There was a tiny car parked outside my house today, and it was not mine. Mine is the pick-up truck, with the Red Heeler in the passenger seat. (What can I say? It’s a guy …
‘Automotive & Transport’ Archive
New GM boss starts Day 1
by Lee Simmons, September 1, 2010, 9:23 amGeneral Motors welcomes its fourth CEO in 18 months today, as Dan Akerson officially takes the reins from Ed Whitacre at the troubled automaker. Whitacre will also relinquish his chairman role to …
Ford gives Mercury the blues
by Jeff Dorsch, June 11, 2010, 2:10 pmWell if I had money
Tell you what I’d do
I’d go downtown and buy a Mercury or two
Crazy ’bout a Mercury
Lord I’m crazy ’bout a Mercury
I’m gonna buy me a Mercury
And cruise it up and …
New hope for NUMMI’s plant
by Jeff Dorsch, May 21, 2010, 3:32 pmLots of interesting topics today — the FTC cleared Google’s acquisition of AdMob, thanks to Apple; people are deserting Facebook because of privacy concerns; …
That’s all there is for NUMMI
by Jeff Dorsch, April 9, 2010, 3:15 pmLittle attention was paid last week when the last auto assembly plant in California closed, apparently forever.
A red Toyota Corolla sedan was the last vehicle produced at the New United Motor Manufacturing, …
Oh Tata! Say it ain’t so!
by Patrice Sarath, March 25, 2010, 11:40 amToyota may just be happy it doesn’t have Tata Motor’s problems. Seems the company’s celebrated Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car, has on …
Gliding down Electric Avenue
by Jeff Dorsch, January 15, 2010, 4:19 pmAmong the sights at this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit — Look! There’s Nancy Pelosi! — is the Electric Avenue exhibition, where all-electric vehicles are being shown and demonstrated. …
Trouble in Trollhättan
by Jeff Dorsch, December 22, 2009, 3:11 pmNo matter what happens between now and the end of the year, it’s coal in the stockings of Saab Automobile employees for Jul. They may need it to get through this winter.
A tumultuous year …
Is this the Chinese Century?
by Jeff Dorsch, December 14, 2009, 11:02 amAmerican media and historians hailed the 20th century as “the American Century,” as the US helped win two world wars, surpassing the European powers that controlled the global economy for centuries.
Not a few people …
GM to CEO: Here’s your hat, what’s your hurry?
by Jeff Dorsch, December 7, 2009, 3:28 pmFritz Henderson last week joined the thousands of people who have been abruptly retired from the automotive industry this year.
The president and CEO of General Motors was asked to resign by GM’s board of directors, and …
