by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 19, 2015
Little Aston Martin has some big plans. With a flood of new cash from key investors, new CEO Andy Palmer says the British maker will soon have its largest line-up of products ever, a mix that will include traditional Aston sports cars, big sedans, even a...
by Michael Strong | Aug 19, 2015
The Nürburgring Nordschleife, the most accessible – if not the most famous – racetrack in the world has forced drivers on the famous circuit to … gulp … slow down. The track’s owners slapped speed limits on certain parts of the 12.9-mile track after...
by Michael Strong | Aug 19, 2015
Just about a week after Mercedes-Benz gave everyone a peek at the new C-Class Coupe, it’s whetting appetites even more with a look at the 2017 AMG C63. The automaker rolled out the new C200 and C300 in California and Michigan last weekend and while the newbies looked...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 19, 2015
If you’ve been waiting to get your hands on the reborn Acura NSX you will have to wait just a little bit longer. The original end-of-year target for getting the supercar into showrooms has been pushed back to the first quarter of 2016, officials with the Honda luxury...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 19, 2015
What goes up must come down, something even the world’s most popular hybrid-electric vehicle has experienced in recent months. So, Toyota officials have reason to be excited as they get ready to reveal an all-new version of the Prius next month. Like virtually all...
by Michael Strong | Aug 19, 2015
The hunter is now becoming the hunted. For much of the last two years, Tesla Motors has been working its way down the pricing chain in the quest to gain customers from more traditional automakers. Now Tesla and its Model S is in the crosshairs of Aston Martin and its...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 18, 2015
Once upon a time, Toyota touted the Tacoma as an answer to the larger pickup trucks built by Ford Motor Co., General Motors and the old Chrysler Group. The strategy fell apart, but the Tacoma found its niche anyway. Thanks to the strength of the company’s dealer...
by Michael Strong | Aug 18, 2015
Tesla’s autonomous vehicle technology is so advanced that one analyst thinks the company will parlay that advantage into a dominant position in shared, on-demand fleets, which will eventually an important revenue source for automakers in the future. The...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 18, 2015
Parked on a field off the well-manicured greens of the Pebble Beach golf course, the big coupe almost glows in the late evening sun, drawing admiring stares from the crowd that surrounds it. For now, the HCD16 Vision-G is just a concept vehicle, but Peter Schreyer is...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 18, 2015
It must be the start of auto show season, as manufacturers begin releasing teaser images of new products to come. That includes Kia, which has offered up some renderings of the fourth-generation Sportage SUV it plans to introduce at the Frankfurt Motor Show next...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 18, 2015
The UAW wants to head off plans by General Motors to begin importing a new crossover-utility vehicle from China. While the Detroit automaker has not made a formal announcement, it is widely expected to begin importing a version of the Buick Envision it produces at a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 18, 2015
For the first time since General Motors and Chrysler were rescued by federal bailouts, workers at the two companies are being asked to authorize a strike at the two companies should they fail to lock down new contracts with the United Auto Workers Union by the...
