by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 22, 2020
What was the only major car show left for 2020 has now pulled the plug, organizers acknowledging that holding the New York International Auto Show this year is “unfeasible.” One of the four tier-one shows in the U.S., typically attracting close to 1 million visitors...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 21, 2020
The Honda Civic has long had a special appeal to performance fans who want a small, affordable ride that readily can be customized. But, until just a few years ago, the real prize was out of reach for American buyers, the extreme machine of the Civic line-up, the Type...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 8, 2020
Designing a car can be a solitary venture, or so it might seem, however, “Design today is a team play,” said Volkswagen Group Design Executive Director Klaus Bischoff. And nowhere was that more apparent than in the development of the eighth-generation VW Golf. The GTI...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 4, 2020
The air over Los Angeles has been unusually clear over the past two months, a silver lining amidst the pandemic shutdown. But there’s hope that this becomes the norm, rather than the exception in the years ahead. Toyota has been playing a role in cleaning things up...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 1, 2020
It’s a lousy year, let’s face it, for classic car fans. Traditional events like the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the Greenwich Concours, the Quail: a Motorsports Gathering, and other A-List events have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, and others,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 23, 2020
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the most widely respected and eagerly anticipated annual event in the collector car world has cancelled its 2020 outing due to the coronavirus pandemic. Event organizers previously told TheDetroitBureau.com that they were waiting...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 9, 2020
Search TheDetroitBureau.com’s archives and you’ll find plenty of stories suggesting that Mazda intends to revive the rotary engine – or at least it would like to were it to find an appropriate application. Has the right opportunity finally turned up? Very possible,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 7, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has thrown the automotive world into turmoil, not only putting production on hold in many places but also shutting down the auto show circuit. This has, in turn, has delayed the debut of some critical new products like the Polestar Precept...
by Michael Strong | Apr 3, 2020
In what many will consider a bright spot, organizers of the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition revealed they are postponing the event to late September and early October. The show was supposed to be held later this month, but will now take place Sept. 26-Oct....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 1, 2020
Volkswagen lifted a page from the Jeep handbook, scoring a hit with the Basecamp concept it introduced at last year’s New York International Auto Show, showing off all the ways its popular Atlas sport-utility vehicle can be customized for outdoor types. Almost exactly...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 31, 2020
The City of Light will be a little darker in October as the Paris Motor Show has become the latest in a growing list of automotive events to cancel – or, in some cases, postpone – due to the global coronavirus pandemic. The decision follows the Sunday announcement...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 30, 2020
With the spring auto show season scrubbed due to the coronavirus pandemic, automakers are looking for creative ways to introduce their latest products, and for Genesis, the solution was a global webcast to pull the wraps of the next-generation G80. To no surprise, the...
