 sedan, Cadillac says it is setting out to “reinvent” itself, but some of the steps the maker has taken in the development of the new model will likely trigger changes across the industry.The new Cadillac CT6 is the same size as a big...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 13, 2015
When the new 2016 Chevrolet Malibu rolls into showrooms later this year it will offer a variety of powertrain options including a base 1.5-liter turbo package that will feature standard Stop-Start, making it the latest in a growing list of models equipped with the...