According to Reuters, Lucid Motors, based near Apple’s old turf in Fremont, California, is the real target of Saudi Arabia. Tesla founder Elon Musk claimed that Saudi Arabia was planning to fund a bid to take Tesla private — which would have cost $72 billion for the stock buyout and […]
Ram had the first modern Class 1 pickup with a diesel — a VM engine originally created partly for General Motors. Ford and Chevy were caught flat-footed. Then came an emissions scandal, thanks, it seems, to placing too much trust in suppliers. Eventually, Ram got their engine certified for 2018 trucks, […]
Much has been made of automakers dropping their sedans. FCA started the trend, ending the Dart and 200, and Ford followed with its own announcements; and then GM said it would drop one of its small Chevys. But is the death of the sedan overstated? The most popular sedans, coming […]
Compact and midsize sedans sales are falling fast. So are diesel sedan sales. Why not combine the two and do a compact diesel sedan? Chevrolet must have a good market for the diesel Cruze, since it’s been making them for quite some time. The 2019s get a 1.6 liter version, […]
The Ford Edge ST, a new and well-tuned version of their ordinary “SUV” (medium-sized hatchback), is Ford’s first performance crossover, coming long after many competitors. Ford claims a hefty 335 horsepower and 380 pound-feet of torque from their turbo V6. With that much power, all wheel drive is practically a requirement, […]
Midsize sedan sales are down — but there are still buyers out there, and not all Ford, Chrysler, and Dodge owners are willing to move to crossovers. Chevy is taking advantage of that by updating the 2019 Chevrolet Malibu, which will have restyled fronts and rears along with three good […]
For many years before Fiat arrived, Chrysler’s brands were poorly defined and overlapped each other. Marchionne, who oversees seven different brands, immediately started working on clarifying them — with effects that took years to become apparent. There are easy brands — Ram makes pickups and commercial vehicles; Jeep sells crossovers and SUVs, […]
Before we get to the chaotic world of Fiat Chrysler, let’s look at the largely stable universe of Toyota, one of the world’s largest automakers. Toyota was created as a side project by an automated-loom company; the spelling was changed from the founder’s name, Toyoda, to Toyota to get a […]
What’s that you say? You want a sports car, but you don’t want to pay crazy-high insurance or fill the tank with high-octane every day or two? Chevy heard you (okay, so did Dodge, Mazda, Ford, Fiat, and almost everyone else) and, as always, there’s a Camaro that handles well, […]
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