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Breaking: Suzuki Buys Ford
By Chris Haak In a move that surprised nearly every industry analyst, Japanese automaker Suzuki has entered into an tentative agreement to...
Hyundai Dropping Job-Loss Protection Program
In January 2009, during the depths of the Great Recession (arguably the Great Depression of the auto industry), Hyundai's then-marketing...
Would the Real “Man Van” Please Stand Up?
From time to time, Chrysler has threatened to create a sporty variant of its garden-variety Grand Caravan. Sometimes, they actually do...
Review: 2011 Mazda Mazda6 S Touring Plus
Thanks to the likes of the Mazda3 (and MazdaSpeed3), MX5 Miata, and the diminutive Mazda2 subcompact, Mazda has staked out its claim as the...
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That Essence Rare, or Memories of a Car Guy
By J. Smith 07.08.2009 What exactly is it about certain cars (or trucks) that allow them to embed themselves in our hearts and minds,...
Bankruptcy Judge Approves Sale of GM Assets to “New...
By Chris Haak 07.07.2009 Late Sunday night, Judge Robert Gerber of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan approved the sale of all of...
June 2009 Industry Sales Show Slight Uptick
By Chris Haak 07.06.2009 It's still nowhere near time to break out the champagne and declare the new-car market healed, but there were a...
Koenigsegg Reaches Agreement to Buy Saab from GM
News last Friday said that Saab was likely to be sold to Koenigsegg, the Swedish boutique supercar maker, and that news is now confirmed,...
2010 Camaro LT V6: First Drive
By Chris Haak 06.16.2009 While we have not yet had the luxury of a week-long press loan of the all-new 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, we are...
GM’s New Chairman Knows Nothing About Cars –...
By Chris Haak 06.15.2009 General Motors will have a new Chairman of the Board when it exits Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which will...
GM Introduces 2010 Lineup, and Pontiac is a Lineup of One
By Chris Haak 06.10.2009 Yesterday, we received word that GM had the company had posted details of its 2010 product lineup to its media...
Chrysler Exits Chapter 11, Forms Chrysler Group, Finalizes...
Hot on the heels of the US Supreme Court's refusal to hear the Indiana pension funds' objections to the sale of Chrysler, the company (at...
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Sirius XM Increases 2012 Subscriber Forecast On New-Car...
Sirius XM satellite radio - the only satellite radio operator in the U.S., thanks to the merger between the former rivals in 2008 - today...
Review: 2013 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport 60th...
My personal history with the Corvette goes back many, many years. Back when I was an only child, my parents bought a new white 1980...
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Review: 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS
By Chris Haak If you ask automakers what the hot ticket is likely to be in the next several years, they might say that premium compact...
Chevrolet to Sell Rebadged Saturn Vue to Fleet Customers
By Chris Haak Since the launch of the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox, GM has struggled to keep up with demand for its popular small crossover. ...
The Cassette Deck is Dead; Are CD Players Next?
By Chris Haak According to an article in the New York Times last month, you can no longer purchase a new 2011 model-year vehicle in the...