Mitsubishi Reveals Concept-RA Diesel Sports Coupe
By Chris Haak01.13.2008This evening in Detroit at the North American International Auto Show, Mitsubishi revealed two new vehicles - one a production model and one a concept.The...
Honda Reveals 2009 Pilot Prototype in Detroit
Honda today revealed a "prototype" of its 2009 Pilot crossover. As I noted in this post a few days ago, the crossover segment is red hot (up over 20% in 2007's otherwise shrinking...
Tata Reveals Its Nano, A $2,500 New Car
India's largest automaker (and future owner of Jaguar and Land Rover) Tata has come through in its pledge to reveal a $2,500 "people's car." Clearly, you don't get a lot of...
Ford Confirms It’s Developing New RWD Cars
By Chris Haak01.10.2008In a move that sounds very similar to the way GM developed its full size RWD Zeta platform for global markets, auto industry publication Automotive News...
A Stroll Through the 2007 US Sales Results
By Chris Haak01.09.2008Late last week, manufacturers released their December 2007 (and therefore final annual) sales results. Overall, the total US light vehicle market (cars and...
GM Shows Cadillac Provoq Concept at CES
By Chris Haak01.08.2008Today, GM unveiled its Cadillac Provoq (pronounced 'provoke') concept small crossover vehicle at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The...
Camaro Prototypes Caught; GM Declares “No More Camo!”
By Chris Haak01.04.2008Yesterday, KGP Photography caught a car carrier near the Arctic Circle containing several lightly-disguised Camaro prototypes. The transporter was...
35 mpg CAFE Claims Its First Victim
By Chris Haak01.04.2008GM announced that it has canceled its program to create a next-generation DOHC V8 engine family for its luxury cars. The engines, known as the "Ultra V8s,"...
Chrysler Undertakes Urgent Vehicle Improvement Steps
They figured out what the rest of us already knew.By Chris Haak12.26.2007There has been a lot of ink spilled over the past week about how things may be worse at Chrysler than...
GM Unveils 2009 Corvette ZR1
The King of the Hill Returns! One of the worst-kept secrets in the auto industry for the past year or two was that GM was working on a super Corvette with 600 plus horsepower,...