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• July 07 Pontiac G8 goes away, and with it a short-lived hit for GM
• July 07 Porsche and Volkswagen Showdown is Looming
• July 02 GM's 2010 Chevrolet Camaro breaks through
• July 01 Marchionne: New Chrysler Burning Less Cash, But Taxpayers Remain in Dark
• June 30 Toyota, Aston Martin team up to make the Cygnet
• June 29 GM leaves NUMMI, Toyota is left holding the bag
• June 23 Nissan's Ghosn confirms Smyrna plant will make electric vehicles
• June 22 Tesla's electric Vaudeville
• June 22 Yawn. Detroit gets closer in J.D. Power's quality study.
• June 18 UAW sends Girsky to GM's board
• June 18 Purchase of Volvo by China's Geely Premature
• June 18 Ford To Sell Global Crossover SUV Designs
• June 16 Saab finds a buyer
• June 10 Will Americans embrace Chrysler's Fiat cars?
• June 10 Selling Saturn will cost GM
• June 10 Uncle Sam Doing More Than Loaning Money To Detroit
• June 09 Supreme Court Clears The Way For Chrysler Fiat Marriage
• June 04 Government ownership gets thorny, already
• June 04 GM's stock symbol is still live
• June 02 Nobody Likes GM?
• May 29 GM's Lutz Says Task Force Should Be Permanent; Expresses Doubt About Fiat-Opel Deal.
• May 28 Toyota's teflon image shows cracks
• May 27 GM bondholders refuse to budge, making bankruptcy likely
• May 27 As hybrids go mainstream, Toyota, Honda rush to produce smaller models
• May 22 "GM" and "Chrysler" Are Toast. What Should The New Detroit Be Called?
• May 22 UAW cuts a deal with GM, but bankruptcy looms
• May 20 Kidder To Chair New Chrysler
• May 18 Obama wants 35 mpg by 2016, Greens score a huge win
• May 15 Toyota Set For Major Shakeup
• May 14 Porsche's Gambit to Acquire and Now Merge With VW Could Unravel
• May 14 GM looks to China, the UAW looks to the Feds
• May 14 It's Official: Chrysler To Close 789 Dealers
• May 13 Car Dealers are Fighting The Hammer as Chrysler and GM Send Out Pink Slips To Retailers
• May 12 Cash For Clunkers Bill Treats Car Owners Badly
• May 11 GM leaving Detroit?
• May 06 Ghosn Smacks Down Reports He Wants Saturn or Opel
• May 06 Chrysler moves closer to Fiat
• May 05 Chrysler Chapter 11 Good For Showroom Business So Far
• May 01 Chrysler, GM and union ownership
• May 01 Chrysler holdouts face a bit of a backlash
• April 30 Chrysler's Chapter 11 Raises Management Questions For Future
• April 29 Michigan is Still MoTown For Asian Carmakers As Well As GM-Ford-Chrysler
• April 28 The Honda Insight, the Toyota Prius and profits
• April 27 UAW Goes From Rivetheads to Owners in Detroit
• April 24 Pontiac: R.I.P.
• April 24 Chrysler executives downplay bankruptcy talk
• April 24 Cash For Clunkers Deal Drawing Nearer in DC.
• April 23 GM Idles 13 Plants. What A Bad Omen
• April 23 Ford Shares Get Boost From Wall Street
• April 20 Will Fiat rescue GM, too?
• April 20 Going green at the Shanghai show
• April 17 Hyundai Classes It Up For Mustang Birthday
• April 17 Chrysler's Nardelli: I'm probably gone.
• April 15 Saturn has bidders. That raises thorny questions.
• April 14 NY Auto Show: Brands For Sale
• April 14 GM recalls 1.5 million cars. Can it recall its image?
• April 14 Chrysler Talks Bogged Down On Issues of Equity for Banks
• April 10 NY Auto Show: Subaru Readies Another Outback
• April 10 Toyota's New Management Lineup Takes Shape
• April 09 NY Auto Show: Acura ZDX Short of A Reinvention
• April 08 Nissan pushes electric cars, a lot of them
• April 08 NY Auto Show: VW's Jacoby Says No To Protectionism on Scrappage Proposals
• April 08 NY Auto Show: VW Considers Mini Car For U.S.
• April 07 NY Auto Show: Hyundai Dumps Van. Just Says No To Badge Engineering.
• April 07 NY Auto Show: Audi Planning New Entry Sedan
• April 07 GM's Electric Scooter
• April 01 Incredible Deals Possible With Clunkers Bill
• April 01 Ford's Horbury Returns To Volvo
• March 31 Ford Expected To Post Increased Retail Share in March
• March 31 GM CEO Fritz Henderson Speaks: Live blog
• March 30 Chrysler's Fiat Plans Will Have To Beat History To Work
• March 30 The Essence of Why The Feds Are Bailing Out Detroit
• March 30 Investors Think GM Is Headed For Bankruptcy
• March 30 Chrysler Has 30 Days
• March 30 GM Bailout: 60 Days to Show Results
• March 29 Wagoner's ouster is the right move
• March 29 Wagoner Out at GM
• March 26 Obama Says He Will Speak On Auto Bailout Future
• March 24 Ford's Mulally Is The $13 Million Man
• March 18 Insight versus Prius
• March 18 Congressional Scrappage Bills Invite Protectionism Criticism
• March 18 What Are You Willing To Trade Down To?
• March 17 New House Bill Would Pay Consumers To Buy Greener Vehicles
• March 17 Auto Loan Delinquency Forecasts Point to Lack of Consensus About the Economy's Bottom
• March 16 Toyota to offer cheaper Prius in Japan?
• March 16 GM's bondholders say they want to deal
• March 16 Nardelli: Chrysler can stand alone
• March 16 Mazda's stock surges
• March 14 Auto Task Force taps a bankruptcy expert
• March 12 GM: $30 billion minus $2 billion is still $30 billion
• March 11 World Car Nominees: Fiesta, Golf and iQ.
• March 11 Used-car sales rebound, but carmakers don't
• March 11 Honda's Insight makes a solid start in Japan
• March 10 Dropping GM From The Dow 30?
