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 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 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...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 31, 2020
In another sign suggesting consolidation is the order of the day in the car business, two of the industry’s top suppliers plan to merge. BorgWarner will acquire rival automotive supplier Delphi Technologies in an all-stock transaction valued at $3.3 billion that...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 30, 2020
Once the most popular model in the Lincoln line-up, the MKZ sedan is set to breathe its last, a victim of both declining sales and the need to change over production at parent Ford Motor Co.’s Hermosillo, Mexico assembly plant. It also hasn’t helped that Lincoln is...
by Michael Strong | Jan 30, 2020
Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed the company will begin delivering its new Model Y small sport-utility vehicle in March and that the company is on the cusp of delivering a car with a 400-mile range. Musk’s news about the earlier-than-expected delivery dates for the Model...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 30, 2020
Lexus, initially built its reputation by building quiet, poised sedans that effortlessly eased the owners into the lap of luxury. Customers raved about its sophisticated crossover that set the pace for competitors that scrambled to keep pace. Throughout the years,...
