by Chris Sawyer on January 16, 2010
For a number of years, the combination of a January time slot, official “International Auto Show” status, and good economic times made Detroit one of the “must see” auto shows. Automakers both domestic and foreign came to Detroit’s aging Cobo Center to hawk their latest wares. That was especially true when the Los Angeles Auto [...]
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by Chris Sawyer on March 31, 2009
No matter where you come down on President Obama “firing” Rick Wagoner (I think it sets a terrible precedent), the sad fact is that Wagoner had to go. A tall and very polite man, Wagoner could not – would not – face the problems facing General Motors in the U.S. head-on. In this, however, he [...]
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