Archive for the 'Cars and Trucks' Category

To Sell Volvo, or to Say You’re Selling Volvo

DETROIT - Ford Motor Company made it official Monday morning, December 1. That’s the day before it joins General Motors and Chrysler LLC back on Capitol Hill with plans for becoming better car companies, and showing they…

Ford and GM: Proof They Can Do It

According to some of the more virulent death watchers in the media, the Detroit Three are run by a bunch of clueless morons, and specialize in building crap vehicles nobody wants. The reality, however, is a little…

Five Great Used Car Buys

Times are tough, and not everyone can hack the ticket for a new car. But the increased prevalence of leasing means there’s a solid supply of 3-5 year old machines out there that have a lot of good miles left in…

Something to Think About Over the Weekend

A veteran network TV business reporter from New York put it to me like this the other day: “America is at a transformational point in its history right now.” A buddy of mine in the auto industry supplier business was much…

What Do GM’s Troubles Mean for the Corvette?

Between dialing for dollars on Capitol Hill, dealing with PR flaps over corporate jets, getting the Volt to market, picking up the tab for decades of mistakes, the world financial crises, and just trying to keep the lights…