by Ken Zino | Jun 9, 2010
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. is promoting its so called Star Safety System, which combines five technologies as standard equipment on all new Toyota models as part of a new national advertising campaign in its latest attempt to increase sales. (See Toyota Incentives...
by Ken Zino | Jun 9, 2010
This Saturday at 3 PM, the 24 Hours of Le Mans begins. It’s a grueling endurance race that has been dominated over the years by Porsche, which has more than 50 class wins and, arguably, Ferrari, a perennial crowd pleaser. Well,yes, Ferrari, an enduring favorite except...
by Ken Zino | Jun 9, 2010
The Volkswagen Group is expanding its production in China, the world’s largest auto market. Contracts for the construction of a new plant at Foshan, in the Southern Chinese region of Guangdong, were signed today by Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the...
by Ken Zino | Jun 8, 2010
General Motors Company is recalling 1.5 million 2007-2009 model-year cars, trucks and crossover vehicles to disable a heated washer-fluid system module that goes up in flames. Because the accessory will be disabled, GM says it will make a voluntary payment of $100 to...
by Ken Zino | Jun 7, 2010
Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) has confirmed that it sent Visteon Corporation (OTC: VSTNQ) a letter late last week that said it remains interested in pursuing its rejected proposal to buy some of the bankrupt company’s assets. It gave no further details on how it would...
by Ken Zino | Jun 7, 2010
Chrysler is recalling 600,000 of its Jeep Wrangler SUVs, and Dodge and Chrysler minivans to address potential safety problems involving brake and wiring defects. The announcement is the latest setback for the struggling automaker, and comes just days after it issued a...
by Ken Zino | Jun 5, 2010
Chrysler Group is recalling almost 35,000 Dodge Calibers in the United States, Canada Mexico and other countries to fix a potential problem with sticky gas pedals, the same defect that affected millions of Toyotas. A small number of Jeep Compass models, 90, are also...
by Ken Zino | Jun 4, 2010
In the hotly contested family car market, Chevrolet is finally replacing its aging Cobalt with the Cruze sedan, which is already on sale since 2009 in more than 60 countries throughout Asia and Europe. The Cruze is a design hybrid, so to speak, since its engineering...
by Ken Zino | Jun 4, 2010
A Wall Street financier who was the Obama administration’s Car Czar is apparently fighting a Security and Exchange Commission move to ban him from working in the financial industry for his part in a “pay to play” scheme. According to numerous press reports, Steven...
by Ken Zino | Jun 3, 2010
Armando Galarraga lost his bid for a perfect game last night on what should have been the last pitch of the outing because of the most egregiously bad call I’ve ever seen. Umpire Jim Joyce’s incorrect “safe” shout and parallel arm motion on a play at first...
by Ken Zino | Jun 3, 2010
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A. reported May sales of 162,813 Toyota, Lexus and Scion vehicles, an increase of 7% compared with the year-ago month. Last May, Toyota was clearly benefiting from the collapse of Chrysler and General Motors. However, that was also well...
by Ken Zino | Jun 2, 2010
Ford Motor Company made the demise of Mercury official today by confirming that the production of Mercury vehicles will end in the fourth quarter of this year. (See Rest in Peace, Mercury) Of Ford Motor Company’s 16% market share in the U.S., Mercury accounts for 0.8...
