Editorials
Nissan Has Forgotten How to Take Styling Risks
By Chris Haak03.06.2008In the mid 1990s, Nissan found itself in a very difficult position. Sales were falling, the lineup was dull and unexciting, Infiniti had just been left in...
Does Mercury Have a Future?
At last week's National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) convention, Lincoln-Mercury dealers were looking for news about the fate of the Mercury brand. Ford has previously...
Washington State’s Money Grab – Oops, Fuel Economy Tax
By Chris Haak02.07.2008The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported today on a proposal in the Washington state senate to impose an excise tax on all passenger vehicles based on EPA...
Hyundai Sales Goals: If You Don’t Succeed Several Times, Try Again
By Chris Haak01.31.2008Hyundai's South Korean executives have had some ambitious sales goals in the US for several years. However, it has become apparent that either the bump in...
Why Chrysler’s New Consumer Advisory Board Won’t Work
By Chris Haak01.25.2008Deborah Meyer, Chrysler's head of marketing (whom the automaker recruited from Lexus last year) announced yesterday several product-related...
Lifan 3-Series is a Chinese Mini Cooper Knockoff
Earlier this week, Chinese automaker Lifan showed its 3-Series sedan to assembled media. While the name would make one think that the vehicle is a clone of the BMW 3-Series, in...
Two Extremes in Chinese Knockoffs
Continuing on a humorous, yet also pathetic road that we've traveled before, two of the latest Chinese knockoff vehicles have come to light, and they couldn't be more extreme...
Cars That Should Be Buried for 50 Years
Now that the hype of Tulsa, Oklahoma's Plymouth Belvedere, which sat in an underground (and sometimes underwater) vault for half a century, has died down, I thought I'd take a...
Chery’s Turn to Fail a Crash Test
We've covered the disasters that crash tests have proven to be for Chinese cars in the past (search Google for 'Landwind SUV' or click on Brilliance BS6 for information on those)....
Driving in Manhattan Won’t Be Free Much Longer
In 2003, London instituted a £8, or about $16, "congestion charge" on any cars that entered central London. The aim was to clear some of the traffic and clutter from the center...