GM May Have to Drop GMC Brand
By Chris Haak 04.16.2009 Bloomberg reported today that GM's GMC brand, which sells trucks and crossovers, may be on the chopping block, along with the...
Is the smart fortwo Doomed in the US?
By Chris Haak 04.16.2009 Daimler AG's minicar subsidiary, smart, has been selling its minuscule two-seat vehicles to style-conscious, city-dwelling Americans for a couple of...
Is Hyundai’s Formula the Recipe for US Sales Success?
By Chris Haak 4.16.2009 The CarGurus Blog proposed this week that if you want to succeed in the auto industry, you should do try copying Hyundai. Their post is focused mainly...
2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee is First to Get Chrysler’s New V6
By Chris Haak 04.10.2009 Lost in the news about this week's unveiling of the all-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee is the news that Chrysler's new V6 engine family, previously...
No Niche Left Untouched: Are High-Performance SUVs Brand Killers?
By Chris Haak 04.07.2009 This week, BMW is displaying its X5 M and X6 M hot-rod sport-utility vehicles at the 2009 New York International Auto Show; while this is the first time...
Are March 2009 Sales Results Finally the Low Point?
By Chris Haak 04.03.2009 March 2009's US sales results were pretty much as bad as they have been for the past several months. Overall, industry sales were down by 36.8% in...
Check Your Mirrors
TOYOTA's board of directors has changed its mind and replaced President-in-waiting Akio Toyoda with the newly available Rick Wagoner, formerly of General Motors. Reached for...
Who’s the Renegade PR Person at Chrysler?
By Chris Haak 03.31.2009 Perhaps lost among yesterday's flurry of GM- and Chrysler-related announcements and news releases from each company, the President's Task Force on...
2009 F-150 Lariat SuperCrew 4×4 Review
Although you wouldn't know it by looking at the sales results, we are really in a golden age of full size pickup trucks. The full-size trucks sold today by Ford, GM, Dodge,...
What’s the Point of a Lifted Truck?
I've been on an interesting streak this past week. Literally every day either on my way into the office or on my way home, I have encountered the same white Ford F-250 traveling...