by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 10, 2018
It had all the accessories you might expect on a rugged new SUV, including brush guards, a snorkel for fording deep water and a ladder meant to make it easier to get up to the Kia Telluride’s big luggage racks. But there were also a few things you likely wouldn’t...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 4, 2018
Mercedes-Benz is “flipping the switch,” Daimler AG CEO Dieter Zetsche said Tuesday as he pulled the covers off the new EQC, the German brand’s new, long-range electric crossover. The first entry from the all-new EQ sub-brand, the compact CUV won’t be alone for long,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 31, 2018
Rivian, a California-based start-up company looking moving into a space coveted by Tesla, is planning to show off a battery-electric pickup truck and a three-row sport utility vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November. R.J. Scaringe, Rivian’s founder and...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 27, 2018
These days, we’ve become used to receiving terse news releases from automakers teasing upcoming product launches, but the one we just received from Mercedes-Benz all but reaches the limits of brevity, with just two words accompanying this image: “Mystic Details.”...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 23, 2018
Sure, we got a look at the concept version of the new BMW Z4 a full year ago, but there were still plenty of skeptics wondering exactly what the Bavarians would come up with when it was time to roll out the production model. Skepticism was, perhaps, in order...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 22, 2018
Hyundai is locking down the final engineering and design details for its first-ever pickup truck and will launch it by late 2020 or 2021, TheDetroitBureau.com has learned. Originally unveiled at the North American International Auto Show in January 2015, the Santa...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 18, 2018
It’s either “the world’s largest car show,” or “the world’s largest parking lot,” said Robert Angel, as he watched a procession of muscle cars, hot rods and sports cars slowly creep by on Woodward Avenue. Angel was one of an estimated 1.5 million people who lined a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 14, 2018
After a lengthy absence, the Ford Ranger is about ready to return to the U.S. market and shoppers now can price and build their own version of the midsize pickup at a special micro-site the Detroit automaker has launched. Set to reach showrooms early next year, Ford...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 9, 2018
It’s going to be a busy week when everyone starts rolling into California for the week-long celebration leading up to the annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Automakers from around the world are promising to use the Concours and related events as backdrop to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 6, 2018
(ED: We’ve corrected a few typos and added more on the Bullitt’s six-speed gearbox.) The streets of San Francisco are eerily quiet on this early morning with the heavy fog that’s rolled in off the Pacific making it possible to imagine traveling back to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 1, 2018
Several sources are reporting that Ford Motor Co., long reluctant to undercut its full-size F-Series pickup family, could soon have small trucks in its line-up, with a model even smaller than the upcoming Ranger to follow by as early as 2022. Exactly what it would...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 23, 2018
The North American International Auto Show will move from January to June in 2020, a new timeslot that organizers are betting will help revive the flagging momentum of what had long been one of the industry’s most important annual events. The Detroit Auto Dealers...
