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Report: Maruti Suzuki Planning Low-Cost Alto to Compete...
By Chris Haak Even though Suzuki only sells a few thousand cars in the US each month and can't seem to get the right product mix in the...
Breaking: GM CEO Whitacre to Step Down September 1
By Chris Haak I can hear the ticker-tape machines humming away in the background as I write this from the Full Metal Autos newsroom. Hot...
Hyundai Becomes a KBB Most-Considered Brand
By Chris Haak Hyundai's rise to one of the world's largest - and fastest-growing - automakers over the past several years has been nothing...
Is the 2012 Mercedes-Benz A-Class Coming to the US?
By George Straton Is a Premium Compact Hatchback with the Three Pointed Star from Sindelfingen (via Hungary) coming to a U.S....
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2008 Infiniti EX35 AWD Journey Review
The Infiniti EX35, an all-new vehicle for the 2008 model year, is marketed as a crossover, albeit a carlike one. Infiniti can market the...
GM and Ford May Collaborate on Powertrains
By Chris Haak08.05.2008According to yesterday's Detroit News, GM recently approached its crosstown rival, Ford, about the possibility of...
Premium Pricing Coming to California HOV Lane for...
By Dennis Haak 07.30.2008 San Francisco Bay Area transportation officials have approved a plan to allow solo drivers in regular...
2008 Kia Sportage 4×4 EX Review
Kia is in the news lately because it is introducing its new large midsize, three-row, V8-powered SUV, the Borrego, this summer. Meanwhile,...
2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 Review
If you want to keep a low profile and not attract attention, the Challenger is not the car for you. If conservation of natural resources is...
Sirius-XM Merger Finally Approved After 16 Months
Sirius and XM announced their intention to merge in March 2007. A year later, in March 2008, that they still expected the merger to be...
WSJ Report Says Chrysler Financial Will Stop Offering
By Chris Haak07.25.2008According to a report in the online edition of today’s Wall Street Journal, Chrysler LLC has started telling its...
Ford Loses $8.7 Billion in Q2, Confirms Plant Retoolings
As Autosavant reported would happen (and in the process, scooped the rest of the journalistic world by five weeks), Ford announced the...
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Review: 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn DSG
There are several ways to make your critics shut up. One is to address their criticisms point by point, giving in to your critics'...
More Trouble With EV Economics
About a year and a half ago, we looked into what is the single biggest threat to the electrification of the automobile. And what is that...
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2011 Ford Super Duty Gets Torque Upgrade to 800 lb-ft
By Chris Haak Ford's new 2011 Super Duty pickups are just hitting dealers, but that didn't stop Ford from upgrading the trucks on the fly...
Patent Drawings Show Chrysler 200C Taking Shape
By Chris Haak Ten years ago - heck, even five years ago - few companies made a bigger splash at the North American International Auto...
What Does an Inside-Out Volkswagen Look Like?
By Chris Haak This is a few days old, but kudos are in order to Volkswagen and its ad agency in Brazil, AlmapBBDO for the creativity shown...
Geely’s Volvo Purchase Expected to Close This Week
By Chris Haak Alan Mulally's "One Ford" strategy is now nearly complete. After several years of unwinding the Jacques Nasser-era...