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One of my favorite automotive web sites is Austin Rover Online, a wonderful historical site full of more information than you could imagine on the cars made by Standard, Triumph, Austin, Rover, MG, and more. What caught my eye this time was a story about the possibility that Alfa Romeo could follow MG into Chinese [...]
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It wasn’t much of a surprise. After showing a number of concepts under the Kizashi name, Suzuki finally revealed the production version of its new four-door sedan in Detroit. Well, Grosse Pointe, actually, home to the mansions built by the founding fathers of the American automobile industry. Despite the cheekiness of launching the car in [...]
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Word is that Chrysler is casting about for a suitable replacement for its mid-size Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger sedans. Because Chrysler’s new owner (forgetting the UAW and federal government for a moment) Fiat failed in its bid to acquire Opel and its new mid-size platform, that option is off the table. This leaves Chrysler [...]
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By now you have heard about Brian Deese, the 31-year-old Yalie who never finished his law degree, never got his MBA, never toured an assembly plant, never worked in a job outside of politics, and yet is the “perfect” guy to restructure the auto industry. He works with Steve Rattner who started his career at [...]
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I’m waiting for Clint Eastwood to come riding in at any moment, with his hat pulled down over his eyes and emanating a quiet intensity because this is turning out to be a Sergio Leone spaghetti western. Only the bad guy in this particular telling rides out of the east (D.C.) and bullies bondholders and [...]
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Hyundai says its Genesis sedan is aimed at cars like the Chrysler 300, Pontiac G8, Lexus GS and Infiniti M, but that its engineering was benchmarked against cars like the BMW 5 Series and Mercedes E-Class. Yet one need look no farther than Lexus’ launch in 1989 to see that the Korean automaker has torn [...]
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The Dodge Challenger, based on the Mercedes-derived Chrysler 300 platform, is a fully modern car that successfully captures the design and presence of the original Challenger, an icon of the muscle car era. Challenger delivers great performance in any trim level, from the base SE with 3.5-liter V6 to the Hemi R/T to the $42,000+ [...]
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