by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 29, 2015
Conventional wisdom would suggest that Millennials are more interested in cellphones than cars, that they’d rather walk or bike, or at least stick to mass transit, rather than planting a vehicle in their driveways. If a new study by Enterprise Holdings is any...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 29, 2015
To some, it’s one of the coolest cars on the market; to others the goofiest. What’s hard to debate is that the latest update of the Nissan Juke is also the most powerful vehicle in the small crossover market. The maker took the wraps off what it has dubbed the Juke-R...
by Michael Strong | Jun 26, 2015
The U.S. is a nation of drivers and summer is when we like to hit the road the most. In fact, 71% of people in a recent survey plan to take at least one road trip this season. A recent Harris Poll shows that seven in 10 Americans will be hopping behind the wheel with...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 26, 2015
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV plans to push back the introduction of the next generation Jeep Grand Cherokee until the 2018 -2019, Mike Manley, president of the Jeep brand, confirmed during a meeting with reporters at the company’s Chelsea Proving Ground. Manley said...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 26, 2015
Think you have an artistic streak? Have an image in mind that might represent the car of the future or its impact on the world? Live in California? Google wants your help. The Silicon Valley giant is just rolling out the first of its autonomous vehicle prototypes,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 26, 2015
Just because life’s a drag doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy yourself. And for performance fans, Fiat Chrysler says it has just the cure – the new Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak which will offer a choice of engines including Mopar’s first supercharged package. The Drag...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 26, 2015
With record amounts of cash flowing through the nation’s showrooms, sales of new vehicles have continued to boom during June, analysts report, putting the industry on track to post its best sales in more that a decade. TrueCar Inc., the car buying service,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 26, 2015
It might not be a winning roll of the dice in Las Vegas, but Group Lotus is betting big on the new 3-Eleven it’s unveiling at the Goodwood Festival of Speed today. With its distinctively minimalist windshield and extremely long nose, the long-struggling British maker...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 25, 2015
Ford left some gaping holes in the story when it unveiled the Focus RS at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year – starting with the number of ponies it planned to pack under the hood. Sure, something “well in excess of 315 horsepower” got our attention. But we stood...
by Michael Strong | Jun 25, 2015
Just a day after a senior Takata North America official took his lumps from members of the Senate Commerce Committee for faulty airbags, the company’s CEO Shigehisa Takada made a brief apology at a news conference in Tokyo. Takada expressed regret over the problems,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 25, 2015
Ford Motor Co. won’t be engaging in any kind of tie up with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, Ford Chief Executive Officer Mark Fields said this week. Responding to questions from reporters at the annual “Further With Ford” conference, Fields said Ford wasn’t interested...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 25, 2015
Ford Motor hopes to use technology spawned in Silicon Valley to help meet one of the biggest challenges facing motorists today – finding a parking space. Michael Tinskey, Ford global director of electrification and infrastructure, told the annual “Further With Ford”...
