2009 Toyota RAV4 Sport 4×4 V6 Review
By Chris Haak 02.10.2009 Knowing that Toyota cut its teeth as an automaker by first mastering small vehicles, and only recently venturing into behemoth territory with the likes...
GM’s Bob Lutz To Step Down as Product Development Chief in April, Retire by...
By Chris Haak 02.09.2009 General Motors' "car czar," Robert Lutz, will step down from his current role as Vice Chairman - Global Product Development effective April 1, 2009. ...
Toyota Shuts Down All Japanese Production Except for One Line
By Chris Haak 02.05.2009 As previously planned, Toyota Motor Corporation has ceased production at every plant in Japan with the exception of leaving a single production line...
Controversial BMW Design Chief Chris Bangle Leaves BMW, Auto Industry
By Chris Haak 02.03.2009 Chris Bangle, head of BMW's design and the man singly most responsible for BMW's current design language, is leaving BMW "to pursue his own...
Neo-Classic Car: 1993 Oldsmobile Achieva SCX
When I tell most people that I used to own a 1993 Oldsmobile Achieva SCX, I typically get one of two reactions. Either they have never heard of the car before, or they have...
Chrysler-Fiat Product Sharing Details Emerge
Industry publication Automotive News reported this week on the tentative plans that Chrysler and Fiat have for sharing products in the venture that the companies announced last...
2009 Infiniti M35s Review
By Chris Haak 01.27.2009 Having sampled most of Infiniti's current lineup at one time or another, the M was never one of my favorite models (incidentally, the one model I...