• March 05 Commentary: Mulally Led Ford Seems Like A Good Risk For Taxpayers
• March 04 Ford Continues To Make Progress Without Government Gun To Its Head
• March 04 A government program that actually werkes!
• March 03 Geneva Auto Show: VW Polo
• March 03 Geneva Auto Show: Magna Takes Matters Into Its Own Hands
• March 03 Geneva Auto Show: Ford Iosis Shows New Focus
• March 03 Toyota wants a government loan. Let the outrage begin.
• March 02 Now Toyota wants a government loan
• February 27 Ford Predicts 9 million Selling Rate for February. Where Is The Bottom?
• February 25 Mr. Obama: Meet Mr. Benz, not Mr. Ford.
• February 25 Obama to Detroit: Government won't walk away
• February 18 Auto Loan Debate: Will The Real Bond Holders Please Stand Up
• February 17 Protectionism or "Think Local" in the Stimulus Package
• February 16 Not Wanted: Car Czar.
• February 16 A few things for Obama's auto task force
• February 13 Stimulus? What Stimulus?
• February 12 Hyundai Showing Itself To Be A Brand For The Times
• February 10 Judging Lutz's Legacy
• February 10 Lutz's Impact on GM: Great, but is it Lasting?
• February 05 Bad brands take a hit
• February 03 BMW's Chris Bangle Designs His Own Exit
• February 02 Uncle Sam, are you helping GM or not?
• January 30 Amid the gloom, Honda at least stays profitable
• January 29 Chevy Traverse is a winner, at a price
• January 28 Consumers have proven it. We need a gasoline tax.
• January 28 At Ford, A Daughter Also Rises
• January 23 2010 Ford Taurus Has Tough Road Ahead
• January 22 Will Toyota Cut U.S., British workers?
• January 22 Cash Strapped Fiat Dating Others Besides Chrysler?
• January 21 Want To Know Who Is Brand Loyal? Talk To a Cab Driver.
• January 21 Loyalty More Than Skin Deep For Some Automotive Brands
• January 20 It's Official—Toyota Scion to Become New Chief
• January 20 China's FAW Cars U.S. Ambitions Run Through Mexico
• January 19 Fiat and Chrysler: Not a winning pair
• January 19 Saturn Seems Like a Good Deal For Fiat or the Chinese
• January 16 Chrysler gets government aid, but not much help
• January 15 Ford wants government money, too.
• January 15 GM's Sales Forecast Sinks With Consumer Confidence
• January 15 Obama Gets New Caddy
• January 15 VW: No Interest in Chrysler Minivan Business
• January 15 Chrysler's Denials Sound Hollow
• January 14 All eyes on GM. They made the most of it.
• January 13 Chrysler drops the ball
• January 13 Tesla Is Partner With Daimler for eSmart--Detroit Auto Show
• January 12 Ford's Mulally Still Likes Ka for U.S.--Detroit Auto Show
• January 12 BMW: 2009 Has To be Better Than Forecasts--Detroit Auto Show
• January 12 Ford's Electrifying Future and Taxi Hopes-Detroit Auto Show
• January 09 Are These The Last Days of Chrysler?
• January 09 Toyota: Change at the Top Looks Closer
• January 07 And now, GM says it has a hybrid that can beat Toyota
• January 06 Porsche Takeover of VW Done But For The Law
• January 06 The Recession Proof Car. And It's Not a Mini. It's a Fini'
• January 06 Who needs a hybrid?
• December 31 GMAC gets a government boost
• December 30 Ford Fusion Smokes Camry Hybrid on Fuel Economy
• December 29 Kerkorian Out of the Ford Business
• December 29 Ford Fusion Smokes Camry Hybrid on Fuel Economy
• December 22 Toyota scion Akio Toyoda reportedly lined up to replace CEO Watanabe
• December 19 Ten Things The Taxpayer Should Know About The U.S. Auto Industry Now That They Own It
• December 18 Will Toyota now make a full year loss?
• December 18 Orderly bankruptcy? For carmakers, that's an oxymoron.
• December 17 Chrysler Shuts For A Month and Chevy Volt Engines Delayed
• December 16 Bill Ford Prods For Energy Policy: Do I Hear Gas Tax?
• December 15 As Toyota delays new Prius plant, will exec bonuses be next next to go?
• December 13 Gettelfinger scores a first-round win for labor
• December 12 New Pictures of Cerberus's Feinberg Coming?
• December 12 The Senate standoff: When brinksmanship is bullheadedness
• December 12 After bailout fails, Japan's auto stocks tank
• December 11 Auto Bailout: Making The Sausage
• December 10 CSM: Detroit-2 Will Soon Be In Minority of NA Manufacturing
• December 10 Ford's Volvo sale could get a frosty reception
• December 10 At 78, Osamu Suzuki to become Suzuki Motor president once again
• December 09 Who Wants To be The Car Czar?
• December 09 Toyota City feels the pain
• December 07 Dodd speaks: Wagoner should move on
• December 06 Finally, a deal to help Detroit
• December 05 Honda right to quit Formula One
• December 04 Auto Bailout: Live Blog III
• December 04 Auto Bailout Hearings: Live Blog Two
• December 04 Auto bankruptcy: Just Say No
• December 04 Auto Bailout Hearings: Live Blog
• December 04 Saving Detroit is Probably Up To Obama
• December 04 WSJ: Gas Taxes?
• December 04 Detroit Didn't Pad It's Bill to $34 billion
• December 03 Bailout Hearings Take Two. A Checklist of Nonsense Put Forward By The Pundit Class
• December 02 GM serves up some red meat for Congress
• December 02 Questions for Ford CEO Alan Mulally??
• December 01 Messrs. Wagoner and Mulally drive to Washington
• November 28 GM brands on the block
• November 26 Lexus Red Bow Still Coming
• November 26 Toyota credit rating cut for the first time in a decade
• November 25 CEO Paydays Likely Trimmed in Bailout Bid
• November 25 Ford Tops All Automakers For Safety Ratings
• November 25 Buick cuts Tiger loose
• November 21 Planes, pain and auto executives
• November 21 GM Corp. Planes Down To Three From Seven
• November 21 Italian silliness: Maserati says its cars can help (deserate) men pick up women
• November 21 Romney on Auto Bailout: Feds Should Guarantee Fan Belts But Not Healthcare
• November 20 Where's Lee Iacocca when you need him?
