by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 14, 2019
At the Seoul Motor Show in March Kia unveiled two concept vehicles hinting at how it plans to bookmark its SUV line-up. Now, it’s offering a pair of renderings that appear to show what the smaller of the two Korean concepts will actually look like in production. The...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 13, 2019
For much of the past two decades, China’s new vehicle market was the envy of the world, with routine double-digit annual growth approaching triple-digit gains on several occasions – but the numbers were down 14.6% in April, marking the 10th consecutive monthly...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 13, 2019
The automaker that effectively brought the internal combustion engine to life appears ready to drive a nail into its coffin. Daimler AG, the parent of the Mercedes-Benz and Smart brands says it expects plug-in hybrids and pure battery-electric vehicles, or BEVs,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 12, 2019
It’s easy to feel intimidated at Summit Point Motorsports Park. The Shenandoah Circuit is an undulating, 2-mile course that sends you ping-ponging from one blind corner to another, rising and falling over the rocky West Virginia landscape. But it was as close to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 10, 2019
It’s been a while since Ferrari first dropped the hint that it would add a new hybrid to its line-up and now, according to CEO Louis Camilleri, we’ll be getting to see it before the end of this month. The hybrid will be one of five new models coming from the...
by Michael Strong | May 10, 2019
Just days after Volkswagen revealed its accepting pre-orders for its new ID.3 battery electric hatchback, the automaker claims it has more than 10,000 pre-orders for the new EV. VW sales chief Jurgen Stackman revealed the news in a tweet. The company started taking...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 10, 2019
For such a small company, Mazda has had a history of coming up with lots of creative powertrain technology, from its original rotaries to the latest Skyactiv-X that manages to combine some of the best attributes of a diesel and a gas engine. Now, it appears, the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 9, 2019
Ford Motor Co. will launch its “Mustang-inspired,” crossover later this year, its first long-range battery-electric vehicle, and CEO Jim Hackett told shareholders that while the EV market has been slow to build momentum, “When it happens you want to be there.” Hackett...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 7, 2019
Volkswagen is getting ready to roll out its first long-range electric vehicle and it appears someone working on the German automaker’s Dutch YouTube channel got a little too eager, letting both images and details about the battery-electric vehicle leak out early. The...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 3, 2019
At 69, Duke Hale has been selling cars, either at a dealership or working for an automaker, for 50 years, but he’s betting he can become a sort of automotive Pied Piper to Millennials and Gen-Z. He and a team of aging Baby Boom industry veterans are getting ready to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 30, 2019
General Motors will build an all-electric pickup, CEO Mary Barra said Tuesday, confirming a report that first appeared in TheDetroitBureau.com in February. The executive declined to provide details about the project, but the news took few industry observers by...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 29, 2019
Mitsubishi could be one of the next manufacturers to target the booming U.S. pickup market, according to the company’s North American chief operating officer. With truck sales, in general, booming, and pickups, in particular, generating a disproportionate share of...
