Posts by Chris Haak
Is a V6 Corvette in the Future?
By Chris Haak 09.22.2009 If GM's new product-development chief Tom Stephens has anything to say about the question posed in the headline, the answer is no. For now. Any...
Toyota Cranks Q4 Marketing Budget Up to Eleven
By Chris Haak 09.17.2009 With apologies to Spinal Tap, Toyota is actually cranking it up to one - as in one billion. According to a report published today in the Wall Street...
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne Says Chrysler in Worse Shape Than Thought
By Chris Haak 09.17.2009 On the sideline of the Frankfurt Auto Show, Fiat's CEO told reporters that the situation at Chrysler was even worse than he had known. I'm not quite...
Opel’s Fate May Not be Decided Today
By Chris Haak 09.08.2009 The fate of GM's Adam Opel GmbH European subsidiary may be decided either today or tomorrow during GM's scheduled two-day meeting of its board of...
Whatever Happened to Passing Zones?
By Chris Haak 09.07.2009 Over the past few years, I've observed a disturbing phenomenon around my stomping grounds in Pennsylvania - the elimination of passing zones on two-lane...
Ford Ditches Navistar for 2011 Super Duty’s Power Stroke Diesel
By Chris Haak 09.01.2009 Ford has been in a partnership with Navistar for more than a decade in which Navistar supplies the Power Stroke diesel engines found in the F-series...
Chrysler and Nissan Cancel Product Sharing Agreements – What’s Next?
Yesterday, the news came out that the flurry of rebadged/rebodied vehicles that Chrysler and Nissan were hoping to sell for each other have all been cancelled. We reported this...