by Brian Armstead | Dec 9, 2019
The makers of the Ultimate Driving Machine produce a few other types of driving machines as well, the company’s Rolls-Royce and Mini products contribute to the company’s bottom line as well as its reputation as an automaker. The company invited a slew of auto...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 9, 2019
Even though UAW workers are back on the job after ratifying their new contract with General Motors, their six-week strike continues to create headaches – and not just for the largest of the domestic automakers. Dealers are struggling to cope with customers who are, in...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 9, 2019
Long the world’s largest best-selling automaker, General Motors has been on a decadelong retreat, and it’s set to downsize even more now that it has agreed to sell off its Togliatti assembly plant, effectively ending its participation in the once-promising Russian...
by Michael Strong | Dec 6, 2019
Americans are driving more and more each year and many of those billions of miles traveled come as part of the daily commute to and from work, and new research reveals that comes at a higher price than some might expect. An average person in the U.S. spends nearly...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 6, 2019
Hollywood’s Walk of Fame is one of Tinseltown’s favorite tourist attractions, with thousands of stars embedded in concrete honoring some of the movie industry’s most famous celebrities, everyone from Clark Gable to Mickey Mouse – and now, the Chevrolet Suburban, the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 6, 2019
The auto industry in the United States could chalk up another year of 17 million sales this year, Bob Carter, Toyota Motor North America vice president of sales said during an appearance in Detroit. Carter noted during remarks at holiday reception that Toyota was...
by Michael Strong | Dec 5, 2019
Nissan Motor Co. plans to help stem the tide of difficult financial results by having its North American operations shut down for two days in January. The Japanese automaker’s suffered through a difficult year financially as well as trying to plow through issues...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 5, 2019
Hyundai Motor Co. wants to transform itself into a “smart mobility solution provider” by 2025, and it is committing $52 billion to get there. The “Strategy 2025” program will see a significant amount of that money invested in electrifying its line-up – a move that...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 5, 2019
General Motors is teaming up with supplier LG Chem to form a new joint venture that will see them invest “up to” $2.3 billion to produce batteries for GM’s planned wave of battery-electric vehicles. The project will get underway with the construction of a new...
by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 5, 2019
The conversation around luxury vehicles has been dominated by German makes for what seems like forever. But if you take the time to drive one of the new vehicles from Acura, Honda’s upscale marque, you can’t help but wonder why. For example, at first glance, the 2020...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 4, 2019
Buick, it seems, is taking a cue from its crosstown rival, Ford. With crossovers overwhelmingly dominating sales at General Motors’ premium brand, Buick is about to drop the last two conventional passenger car models in its line-up, meaning that it will be an all-SUV...
by Michael Strong | Dec 4, 2019
In Washington D.C. a deadline is not really a deadline, which makes sense since the Commerce Department recently declared a Mini Clubman poses a significant risk to national security. The deadline referenced was the recently expired time limit that the Trump...
