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1972 Chevrolet Chevelle: the Hollywood star in Tehran

February 20, 2019 Shahab Anisi 0

The Chevelle gained a good reputation as being one of the best-selling A-body GM cars. A mid-sized automobile in GM’s collection of the giants back in that era, the Chevelle packed a perfectly-shaped Coke-bottle body design with a good range of powertrains left almost everybody satisfied. The Chevelle nameplate was […]

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Oops: Fords randomly jerking into first gear

February 13, 2019 David Zatz 0

GM and Ford worked together on a ten-speed automatic transmission which has, so far, proven to be reliable and likable. Not so much Ford’s home-grown six-speed automatic, a conventional and conservative transmission. Around 1.5 million Ford pickups with that slushbox are being recalled because they can, without warning, suddenly slam […]

US sales are a mildly worrisome mixed bag

February 3, 2019 David Zatz 0

Sales in the United States carry a bit of worry in the details, even if the bottom line is okay—especially given the frigid weather in much of the country during the end of January. It‘s hard to tell how General Motors is doing, because they’re only reporting sales quarterly now […]

Who was hot in Europe? and Jeep’s good year

January 18, 2019 David Zatz 0

The car market in Europe is very, very different from the United States and Canada. Most people know that Europeans tend to buy smaller cars, and many are aware of their predilections for diesel engines (given very high gasoline prices). However, the dominance of the top three players is probably […]

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One last look back

January 10, 2019 David Zatz 0

Since we’re right here in the United States, we’re going to look at the “Detroit” automakers first. FCA was arguably the best performing company last year, with strong year-end finishes from Ram, Dodge, and Jeep. One factor in FCA’s results is that it is close to becoming a pure-play light […]

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Who won the van/minivan sales races?

January 7, 2019 David Zatz 0

For many years, van sales in the United States were fairly dull; Ford and Chevrolet took nearly the entire market with ancient, inefficient designs, and Mercedes/Freightliner/Dodge took the rest with the Sprinter, a modern, efficient, and unreliable design. Today, the competition is red-hot, mostly because companies realized that to get […]

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Tomorrow’s Chevy Silverados and GMC Sierra 2500, today

December 17, 2018 David Zatz 1

Real Fast Fotography caught two Chevy 2020 Silverado 2500s and one GMC Sierra 2500 running around the Detroit area. The entry-level LT shows the basic pickup, while the High Country it a bit higher up; and the Sierra Denali is essentially the Cadillac of pickups (in that it shares a […]

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Why don’t people get their recalls done?

December 14, 2018 David Zatz 0

A few years ago, the NHTSA hit Fiat Chrysler with a huge fine because so few people have had their cars fixed after they were recalled. The company isn’t being punished because some people are lazy, or for political reasons. Chrysler has tended to be slow in providing service parts, even as assembly […]