Reviews

Tesla Model S wins high praise from Consumer Reports

6:00 am U.S. ET | May 9, 2013
The all-electric Tesla Model S sports car received the highest score in Consumer Reports' ratings -- a 99 out of 100 -- along with widespread plaudits from the magazine's automotive testing staff.... Read More »

 

Musk extends Times feud, calls Model S review 'ethics violation'

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 10, 2013
Tesla CEO Elon Musk took another swipe at The New York Times on Saturday, calling the newspaper's critical review of his Tesla Model S electric car a "low-grade ethics violation."... Read More »

 

MARK RECHTIN

Is Tesla's fight with The New York Times over?

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 27, 2013
Tesla Motors' CEO Elon Musk has been at war with The New York Times regarding a recent negative review that he claimed was rigged to make the Model S sedan fail.... Read More »

 

Tesla refutes N.Y. Times review of Model S, 'cold' range

11:19 am U.S. ET | Feb. 11, 2013
Tesla Motors refuted the accuracy and accounts of a Model S review published by The New York Times that raised concerns about the electric vehicle's range in cold weather, an account that sent the company's share price down in Monday trading.... Read More »

 

ANALYSIS

2013 Viper now enjoyable off the racetrack, too

12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 21, 2012
Chrysler Group will sell less than half as many 2013 SRT Vipers all of next year as it sold Jeep Patriots in October. Executives with the automaker's new Street and Racing Technology brand are OK with that. Unlike the rest of Chrysler's lineup, the Viper is first and foremost a racing machine with a top speed of 206 mph. It only masquerades as a luxuriously appointed $100,000 two-seater when it's off the track.... Read More »

 

MARK RECHTIN

When journalism becomes shilling

3:44 pm U.S. ET | June 25, 2012
George Orwell said, “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.” So what does it mean when a car company carefully orchestrates the media launch of a new vehicle and limits media test drives of that vehicle to just 10 minutes on a controlled circuit?... Read More »