• November 19 Congress and the disingenuous blame game
• November 19 As Detroit Asks for Help: The Silent Elephants in the Room
• November 18 Chrysler Is On Life Support
• November 18 Big Three Exec Pay Will Be An Issue in Bailout
• November 18 As Ford Reduces Stake, Mazda Appoints New CEO, Replaces U.S. Execs
• November 18 Ford's Mazda Share Sale Imminent?
• November 17 GM Buys 8.6 Days By Selling Suzuki Stake
• November 17 GM To Sell The Rest of its Suzuki Stake
• November 16 Obama to Detroit: No cash for business as usual
• November 12 GM: Are You Out There??
• November 12 Taking On The NYT's Tom Friedman's Indictment of Detroit
• November 12 Govt. Bailout Won't Make The Chrysler Issue Go Away
• November 11 Bush: I'll Trade You Detroit for Colombia?
• November 07 GM shelves Chrysler talks in a play for government cash
• November 06 GM-Chrysler...Studebaker-Nash?
• November 06 Even Toyota gets the blues part IV
• November 06 $15-$20 Billion Looking Cheap To Bailout Detroit.
• November 06 Even With Lots Choked With GM Cars, The 2011 Volt Gets Ad Dollars
• November 06 Will Japan's carmakers catch bailout fever?
• November 05 GM in survival mode
• November 05 A few more questions for that bailout hearing
• November 05 Gas Prices Finding Their Way Below $2.00 Per Gallon.
• November 04 Let's Have Public Hearings On Auto Industry Bailout
• November 03 One Scary October
• November 03 Money is Money To GM and Chrysler
• October 31 Detroit: To bail, or not to bail.
• October 29 GM falls further behind Toyota. Who cares?
• October 28 GM's LaNeve Voices GM Ads
• October 24 The sports car in your future
• October 24 NASCAR's real challenge
• October 23 GM Seems To Have Chosen Battery Supplier For Volt
• October 21 The big winner in a GM-Chrysler merger
• October 21 Kerkorian Selling Ford: A Sign That Time Is Not On Detroit's Side
• October 20 Worst Cab Ever: Chevy Malibu
• October 16 The Case Against a GM-Chrysler Merger
• October 16 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• October 16 Next Prius: Hybrid Dominance Continues
• October 16 Toyota iQ: a recession proof car?
• October 13 Depression Coming: Ford Truck Buyers Live In Their Trucks.
• October 13 Day Traders Best Friends: Ford and GM?
• October 11 Ford Looking To Sell Mazda Stake--Take Two
• October 11 Ford to Sell Mazda?
• October 10 Could Uncle Sam Save Detroit?
• October 09 GM and Ford Burning Furniture To Keep Warm
• October 08 J.D. Power: Retail Sales To Be 2 Million Lower in 2008.
• October 08 Toyota's stock slumps but investment continues
• October 07 Debtor Nation Falls Behind
• October 07 UAW hits the campaign trail. Will it matter?
• October 06 Auto News: 40% in Poll Say Auto Sales Will Be Below 12 million in 2009
• October 06 Ford's MyKey System Puts Invisible Road Nanny With Teen Drivers
• October 06 Mitsubishi Motors' electric dreams
• October 03 Paris Auto Show: Chevy Orlando For Eur Eyes Only
• October 03 Toyota Turns To Zero-Precent
• October 02 Paris Auto Show: New Lambo Estoque
• October 02 McCain Conceding Michigan
• October 01 Even Toyota gets the blues, part III
• October 01 Detroit wants its loan money, fast
• October 01 Want quiet time? Find a new-car showroom.
• October 01 Bush Approves Automaker Loan Program: But Will It Arrive in Time?
• October 01 Lexus ecodesignlifestyle: A Headache in my eye.
• September 29 VW Golf Not Getting Bigger? And More Fuel Efficient? Hooray
• September 26 Chrysler's volt, er, bolt from the blue
• September 26 When is 100 MPG not 100 MPG?
• September 26 100 MPG for Volt: Now That's An Ad Headline!!
• September 24 JD Power: More People Rejecting Vehicles For Fuel Economy
• September 24 Cerberus Seeks To Buy Remainder of Chrysler: A Sale in the Future?
• September 24 Senate Passes $7,500 Tax Credit To Boost Volt and Other EVs
• September 24 Is Chrysler Down $400 Million So Far in 08?
• September 24 Toyota will give natural gas a spark
• September 23 Chrysler Surprises With Extended Range EVs--And I Drive One.
• September 22 A Maxi Mini?
• September 22 McCain's Car Problem Could Trump His House Problem in Michigan
• September 22 GM Says No To Super Bowl
• September 22 So Much for Buying GM Low
• September 16 Chevy Volt Debut: A Few Smart Things Overheard
• September 16 Chevy Volt: GM's Moon Shot
• September 15 Coming Headline: Chevy Cruze--42MPG
• September 15 Chevy Hopes Bigger is Better in the Compact Market
• September 15 Ford CEO Mulally: We Won't Seek More Money From Kerkorian or the UAW.
• September 12 Chrysler's Seven New Vehicles in 2010 Can't Come Fast Enough.
• September 12 Nissan Buys The Truck Market In August
• September 10 GM Takes Its Case to the People
• September 10 Big Three Back Off Bigger Loan Program
• September 10 VW Diesels Ahead of Forecast
• September 10 Review: 2009 Honda Fit
• September 09 Can Diesel Ever Become Fashionable In The U.S.?
• September 04 The Honda Insight is back
• September 02 The discounting treadmill
• September 02 Volvo No Longer Run by a Swede
• August 29 Ford's "Dimensioning"??
• August 27 Taking Crud for LaCrosse Comment
• August 27 Mahindra Delay: No News
• August 27 Are SUVs a Symbol of Super Power?
• August 27 Is Tata's Nano the new Austin Mini?
• August 25 The Buick LaCrosse Refresh: Are You Kidding?
