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Pop the clutch? Not with Bosch system
12:01 am U.S. ET | June 17, 2013
Any parent who has taught a kid to drive a stick knows the problem: When the clutch comes up too slowly, the engine stalls; too fast and there's lurching, angst and potential whiplash. Bosch thinks it has a solution.... Read More » Comments [0] | Recommendations [0]
Lentz: Toyota may never match '09 share
12:01 am U.S. ET | June 17, 2013
Toyota may never recapture the 17.0 percent share of the U.S. light-vehicle market that it achieved in 2009, Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyota North America, told reporters before the company's annual shareholders meeting.... Read More »| Related topics: | Automakers and Suppliers | Retail | Dealer Issues | People | Product and Design | Europe Manufacturing | Americas | Asia | Global News | China | Europe | Eastern Europe | Western Europe | Video |
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Lutz admires entrepreneurs, couldn't be one
12:01 am U.S. ET | June 17, 2013
Bob Lutz says nice things about Rick Wagoner in his new book, Icons and Idiots, but faults his former boss at General Motors for coddling "useless" executives. Lutz got sideways with a few bosses in his time and never made CEO. Should he have been an entrepreneur instead of a corporate high-flyer?... Read More »States seek to fill gas tax gap with EV-hybrid tax
12:01 am U.S. ET | June 17, 2013
State lawmakers seeking a new revenue stream to pay for the upkeep of roads are looking for owners of vehicles that use little or no gasoline to pay a little more.... Read More »Another low-wattage week for EVs
12:01 am U.S. ET | June 17, 2013
Chalk it up as another rough week on the electric vehicle front.... Read More »Acura sponsorship will keep Seinfeld's 'Coffee' perking
12:01 am U.S. ET | June 10, 2013
Thanks to Acura, Jerry Seinfeld's Web series, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," is returning for 24 new episodes starting June 13. Acura has signed on as exclusive sponsor and will use the series for product placement.... Read More »Yen skews U.S. pricing, data show
12:01 am U.S. ET | June 3, 2013
The yen's plunge against the dollar gives Japanese automakers a big price advantage here, and arguments that transplant U.S. factories slash the impact don't hold water, says a Morgan Stanley analyst.... Read More »Again, Tokyo show a no-go for Detroit 3
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 20, 2013
The Detroit 3 will sit out the Tokyo Motor Show, no-shows for the third straight time.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
And the condo elevator goes from 0 to 60 in ...
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 20, 2013
Pininfarina, the Italian design house famous for styling Ferrari cars, also does condos.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
Shaq: No grease needed to slide into his LaCrosse
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 20, 2013
Can Shaquille O'Neal really fit into a Buick LaCrosse? During a recent episode of the "Inside the NBA" postgame show on the TNT network, analyst Charles Barkley kidded the 7-foot-1-inch Shaq about his LaCrosse ads by saying O'Neal had to be rubbed down with Gold Bond Lotion to slide in.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
Tesla's soaring stock price buries short sellers
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 20, 2013
The recent rocket ride of Tesla stock has put the hurt on holders of "shorts" -- those gambling that the price of the stock will fall.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
Really, Don Draper? You want the Vega account?
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013
It looks like the popular AMC series "Mad Men," about a fictional New York advertising agency in the late 1960s, is trading in its Jaguar business for a Chevrolet Vega.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
Tariff played a role in Mexico winning Audi plant
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013
At the groundbreaking for the Q5 plant in San Jose Chiapa, Audi CEO Rupert Stadler offered another explanation for deciding not to locate in the United States: The European Union slaps a 10 percent tariff on U.S.-built vehicles.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
Jackson: Penske sets my retirement pace
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013
AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson's employment contract with the country's largest dealership group is up in September. Jackson will turn 65 next February, but he has no intention of walking out the door any time soon.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
Coming soon: The spittoon that helped make GM
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
General Motors' roots can be traced to Durant-Dort Carriage Co., a long-shuttered 133-year-old factory in Flint, Mich., and the office building across the street. Now GM has acquired the buildings and plans to turn the site into a showcase for the company's history.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
Fisker's funk causes prices to plunge
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
This isn't just a tough time for Fisker Automotive (a Chapter 11 filing seems likely); it's also rough out there for anyone trying to sell a new or used Karma hybrid luxury sedan.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
Back from the grave
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
Frank Stranah, co-founder of Champion Spark Plugs, once owned this 1940 Packard Super 8 Formal sedan -- which spent 44 years welded inside an old gasoline storage tank before it was liberated in 2011.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
Ford scion was told Blue Oval needs no green
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
Bill Ford jokingly told an audience in Los Angeles last week that he was ordered "to stop associating with any known or suspected environmentalists" when he joined the family company in 1979 as a 22-year-old fresh out of Princeton.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
Mercedes' China dealers get a trip to the woodshed
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
Struggling to keep pace with BMW and Audi in China, Mercedes-Benz has taken dealers in that country to task. In a strongly worded letter, Daimler China sales chief Nicholas Speeks accused them of laziness and threatened consequences.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
In Lutz's view, Eaton did a bang-up job at Chrysler
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
Former Chrysler CEO Bob Eaton is commonly said to have finished his career in disgrace. But in his new book, Icons and Idiots: Straight Talk on Leadership, former Chrysler and General Motors exec Bob Lutz leaves Eaton out of the "idiot" category.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
Lexus goes hipster, parties with robots in the Big Apple
12:01 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
At the launch party for Lexus' global marketing campaign, the theme was definitely New York hipster.... Read More »
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