by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 4, 2020
Great Britain may have left the European Union, but it is continuing to follow a very European-oriented policy on motor vehicle emissions. Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to announce that Great Britain will ban the sale new cars using gasoline or diesel engines...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 4, 2020
We’ve been waiting to see what Kia might have in store for the next version of its global SUV flagship and, no, we’re not talking about the new Telluride but the smaller Sorento. Set to make its debut at the Geneva International Auto Show next month, the...
by Michael Strong | Feb 3, 2020
Automakers are always looking for an edge on the competition and Hyundai Motor America is looking to offer potential customers some additional value for their purchase or lease by providing three years of complimentary maintenance. Applicable for any 2020 model year...
by Michael Strong | Feb 3, 2020
General Motors finally made the switch at its Corvette plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, beginning regular production of the 2020 Corvette Stingray coupe. The eighth generation of the ’Vette, which was named the 2020 North American Car of the Year, has had buyers...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 3, 2020
The streets of Beijing were unusually quiet this past weekend, a time when the Chinese would normally be out in large numbers celebrating the end of the Lunar New Year. But with the coronavirus now blamed for more deaths in that country than were experienced during...
by Michael Strong | Feb 3, 2020
The television network hosting the Super Bowl wants an exciting close game to draw viewers to drive up advertising rates, and the automakers that ran ads in this year’s big game want that to sales of whatever vehicle is featured in the commercial. Automakers not only...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 3, 2020
General Motors and the United Auto Workers have agreed to mandatory Sunday overtime at the General Motors pickup truck plant in Flint, Michigan, to keep pace with demand for GM’s heavy-duty Chevrolet and GMC pickup trucks, according to a memo signed by both company...
by Michael Strong | Jan 31, 2020
The UAW continued its separation from its recent dark past by beginning the process of expelling eight former executives from the union. Subject the union’s Article 31 charges, the former executives were caught up in the federal government’s criminal investigation of...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 31, 2020
After several years of rapid growth, EV sales flattened out last year, raising concerns about the tens of billions of dollars automakers like Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen are spending on their electrification efforts. A few years ago, Xavier Mosquet might have...
by Michael Strong | Jan 31, 2020
Struggling luxury automaker Aston Martin received the financial lifeline it’s been searching for in hopes of offsetting lower-than-expected sales in the last 18 months. Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll agreed to spend 182 million pounds, or about $240.2 million,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 31, 2020
Stretching for nearly a mile from one end to the other, the Frankfurt Messe, the city’s convention center complex, is one massive affair. And, yet, for decades the auto industry filled up almost every inch of the complex, even setting up additional, temporary display...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 31, 2020
The new trade agreement with Mexico and Canada will bring as many as 80,000 new manufacturing jobs to the United States because new rules of origin will require more companies to build cars and parts in the United States, President Donald Trump said during an...