• August 22 The Hummer Bummer
• August 20 Hyundai Genesis Going For The Moon
• August 19 2009 Honda Fit: Zippy and Fuel Sipping
• August 17 The Future of Hummer Is In Foreign Hands
• August 13 Chrysler's 4 cylinder Cars Lagging Market
• August 11 McCain Agrees With Obama on Tires....Finally
• August 07 Chrysler Nissan Deal: One More Step To Oblivion For Chrysler?
• August 06 Uh guys, about those company cars
• August 06 Wagoner out? No, not yet.
• August 06 Toyota's Terrible Horrible Awful Quarter
• August 06 Nissan shows off its electric car and new hybrid
• August 04 Old Ads Remind Us How Little MPG Progress We Have Made
• August 04 Tire Inflation--Take Two
• August 01 Basic Tire Inflation and Maintenance Saves Big Dollars Now, Not Later.
• July 31 S&P Downgrades Big Three: Warns of Dire 2009
• July 31 Jack Nicholson Pushes Hydrogen Cars: Can We Handle The Truth?
• July 30 Back to the Future: The Leasing Mess
• July 29 Redefining The Dream Car....Not Putting It Out To Pasture
• July 29 GM's Euro Electric Car Plans
• July 28 Chrysler's Exit From Leasing Spells Trouble
• July 25 Ford's 64 mpg Car---For Europe. Not U.S.
• July 24 Are Japanese carmakers mulling carbon fiber cars?
• July 23 Auto Sales Worsen: JD Power says 14.2M this year.
• July 23 Here We Go Again: Riding The Detroit Wave.
• July 21 Ford To Bring More Car Designs From Europe
• July 18 Costs rising for Tata's Nano
• July 17 GM cuts back on NASCAR and it's about time
• July 16 GM Like a Presidential Candidate In Silly Season
• July 14 GM Cuts back, Again
• July 14 Ford Turning Over The Couch Cushions
• July 14 Two Beetles for VW?
• July 10 Chevy Cruze is Coming. But Not Until 2010.
• July 07 Chery After Volvo? Why Not Try Buick, Pontiac or Saab?
• July 07 GM's Brand Dilemma
• July 06 Solar power for the new Prius?
• July 02 Shrinking GM, Part 2
• July 02 Chrysler's Image Problem is a Reality for Cerberus
• June 30 More Toyota hybrids for China
• June 25 Chinese Volvos Could Be Coming To A Showroom Near You
• June 24 GM in the Barrel, Again
• June 23 The Ugly Road Ahead
• June 20 Ford Prospects Worsen
• June 19 Kerkorian's Ford Interest Becomes Clearer
• June 18 Ari Gold's Lament
• June 18 GM Oil Ad A Non-Controversy Run Amok
• June 17 Mahindra Suddenly The Talk of The Town
• June 16 Fatuous Forecasts
• June 16 Honda taps star power to boost fuel cell car
• June 13 GM's Lutz Gives Trackside Volt Impressions
• June 13 Kerkorian gets his Ford shares, and could get much, much more
• June 12 Farewell Noz
• June 11 Toyota seeks the ultimate battery
• June 10 Kerkorian's Ford Tender A Puzzling Move
• June 04 Ford Seems Resigned to Losing No. 1 Spot
• June 04 Porsche, Honda, Malibu and Ford Star in JDP IQS
• June 04 A bright spot for GM
• June 04 One Smart Car Company
• June 04 Chrysler Gas Card Not Helping Much
• June 03 Buyers Remorse on my Bimmer
• June 03 Record year for Japan's auto exports
• June 02 A Bearish Look at Detroit's Bulls
• June 02 Ford Closes Deal With Tata on Jag and Land Rover
• May 30 Ford To Build Small Fiestas in Mexico: Hatchback Coming
• May 29 GM Just Keeps on Shrinking
• May 28 New Porsche U.S. CEO Must Hit the Ground Running
• May 28 Wilhite Named President of Jumpstart Media
• May 28 Ford To Resort To White Collar Layoffs
• May 28 Don't Look For Big, Smart Energy Ideas This Campaign Season
• May 27 Talks of Brand Sales and Closures in Detroit Stirred By The Uninformed
• May 23 Detroit To Be Hammered Meeting CAFE
• May 22 Astra Not Catching On Yet Amidst Small Car Wave
• May 22 Hybrid Honda Fit Is Sound Marketing Play
• May 20 Is the U.S. Toyota's new export hub?
• May 19 Ford's "Small" Truck Plan Will All Be in the Execution
• May 19 Most Expensive Car Ever Sold--Can We Learn From It?
• May 16 Fewer cars on Japan's roads
• May 15 Prius: Over 1 million sold
• May 08 Generous Motors
• May 07 Mercedes-Benz worldwide sales up 22% in April
• May 07 Mercedes-Benz worldwide sales up 22% in April
• May 06 Chrysler's Gas Card Promo Smells Like Bacon
• May 06 Chrysler Clings to the Past
• May 05 Gas Gimmick from Chrysler
• May 05 Exit Poll: Mercury is Dropping
• May 05 Th!nk Again: The Electric City Cars Return Without Ford's Help.
• May 02 Hillary Clinton’s GOP Strategy in Force on Gas Tax Farce
• May 01 The UAW's Connundrum
• May 01 Trash-To-Fuel: GM Invests In Another Bio-Fuel Company
• May 01 Nissan and Chrysler. Can't We Get These Two Kids Together?
• April 29 The Pickup Downturn
• April 28 Kerkorian Buys Into Ford. For Love or Money?
• April 23 WSJ Attack on Chevy Volt----Shocking
• April 22 New CAFE Rules Will Create Social Engineering--Good.
• April 22 Europification of the Automobile
• April 18 GM's Labor Woes
• April 16 McCain's Gas Tax Cut Shows Lack of Leadership
• April 16 Ford Focus Surprises
• April 16 A Hiring Binge in Detroit?
• April 15 Chrysler Linking With the Japanese and Italians In The Same Week?
• April 15 Nissan as Chrysler's Savior
• April 09 Ford's Uphill Battle Selling Quality
• April 07 The Auto Industry's Jinx
• April 04 Chrysler's New Tune: If You Can Dream It. We Can Build It.
