by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 19, 2019
Pickup trucks get ample attention these but there is plenty of buzz around other segments that didn’t even exist until recently – such as the growing niche compact luxury sport-utes. The 2019 BMW X4, for example, has landed in the midst of a fierce competition with...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 19, 2019
Volvo Car Group increased its revenue by 1.7% in the second quarter, but its net income dropped by more than half as the company faced the headwinds buffeting the global auto industry, prompting it to mount a cost-cutting campaign. For the second quarter of the year,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 18, 2019
Toyota Motor Co. has been dinged to the tune of $15.8 million in a legal fender bender about the handling of recalls. Roger Hogan, who owns two dealerships in California, accused the automaker of retaliating against him because he raised concerns about the electric...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 17, 2019
New technology is creeping into cars, but motorists remain ambivalent about its presence. Now a new study from Autolist.com shows that consumers’ attitudes towards driver monitoring system, or DMS, which can prevent a driver from nodding off while behind the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 16, 2019
General Motors’ top executive focused on the company’s future prospects, while a key executive from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. emphasized the need for continued cooperation as the two companies opened contract negotiations with the United Auto Workers. “We look...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 16, 2019
In what could be a sleeper issue in the 2019 contract talks between the United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co., union officials said they plan to take a hard look at the automaker’s new alliance with Volkswagen AG. Gary Jones, UAW President, took a hard line during...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 15, 2019
The United Auto Workers kicked off 2019 labor negotiations with the union taking a hard line, reminding officials from the Ford Motor Co. that automakers they have enjoyed a period of prosperity and a restless union membership is looking for its share in the new...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 15, 2019
A key German minister swooped into the “deep South” last week to call attention to the huge investment in the State of Alabama by Mercedes-Benz to blunt a renewed push for European tariffs. The visit to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, by German Minister for Economic and Energy...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 12, 2019
Toyota Motor Corp. and Denso Corp. are planning to establish a joint venture for research and advanced development of next-generation, in-vehicle semiconductors. The two companies will study the details and aim to establish the new company in April 2020, the pair...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 11, 2019
Unpretentious is a word that seems to have dropped from the American vocabulary, but all the same Lexus has earned a reputation for delivering a comfortable brand of luxury vehicles of peerless quality that are also tasteful and smartly equipped. But in recent years,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 10, 2019
With the average transaction price for new cars approaching $40,000, a lot of consumers who once considered a new vehicle have wound up looking for a used car. However, the growing demand for used vehicles also creates an opportunity for company’s willing to price new...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 10, 2019
The race for the who has the toughest pickup truck has never been so intense and the truck makers are scrambling for an edge of any kind. Chevrolet has formed what it describes as a strategic partnership with Carhartt, one of the world’s most prominent workwear brands...
