by Michael Strong | Aug 7, 2020
U.S. auto sales have been hammered since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country in late February and early March. After tough results in March and April, the market has slowly begun to bounce back, offering encouragement to automakers and the industry and leading...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 5, 2020
Only days after saying the show must go on, the Specialty Equipment Market Association has tossed in the towel, announcing that it has cancelled the annual SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Originally scheduled to take place from Nov. 3–6, the event joins a long and growing...
by Michael Strong | Aug 3, 2020
Ferrari officials offered an optimistic look ahead despite a difficult second quarter when its net income fell 95% and deliveries fell by nearly half. The Italian sports car maker said that despite the tough quarter, induced by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 31, 2020
Fiat Chrysler Automobile N.V. financial results were “significantly” better than expected during the second quarter despite the losses the company suffered as its shipments to dealers dropped by two-thirds due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic The company...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 29, 2020
Hard to imagine but the Lexus brand has now been around for more than 30 years and has proved that the Japanese can go head-to-head with anyone when it comes to delivering the sort of features luxury buyers expect. That said, while Lexus vehicles are reliable, quiet,...
by Michael Strong | Jul 28, 2020
As the automotive industry’s been around for more than a century, automakers have been commemorating 100-year milestones for more than a decade now, Mazda being the latest with its special 100th Anniversary Mazda MX-5 Miata. To be clear, it’s a century of Mazda being...
by Michael Strong | Jul 27, 2020
Antique Bugatti fans with teenagers, be they children or grandchildren, are getting a second chance to scratch a $35,000 itch. During the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, Bugatti decided to mark its 110th birthday by producing a replica of the Bugatti Baby. And, to paraphrase...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 24, 2020
The Chinese are making new threats at the United Kingdom in a feud about the fate of Hong Kong, putting English brands such as Jaguar and Land Rover in the crosshairs of what amounts to a consumer boycott with the huge comment, according to new analysis from Fitch...
by Michael Strong | Jul 24, 2020
For those who saw rental car giant Hertz’s bankruptcy filing as a way to get a good deal on a used vehicle because the company would be selling off thousands of vehicles, it may be time to get that checkbook ready. Hertz Global Holdings Inc. met with its lenders and...
by Michael Strong | Jul 23, 2020
There is a simple way to save more than 9,000 lives annually: use in-car technology to eliminate drunk driving. That’s according to a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which adds that if alcohol-detection devices were installed in...
by Michael Strong | Jul 21, 2020
For the third consecutive month, U.S. motorists are driving less, but dying more often, according to early estimates from the National Safety Council. The NSC revealed that with May’s data accounted for from all 50 states, despite the fact that most of the country was...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 17, 2020
The first big automaker to release its financials for the second quarter, Daimler AG, the German maker of luxury cars, trucks and busses, reported a loss of for the second quarter, when as the pandemic took a heavy toll on the global economy. Daimler said the group’s...