• April 03 Saturn Astra Disappoints
• April 02 Chrysler's Jim Press And Toyota Differ on Prius Narrative
• April 01 Seven-year Auto Loans a Terrible Idea
• March 31 Suzuki: In a Recession, Weak Brands Are Exposed.
• March 28 California Muddies The Green Road Yet Again
• March 24 Jim Farley Successor To Mulally?
• March 24 New York Auto Show -- Hold the Tumbleweeds
• March 21 NY Auto Show: Kia Came To Play
• March 21 NY Auto Show: Ford and Top Hats
• March 21 As the yen surges, is Toyota right to play down expectations?
• March 20 NY Auto Show: A Pontiac Pickup? No, Thanks
• March 20 NY Auto Show: It's Not The Economy Stupid!
• March 20 NY Auto Show: Ford. Drive One Again.
• March 20 NY Auto Show: Big Yellow Taxi
• March 20 NY Auto Show: Of Ford and Top Hats
• March 19 Just Don't Call it a Muscle Car
• March 18 "Ford. Drive One." A Slogan For The Times
• March 13 Krause a Big Loss To BMW
• March 10 Volvo Is Going Back To The Future. Back To New Jersey.
• March 04 GM's Succession Plan Gets Clearer
• March 03 U.S. Automakers In Trouble With Gamers.
• March 03 Mercedes Lithiom-Ion Breakthrough
• March 03 Audi: Pedal to the Metal
• February 27 Geneva Auto Show: Ford Fiesta
• February 26 Labor's Dark Days
• February 25 The importance of Asia for Japan's automakers
• February 19 Does Porsche's Wiedeking Now Have a Bullseye on His Back
• February 15 Ford Names World Car "Fiesta". Let the Boo-Birds Start Singing
• February 13 Mahindra Going For Hyrbrid-Diesels in U.S. in 2010.
• February 12 Kia Execs Done In By Soap on a Rope?
• February 11 Global Vehicles/Mahindra Taps Strawberry Frog To Launch Indian Autos in the U.S. In Quiet Ad Review
• February 11 Take 2: Car Country Looms Large Against Obama and For Clinton
• February 11 Another Korean Carmaker Gets Its House Cleaned
• February 08 Keep Your Dogs In My Lead
• February 07 Chrysler's Dangerous Game
• February 07 Chicago Auto Show: New Acura RL Tries Harder
• February 06 Chicago Auto Show: VW Routan Unveiled
• February 05 Chicago Auto Show: Denali XT
• February 05 Aston Owners Thinking Bigger
• February 01 VW Looking To Beetle To Save Its Brand Again
• January 30 Don't Diss The Taurus
• January 29 Auto Country Looms Large in Presidential Election
• January 23 Hummer Website Tops
• January 23 Who's No. 1? Who cares.
• January 21 Japan's auto stocks take a kicking
• January 18 Chevy's Next Impala Shows Up In Dealer Ad?
• January 17 VW's Sales Target: Bold or Bull?
• January 17 The Worst Car Name in History
• January 16 Yes, China's Car Industry Matters
• January 15 Smart USA For Everyday
• January 15 Cosmic Joy and Local Pain (in Detroit)
• January 14 Getting Plug-In and China Weary at NAIAS
• January 14 Nissan's small cars hit big
• January 14 Honda Stays Out of Plug-Ins. But Opts in For Diesels.
• January 13 Toyota Looks To Protect Green Turf Against GM
• January 13 Honda backs diesel
• January 09 Diesel Gets a Bad Rap
• January 09 Toyota Barking Up The Wrong Tree with A-Bat
• January 09 Ford Banking on Higher Gas Prices For Years To Come Even Without Higher Cafe Regs
• January 09 New Eco Cars Get Comparisons to..."Private Jets?
• January 04 Toyota zips past Ford
• January 02 Car Boy Gets His New Ride
• December 19 Nissan Truck Woes
• December 17 Chrysler and Renault-Nissan at the Dance
• December 12 Suzuki to make Splash in India but no sign of a cheap car
• December 12 More on Hummer in Japan
• December 11 Hummer is Going Big in Japan
• December 10 Chrysler's Vines Departs. Does CEO Nardelli KNow What Drives Auto Marketing.
• December 10 Ford Outlook Updated--Pluses and Minuses.
• December 07 Stalled Energy Bill May Be A Good Thing
• December 06 Chrysler Confident About Brisk Sales for Challenger
• December 04 Volkswagen's Play for America
• November 30 The Politics of Fuel Economy
• November 30 Toyota's Plan to Conquer Europe
• November 28 VW's Plan to Reconquer America
• November 28 New CAFE Rules Need Social Pressure Behind Them
• November 26 New Wheels For Car Boy--Update
• November 26 New Beetle Design for 2012
• November 23 Peugeot is Europe's Green Champion
• November 20 Ford Ranger's and Mazda Pickup's Demise Could Boost Mahindra
• November 19 Hummer Bummer
• November 15 Toyota Sequoia Not So Good For The Trees
• November 14 Toyota's Moving Target
• November 14 Resale Important For My Next Car Purchase
• November 12 Want to See What Automakers can Do To save The Planet and our Wallets? Go to Europe.
• November 08 Indian automakers close in on Jag and Land Rover
• November 07 Toyota's projected op earnings bigger than GM's market cap
• November 06 BMW's Margin Squeeze
• November 05 Chrysler Crossfire Caught in Nardelli's Crossfire
• November 05 Prius sales yet to catch fire in China
• November 02 Ford Adds Responsibility To Farley Before Day-One
• November 01 Toyota set to top 50% market share in Japan
• October 30 Toyota Yaris: So Gay!
• October 30 Jury Still Out on GM
• October 26 VW's Pedal-to-the-Metal Profits
• October 25 Mahindra's Bold U.S. Plans
• October 24 Audi Plug-In In Tokyo
• October 24 Porsche Trumps VW's Union
• October 22 Toyota's earnings to surge yet again
• October 22 Union Balks, Management Bristles
• October 19 Part Two: Car Boy's Quest For New Wheels
• October 18 Will Mercedes Ditch the Maybach?
