The 2009 Flex, Ford’s all-new family-hauling crossover, is now trickling to market, getting a jump on probably its biggest domestic competitor, Chevy’s also-new Traverse.
- Ford Flex slowly coming to market
- Outlander redesign makes room for seven
For those of you seeking a more-fuel-efficient vehicle big enough to haul the whole family, yet one that doesn’t make you feel as though you’re cramming everyone into a sardine can, Mitsubishi just might have the answer with its Outlander compact crossover.
- New Camaro draws more from future than past
The all-new Chevrolet Camaro arrives early next year, just over three years since the concept car was introduced at the 2006 Detroit auto show.
- Needed: Third row seating AND fuel economy
So you’re ready to give up that big SUV and try a small car that gets better gas mileage?
- Needed: Third row seating AND fuel economy
So you’re ready to give up that big SUV and try a small car that gets better gas mileage?
- Most expensive Chevrolet ever rolls off assembly line
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – General Motors has entered the world of the super car.
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- Through the Past, Darkly: 1968
In Part 2 of 4, Detroit dodges the bullets of the Sixties
- Through the Past, Darkly: 1958
On August 18th the celebrations will start in earnest marking both the 100th Anniversary of General Motors and, shortly thereafter, the Centennial Celebration of the introduction of Ford’s famed Model T. In any other year most Americans would likely see those two events as sources of national pride; at the very least, the celebrations might evoke nostalgia for the American century – maybe even a sense of gratitude for the gift of mobility that these two companies and their founding geniuses gave everyone. However, because of GM’s recent announcement of $15.5 billion in losses for the second quarter of this year, which followed Ford’s $8.7 billion loss in the same period, any celebration is unlikely to be as joyous as it might have been, had times been better.
- Through the Past, Darkly: 1958
On August 18th the celebrations will start in earnest marking both the 100th Anniversary of General Motors and, shortly thereafter, the Centennial Celebration of the introduction of Ford’s famed Model T. In any other year most Americans would likely see those two events as sources of national pride; at the very least, the celebrations might evoke nostalgia for the American century – maybe even a sense of gratitude for the gift of mobility that these two companies and their founding geniuses gave everyone. However, because of GM’s recent announcement of $15.5 billion in losses for the second quarter of this year, which followed Ford’s $8.7 billion loss in the same period, any celebration is unlikely to be as joyous as it might have been, had times been better.
- Keeper of Some Secrets
Sometimes writing this column is a little more difficult than you might imagine. Obviously, from a journalistic viewpoint, there is a great deal of satisfaction when you can uncover a story that few know and that, most important, actually can have a dramatic impact on the reader. But then again, it’s infuriating when I see reported as "news" a story that clearly is PR thinly disguised as event – and it’s treated with the same passion as if it truly were not just earthshaking but the final and absolute word.
- Dependent on Foreign Oil? You Bet!
From Nixon to now, every sitting President has promised to make sure that we wouldn’t have a future energy problem … like we do now.
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