Posts by Chris Haak
Mahindra Distributor Says Pickups Passed Tests; Parent Company Silent
By Chris Haak John Perez, CEO of Global Vehicles of Alpharetta, Georgia - and Indian manufacturer Mahindra's US distributor - told Automotive News that the manufacturer has...
Ford Plans Hybrid C-MAX Van in Europe
Ford announced today that it will offer a hybrid version of its C-Max mini-minivan when the next-generation model bows in 2013. Ford is investing $410 million in the company's...
Mini Will Get 3-Cylinder Engines
By Chris Haak Cars sold under BMW's small-car brand, Mini, will roll with three-bangers under their little hoods with their next-generation models, according to a report in...
Review: 2010 Toyota 4Runner Trail 4×4
By Chris Haak I'm going to begin by mentioning how disappointed I was during my time with the all-new 2010 Toyota 4Runner. Not in the vehicle itself, really - more in the...
GM Hires Joel Ewanick from Nissan to Lead Marketing
By Chris Haak GM announced today that its head of marketing, Susan Docherty, is now its former head of marketing. Prior to that, Ms. Docherty had previously been head of...
Suburban Memories on its 75th Anniversary
By Chris Haak GM's long-running Suburban - which made its debut in 1935 as the Suburban Carryall - is celebrating its semisesquicentennial for the 2010 model year. (I don't...
April Sales Results are Good, Not Great
By Chris Haak The auto industry still has a big, big hole to dig out of to get anywhere close to the volumes of the peak years earlier in the last decade, when 16 and 17 million...
Review: 2010 Kia Forte Koup SX
By Chris Haak Have you ever seen a photo of a person who appears at a glance to be really attractive, only to see the person later in the flesh, and notice flaws like yellow...
Geithner Claims “Reasonable Chance” GM and Chrysler Will Repay Aid
But of course, there's a catch. By Chris Haak US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that taxpayers were still at risk of loss from...
China’s Brilliance Withdraws from European Market
We have yet to see Chinese cars in the US, and they're about to become more scarce in Europe. Back in November 2009, HSO Motors, the European importer of Brilliance automobiles,...