• October 17 Toyota's quality slips, again
• October 15 What Will Car Boy Buy? Help Me Choose My Ride. Part One
• October 12 New Chevy Malibu: The Car is Hot. The Ad Effort Leaves Me Cold
• October 12 Civic hybrids in India--at a price
• October 11 Newly Divorced Mercedes Talking with Fiat
• October 09 Hyundai's House of Pain
• October 05 Toyota's Jekyll and Hyde routine
• October 05 There's plenty in a name Mr. Benz
• October 05 Daimler's Renaissance
• October 04 Web Searching Dramatically Favors "Old Reliables"
• October 03 No Blind Ambition for Hybrids.
• October 03 Porsche on a Tear
• October 03 Mazda gives Ford a hand
• October 02 Will Euro Style Cars Ever Catch on In Detroit?
• September 28 For Detroit, it's prove it time
• September 27 With Healthcare Behind It, GM Must Now Focus on a Coherency Plan
• September 24 It's a walkout!
• September 20 Google Says The Old Sales Funnel Theory Is Dead For Car Marketers
• September 20 Bargaining Breaks Down
• September 14 Ford Reviews For New Brand Strategy
• September 12 BMW X6 Invents a New Niche
• September 11 The Chinese Gauntlet
• September 11 Volkswagen's Small-Car Revival
• September 11 Bugati Pur Sang ("Pure blood")
• September 07 New U.S. VW Chief Wants To Bring Back The Phaeton
• September 06 Nardelli's Coup
• September 04 Sales slump, Jackson takes the stump
• September 04 Desperate Ad Claims For Pontiac
• September 04 VW Headed for Nation's Capitol
• August 31 Volkswagen Doesn't Want To Be Seen as a Detroit Automaker
• August 31 Chinese Copy BMW and Mercedes
• August 31 Toyota pumps up the volume
• August 26 Japan's men shun autos--and beer
• August 22 Chevy Mini Might Make It Here
• August 22 Free Loans in China
• August 17 Lutz on the Mount
• August 17 Mercedes Quality Redux
• August 15 Ford's Wager on Romania
• August 14 Detroit inches closer
• August 13 Which Nardelli?
• August 13 Iacocca Missed a Leader in Lutz
• August 10 Heads To Roll At Chrysler?
• August 07 Nardelli A $1 a year man?
• August 06 Chrysler's Drill Sergeant
• August 06 The Nardelli Era Starts at The New Chrysler
• August 06 Japanese clean diesels getting closer
• August 03 Why Detroit is Stuck in Second Gear
• August 02 Europe's Flirt With SUVs
• August 01 Jaguars By Tata Has a Nice Ring
• July 30 VW's Secret Additive
• July 27 Bernhard Back At Chrysler. What Does He Know That Daimler Didn't?
• July 25 GM's Fifteen Minutes of Leadership On Plug-Ins May be Up
• July 23 UAW's Gettelfinger More Pragmatic Than He Appears
• July 20 As Jag Heads For Auction Block, It Tops Satisfaction Survey
• July 20 Toyota Stays Ahead
• July 19 Who Will Drive Away with Land Rover and Jaguar?
• July 16 Who Wants Volvo?
• July 13 Cheapo Logan Zooms
• July 12 A New Lowe
• July 10 Dingell Practicing Cynical Politics
• July 05 Diesel gets a witness
• July 05 A Buy Rating on General Motors That Has Nothing To Do With New Products
• July 02 SUV Tax Break For Accountants and Realtors Going South--Hopefully
• June 26 GM Puts Another Bullett in IPG
• June 23 The Irony of Fuel Economy Legislation
• June 23 Ford Suprises By Going Outside WPP For Focus Assignment
• June 22 Auto Industry's word of the year: "Transformational"
• June 21 Another $3,000 Car in the Works
• June 20 Another Bad Week for Li-Ions
• June 14 The Fuel Economy Debate Will Get Silly Before Its Over
• June 13 Ford's Focus Challenge A Big One For An Ad Agency
• June 12 The Anti-Detroit Bias
• June 12 Toyota execs cash in
• June 11 Mercedes E Class Back on Top
• June 07 Ford Catches a Break
• June 06 GM's Quality Spin
• June 05 Toyota in trouble again with Brit ad watchdog
• June 05 Ford May As Well Ditch The Ranger
• June 04 Super 'Vette or Mini Car?
• June 01 More Argument For Permanently Higher Gas Prices in the U.S.
• June 01 Ford Gets A Good One In On Obama
• June 01 Brits Give Mercedes Passing Grade on Quality
• May 25 Respect for the Minivan Please
• May 23 Green Lexus Gets a Ticking Off in Britain
• May 21 The Volt To Be Lutz's Legacy
• May 18 $126k Lexus goes on sale in Japan
• May 17 Gas Prices High. But Not High Enough.
• May 16 Wither Chrysler?
• May 14 Citroen's stylish, sometimes quirky C6
• May 11 Chrysler's Future in Russia
• May 10 GM's pickup problem
• May 10 Ford's Germanic appeal
• May 09 Will Toyota's profit growth really slow to a near standstill?
• May 08 The new Mini starts to Roar
• May 07 Warding off Chrysler's bidders
• May 07 One bidder left for Chrysler?
• May 04 The Diesel Armada
• April 28 Nissan's Ghosn Has Harder Job Than He Thinks
• April 27 The Politics of Executive Pay
• April 27 Ford's Earnings Improving. But It Suffers From Poor Hedging
• April 24 Toyota Passing GM. Time To Pause for GM. Then Get Back To Work.
• April 17 Ford Turns To David Mamet To Make Edge Edgier
• April 16 Isuzu To Make Vehicles in the U.S. Again?
• April 11 Mulally Vs Bush
• April 11 Management moves at Toyota
• April 06 Kerkorian Returns
• April 06 Dear Dieter (Zetsche)....
