New York Auto Show Press Days #1
By Chris Haak We're on the ground here in New York at the scenic Jacob Javits Convention Center enjoying the first day of press conferences (the construction along 34th Street...
Technology In Depth: Magnetorheological Damping
By David L. Miller The Perfect Ride Imagine that you are driving down the street when—wham—the impact of a pothole bottoms your suspension and nearly chips your teeth. You...
Good News and Bad News for Speed Lovers
By Chris Haak According to a report over at The Detroit Bureau, Texas lawmakers are considering raising that state's maximum speed limit to 85 miles per hour (137 km/h) on the...
Ward’s Announces 10 Best Interiors for 2011
By Chris Haak New-vehicle interior design and materials have come a long way since the dark, Tupperware/Fisher-Price days of the 1990s. When once hard plastic and no adornment...
Review: 2011 Hyundai Elantra Limited
By Chris Haak Having reviewed more than a hundred new cars for this site, and having driven several hundred more over my two decades behind the wheel, it's kind of hard for a car...
How to Lose Money Without Really Trying
By Chris Haak The business case for EVs and hybrids has been on less-than-solid footing for years, both from the consumer's point of view and the manufacturer's vantage point. ...
Barely a Year Into Independence, Saab’s Financial Picture Is Again Dire
Just over a year into its new life as an independent company (forgetting the fact that it's actually held by Spyker, a boutique automaker of sports cars), Saab is again facing...
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 purchase Ford Motor Company's worldwide...
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 chief Joel Ewanick rolled out what the...