by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 31, 2019
Volkswagen is going back to the future with a ‘60s-tinged concept coming to the Geneva Motor Show in a little more than a month. The show car is modelled after the classic dune buggies that hit American roads and beaches back in the 1960s and 1970s. But the new...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 29, 2019
Okay, perhaps the odd name resonates in the cantons of Switzerland but there’s no question, you’re likely to get some strange looks when you tell somebody about the Mitsubishi Engelberg Tourer Concept set to debut at the Geneva Motor Show in a little more than a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 23, 2019
Honda plans to use battery power of one form or another in two-thirds of the vehicles it sells by the end of the next decade, and the Japanese automaker plans to give a sense of where its “Electric Vision” is going at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. The Honda Urban EV...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 21, 2019
The United Auto Workers has succeeded in reversing plant closing decisions in the past and union leaders believe they can pressure General Motors Co. into reversing its decision to close factories in the United States and Canada. Frank Stuglin, a member of the...
by Michael Strong | Jan 18, 2019
Hybrids have long had a reputation as slow, eco-friendly city cars, but recently automakers have discovered the benefits of slapping some electric motors on their high-powered gasoline-fueled sports cars to generate even more power. Add Dodge to the list. There may be...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 18, 2019
Throughout the course of its 30-year run, the North American International Auto Show in Detroit’s Cobo Center became known as a “designers’ show” because of the large number of concept cars that emerged during the annual press preview. For 2019, the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 17, 2019
Battery-electric vehicles may still account for less than 1% of the U.S. new vehicle market, but they have had a notable presence at this year’s North American International Auto Show – something that many credit to a manufacturer that was notably absent from...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 17, 2019
The Union Auto Workers and union activists are planning demonstration ahead of North American International Auto Show charity preview to protest General Motors’ plans to close five plants. The UAW is organizing a candlelight vigil at the Labor Monument on Jefferson a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 16, 2019
With highway congestion getting worse and worse in most major cities, there’s plenty of talk about flying cars and cabs that could leapfrog traffic, and a small Ohio start-up is determined to be the first one to take to the air. More than 90 years after Henry Ford...
by Michael Strong | Jan 15, 2019
The first Chinese automaker expected to make an incursion into the U.S. market has put on the brakes for a little while. GAC Motor is delaying its entry into the U.S. market until 2020, due in part to ongoing trade tensions between the U.S. and China. However, it may...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 15, 2019
Nissan’s luxury division Infiniti has a new president. And Christian Meunier has a new strategy for the brand, one that downsizes the marque’s line-up but which he is confident will also make Infiniti more nimble and responsive to changing consumer trends. The...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 15, 2019
While automakers may have you believe that self-driving vehicles are right around the corner, at least one auto supplier believes that it will be well into the next decade before autonomous vehicles will be capable of venturing beyond a well-defined area and take to...