• April 05 Quiet debut for Subaru
• April 05 NYIAS object of envy number one: Maserati GranTurismo
• April 05 Jeep, XM know how to please crowds at NYIAS 2007
• April 05 Ford's Mulally Backs Fields and Codino
• April 04 For Chevy mini-car concept, three is the magic number
• April 04 Bentley unveils luxury coupe, sells out of them
• April 04 High-Tech Infiniti EX Concept Debuts at NYIAS
• April 02 The Countdown at DaimlerChrysler
• April 02 Japan: No end to the auto sales gloom
• March 26 Bush, GOPers, Dems and Big Three Show No Leadership on Fuel Economy
• March 23 O'Reilly Still Wrong And Won't Acknowledge It
• March 23 Ugh. Flex This Ford.
• March 20 An old acquaintance knocks at Chrysler
• March 20 Mercedes-Benz Scores Zero in Consumer Reports. Ouch!
• March 15 With Friends Like Bill O'Reilly, Detroit Doesn't Need Enemies
• March 15 Toyota rewards Japanese workers
• March 14 Bernhard helps Cerberus kick Chryslers' Tires
• March 14 Ford Unlikely To Sell Jag and Land Rover
• March 08 Porsche Joins The Advertising Review Parade
• March 07 Hyundai At The Crossroads
• March 01 Ford's Challenge Ads Reaching Higher
• February 28 Some Interesting Soundbites From Toyota Plant Press Conference
• February 27 Subaru Going Back To The Couch For Brand Analysis
• February 26 Chrysler's latest suitor
• February 23 Could Private Equity Groups Snare DaimlerChrysler?
• February 21 North Koreans To Be Toyota-Free
• February 20 Nissan's green limo
• February 16 GM Buying Chrysler? It's Tough To See How That Deal Works.
• February 12 Detroit's intractable problem
• February 09 Sub-Compact Hatches: Alive and Thrashing
• February 09 That Other Scion Model
• February 08 Reviving the Taurus is bull
• February 08 Monthly Production Numbers Show The Extent To Which Chrysler Had Been Overbuilding
• February 07 Mitsubishi back in the black
• February 06 Ford Takes My Advice and Renames the Five Hundred "Taurus"
• February 05 Are Sub-compact hatches dead or alive?
• February 05 Crashtastic: Another Notch For Ford's Edge
• January 31 Fiat Bravo Arrives
• January 25 Fiat Burning Rubber
• January 23 Li-Ion Biz Attracting New Entrants
• January 19 BMW’s iTease?
• January 19 The Audi takeover at VW
• January 18 The Peanut Gallery Wins Battle With Ford's Fields
• January 18 F1 USA Still Only Lukewarm
• January 17 A Hot Reception Online for Chevy Volt
• January 16 Toyota's Watanabe will talk to Ford
• January 16 In Detroit, A Vindication of Audi's Grill?
• January 16 Cadillac Gets Multicultural
• January 10 Bernhard is Leaving VW. But May Take A Year Off
• January 09 Chrysler's Lasorda A Class Act Under Pressure
• January 09 Ford Interceptor Grows On Me
• January 08 A Year To Forget For Japan's Car Dealers
• January 08 OK, the yen matters
• January 08 The Chinese Invasion Commeth
• January 07 Piech's Steely Blue Eyes Show Up at NAIAS
• January 07 Toyota Sticking To Demure Script. Ford Who?
• January 07 GM Sweeps Car and Truck of the Year
• January 04 The Taurus Could Rise Again At Ford
• January 03 December Incentive Spending Down
• January 02 Chrysler CEO on Chery Deal
• January 01 Automobile Mag Chooses GTI Car of the Year...Nice Choice
• January 01 Saab 9-7 An SUV To BeLeave
• December 29 With 10 Days to Go, Embargoes Up In Smoke
• December 28 A Greener BMW?
• December 28 White Knight Syndrome
• December 21 Will Ford's Milk Shake Bring Anybody to the Yard?
• December 18 AN's Jeanes Out To Lunch Over Mark Fields' Travel
• December 17 Toyota edges closer
• December 15 The Trouble with the Opel Saturns
• December 14 BMW Still No. 1
• December 12 It Was Only A Matter of Time. Now BBDO is on Firing Line for Chrysler's Problems.
• December 12 World Biggest Auto Market?
• December 11 The Challenge of Changing GM
• December 07 Ward’s 10 Best Engines Reviewed (Mostly)
• December 07 Next Up at Mazda Design: Nagare
• December 05 Betting on Bernhard's Next Move
• December 05 Reply to Mad in Malibu
• December 04 VW GTI Love You
• December 02 New Hotness From....Saturn
• December 01 Chrysler's Sebring, Topless in LA
• December 01 Will the US go diesel?
• November 29 VW Tiguan A Year Away
• November 29 When It Comes To Cars: Color Is Everything.
• November 28 Silverado Ads Getting Better
• November 27 Dongfeng Motor eyes Japan
• November 20 Why VW's Berhnard Didn't Resign
• November 17 MKZ on Amazon a Perfectly Good Publicity Ploy
• November 16 Ghosn is still shopping in the U.S.
• November 16 A Few More for the Road
• November 15 Porsche Tightens Grip on VW's Wheel
• November 14 Mitsubishi's award winning minicar
• November 13 Those Other Red Dot Awards
• November 10 Can Europeans Out-maneuver Toyota?
• November 09 What's In A Name For Ford?
• November 09 Renault, Nissan and Mahindra to invest big in India?
• November 07 The bad drama at VW
• November 07 Edmunds Most Wanted List A Blow To Detroit
• November 03 Measuring Mercedes' Quality
• November 01 Japan's mini car boom sends Suzuki past Honda
• November 01 Auto Industry Caught Up In The Silly Season in Michigan
• October 29 Nissan planning big diesels?
• October 29 We are only scratching the surface...
• October 27 I know a good use of gigantic oil company profits and a consumer gas tax
• October 26 Ghosn scores a few points
• October 25 Where was Dr. Z?
• October 25 Ford's Mulally Could be Excellent Fit For What Ails Big Blue
• October 23 Jeep's Bobblehead Doppelganger
• October 16 Introducing the Lexus phone
• October 11 A Slash from the Past
• October 10 Chevy Silverado Ad...Take Two
• October 06 Volkswagen's hot news: A 33-hour workweek
• October 05 Do Rental Fleet Cars Hurt Brands...GM?
