by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 18, 2018
The first “volume” Vietnamese automaker will reveal two new models designed by Pininfarina during the Paris Motor Show this coming October, setting into motion what it hopes will be a global rollout over the next few years. VinFast, which will be setting up a new...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 17, 2018
Volvo’s performance electric brand is getting ready to charge into the market with two additional models over the next two years, starting with the all-electric Polestar 2 which, a senior official claims, will deliver range of up to 350 miles per charge. And, in...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 16, 2018
Hard to believe but it’s been a full decade since Hyundai introduced what was then its most expensive and lavishly equipped model, the Genesis sedan going on to become the North American Car of the Year, among the many awards it collected. The four-door model also had...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 13, 2018
What has been an otherwise hot and dry summer turned into a storm of almost biblical proportions as I headed up to the M1 Concourse near Pontiac, Michigan for a chance to check out the latest products from Maserati and sibling Italian brand Alfa Romeo. But almost as...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 11, 2018
It’s not often that a senior brand executive is pleased to see his sales slide by more than 50 percent, but Erwin Raphael says the sharp year-over-year decline Genesis reported last month is pretty much right on target. Two years after it was spun off by Hyundai as a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 5, 2018
Facing an escalating series of scandals, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has become the latest member of the Trump Administration to resign, the president announced on Thursday afternoon. The 50-year-old Cabinet member has been a controversial figure since he was...
by Michael Strong | Jul 3, 2018
The list of automakers pulling out of auto shows just got one name longer: Ford is skipping the 2019 Geneva Motor Show. The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker said the show’s timing didn’t fit its launch schedule and wouldn’t represent good value....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 29, 2018
The North American International Auto Show plans to end its winter blues, sponsors confirming they will announce next month whether they will move from the current January timeslot to either June or October. For years one of the most important auto shows in the world...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 4, 2018
It’s looking likely to be rather lonely at the Paris Motor Show this year with a rapidly growing list of major manufacturers announcing they will be no-shows next autumn at an event that has traditionally been a must for the industry. Auto shows, in general, are...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 1, 2018
Sergio Marchionne isn’t much of a fan of battery power, or at least he hasn’t been until recently. When Fiat Chrysler Automobiles launched its first all-electric model, five years ago, the CEO actually urged motorists not to buy it, admitting FCA lost about $25,000 on...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 31, 2018
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Waymo will radically accelerate their alliance, FCA announcing it will supply as many as 62,000 more Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans to the autonomous vehicle spin-off of Google. FCA previously committed to providing several thousand of...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 29, 2018
The original Dodge Viper was an icon of the 1990s, even though it never came close to matching the sales of America’s other domestic sports car, the Chevrolet Corvette. Shortly after it emerged from bankruptcy in 2010, Chrysler finally pulled the plug on the snake,...
