The Booth Professionals...
When Fiat took over Chrysler there were premonitions of culture clashes between the be-sweatered Italians and their off-the-Kohls-rack American counterparts. And then Fiat’s maestro Sergio Marchionne brought out his hand-picked team of booth professionals and everyone realized the...
Chrysler 700C Minivan C...
It’s not too often that we stroll around an auto show (outside of maybe the bizarre SEMA event), stop in our tracks and say, “Um, that exists?” But that’s exactly what happened with Chrysler’s 700C concept at this year’s Detroit auto show . Apparently, that was the plan. No...
2013 Buick Encore Photo...
Encore? Encore to what, exactly? Buick is touting its new luxury crossover as the first of its size to be sold in America. Debuting at the 2012 Detroitauto show , the 2013 Encore will be the brand’s fifth new entry in five years and perhaps the most precariously positioned. Keep...
Lincoln MKZ Concept: Ne...
Lincoln’s MKZ has never stood out visually—it has always looked every bit the dressed-up Ford Fusion that it is. If the MKZ concept is a faithful preview of the 2013 production model, all that changes. Curvy, swoopy, and a bit odd-looking, the MKZ concept is a definite visual...
Let’s get it star...
Filed under: Latest News Lotus could soon be vindicated after yet another rapper has announced he’s about to get ill by pimping dope new whips. True dat. Will.I.Am, front person of the Black Eyed Peas and Cheryl Cole’s mate, has announced he’s starting a car company,...
Official: Fiat increase...
Filed under: Government/Legal , Chrysler , Earnings/Financials , UAW/Unions How important is the forthcoming 2013 Dodge Dart to the future of Chrysler ? Well, it allowed Fiat to boost its stake in Chrysler for the fifth time in the past year today, adding five percent to bring...
Range-Topping 2012 Chry...
Remember the 300C Executive Series Chrysler showed off at last April’s New York auto show ? Here’s a recap: It was a range-topping, Hemi-powered 300C loaded to the gunwales with luxury features and tapped to go on sale this past fall. That, of course, didn’t happen, with...
Video: the best and wor...
Filed under: Humour When a car company wants to make a television advert, it writes a blank cheque to an advertising agency full of ‘creatives’ that wear silly trousers and spend all day cultivating blue sky cerebral abstractions while chewing on sugar-free cereal bars. So we...
Chrysler Just Says “N...
Once again back from the brink of disaster, a reinvigorated Chrysler is rapidly overhauling its entire product line—but doing so carefully. The company has been considering dual-clutch transmissions for years, entering into—and then abandoning—an agreement with Getrag, and then...