• October 05 Diesel gets its day
• October 05 Nissan stock climbs as GM alliance talks fail
• October 04 No Ghosn for GM
• October 02 GM Turns To Insanity Hannity And Chrysler Goes To Church. Maybe Detroit Really Is Dying.
• September 29 Ford Explorer: Interior Shortcomings Spotlight Distractions at Ford
• September 25 Honda revs up its green techs
• September 20 Toyota's grand plans
• September 20 Japan's automakers say no to drinking driving
• September 19 Can the LS rescue Lexus in Japan?
• September 07 GM takes the Hyundai road
• August 29 Mercedes-Benz brings a diesel to Japan
• August 16 Look What Stock Is Up 36% in Less Than Month: Ford
• August 10 Is The Ford Family Considering Less Control?
• August 09 Ford's Fields: "I'm no magician"
• August 03 Wilhite Moves From Nissan To Hyundai For Top Gig
• July 30 Big quarter expected at Toyota
• July 21 Panke: Under-Rated as Auto Industry Leader
• July 21 Panke Exits at the Top
• July 11 A Little Vindication For My "Wild Ass" Speculation.
• July 07 China first for Nissan's global car
• July 03 Possible Nissan-GM tie-up receives lukewarm response in Tokyo
• June 30 Chrysler Greenlights Challenger. Shows Chrysler is Getting Smart About Niche Cars
• June 29 DCX's Zetsche Plays The Mercedes Card
• June 28 Fixing Mercedes
• June 21 Trouble at Chrysler II: No Originality
• June 21 A contrarian on China's local branding strategy
• June 20 Nothing Wrong With The Focus That Better Management Can't Solve
• June 13 More talent splits Chrysler
• June 12 Suzuki and GM plan US hybrid?
• June 07 Michigan Lawmakers Want To Repeal Mandatory Motorcycle Helmet Law. Idiots Rejoice.
• June 02 Nissan brings fuel cells to the masses
• May 30 Hyundai Quotes About Indicted Chairman Reflect The Strange World of Korean Industry
• May 25 Ford's War Room Not a Substitute For Judgement
• May 24 Can Ghosn See Ford In His Future?
• May 24 GM's gas price jitters
• May 22 Betting on Fiat's future
• May 17 Honda lays out its plans
• May 15 New U.S. plant for Honda?
• May 05 Message to Ford: Show us the Car
• May 04 Wither VW's Crown Prince Wolfgang Bernhard
• April 28 Ghosn tells it how it is
• April 21 Fixing GM is an Escalade-sized job
• April 19 Dodge Caliber and the Case of Fairy Dust
• April 19 Automobile Magazine--Happy 20th. Many Happy Returns.
• April 18 Another case against Saab
• April 18 Even Toyota Cuts Corners
• April 18 Another New Campaign for Saturn
• April 17 VW's "Drivers wanted" is Dead. But Jetta Drivers Aren't in New Ads.
• April 17 Lutz On Warpath with Media
• April 17 New York's next for Honda's Civic GX
• April 13 Volkswagen Tries To Juice Golf Sales With Rabbit Hop
• April 11 Rick Bites Back
• April 06 Any color you want as long as it's green
• March 30 A Car Called Smart. Maybe Too Smart For The U.S.A.
• March 30 Stupidest Sentence of the Day
• March 28 Smart move tough on Mitsubishi
• March 22 Toyota markets to China...
• March 20 Zetsche Bets on Smart
• March 17 VW's Fast Making Big Bucks
• March 17 Trying to Make Lincolns and Mercs Cool
• March 15 At Chrysler, top brass take the hit
• March 08 So long Jed. Nissan will miss ya.
• March 03 Vanzura Shaking Things UP at GM
• March 02 Can VW's Pischetsrieder Survive the Florentine Putsch?
• March 01 VW Concept A....Sweet. Now, Let's See if You can Build It.
• February 28 Detroit Expected To See Quality Setback from Consumer Reports
• February 27 A new kind of electric car
• February 24 GM and Toyota pull back on fuel cells
• February 22 R.I.P. GTO
• February 21 Toyota keeps on trimming
• February 19 Lots of Buzz for the Dodge Hornet
• February 19 Good news for China's auto industry last month..
• February 16 Mazda readies its greener RX-8
• February 15 GM catches a break, finally
• February 14 Bill Ford....Executive of the Year?
• February 14 Japan's automakers eye the subcontinent
• February 13 Audi A6 in the Passing Lane
• February 13 For the first time ever, China exports more vehicles than it imports in 2005...
• February 01 DaimlerChrysler Comes Clean (Finally)
• January 31 And Then There's Gaul
• January 31 GM Changes Band Leaders
• January 31 Honda and hedging
• January 27 To Launch The New Expedition SUV, Ford Goes To...Houston?
• January 26 I bet you didn't see this at the Detroit Auto Show....
• January 25 Too Much Information Bill
• January 21 DaimlerChrysler's legacy boosts Mitsubishi
• January 19 JD Power's Denove...Too Much Info.....But Good Info
• January 18 Volkswagen's Malibu Gambit
• January 17 Is Mazda the Design Leader?
• January 13 Fiat revs up after GM divorce
• January 13 GM execs: No pay cuts for me
• January 13 What price success for Japan's automakers?
• January 13 Chinese autos abroad?
• January 12 Chris Bangle: Damned by success
• January 11 Can Saab survive?
• January 10 Camaro Trumps Dodge Challenger
• January 10 Agitating Shareholder Jerry York Asks GM To Shutter Saab
• January 10 "Buy American Is The Last Reason To Buy GM"
• January 10 How High Will VW's Share Price Fly?
• January 09 Nissan's new Sentra--worth the wait?
• January 08 Lexus LS460 A Techno Marvel For Perfectionists
• January 08 General Motors' China success
• January 06 Volvo Goes Small. But Is It A Safe Bet To Succeed?
• January 06 Japan's shrinking auto market
• January 05 Its Official. Chrysler Will Build VW's Bus
• January 05 Voulez-vous un Buick?
• January 05 Mazda Readies The CX-7. But Will Anyone Notice?
• January 05 Ford's Swipe At Toyota Sounds "Desperate"