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Featured Story Archives

• Hybrids "Paying Off" More Quickly, New Edmunds Data Shows
• Dodge Journey Ads a Hit, But Ford’s Drive One Has Mixed Impact
• Chrysler Unveils New Gas-Price Guarantee Incentive: "Let’s Refuel America"
• Chrysler Opens Online Post for Listening to Customers
• Nissan Reveals Light-Commercial Direction at Next Detroit Auto Show
• MAZDA6 for America Arrives
• April Car Sales: U.S. Consumers Flock to Cars, Gouging Detroit Three
• Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Fusion, Pontiac G6 Gain Traction in Crucial ‘C’ Segment
• Toyota Camry Hybrid Outselling V6 Models
• Toyota Prius: Next Chapter Opens in January
• GM Ethanol Partner Announces Pilot Plant
• Ford’s Drive One Could Be Right Campaign, Right Time
• VW Hopes ‘Max’ Advertising Builds on Sales Momentum
• Toyota-Subaru Coziness Could Yield Retro-Corolla, Celica
• Chrysler, Nissan: Could More Product Swaps Be in Store?
• Peter Arnell Comes Back to Chrysler: Savior? Svengali? Or Both?
• Toyota, Daihatsu and Subaru Join Forces on Product Development, Vehicle Sharing
• Toyota, Subaru Are Becoming Increasingly Entwined
• Pontiac Channels March Madness into Enthusiasm for G8
• Sunday Nights are Special on the ‘Ford Television Network’
• GM Says 40 Miles Doable, but the ‘Business’ of Chevy Volt Battery Just Beginning
• March Sales: No Denying the Slump Is Real
• Mazda2 Wins 2008 World Car of the Year; Still Not Coming to America
• New York Auto Show: The Good, Bad and Ugly
• Auto Shows May Pack a Marketing Punch, Says Edmunds.com Analysis
• New York Auto Show: Big Engines Not Dead in the Big Apple
• Commentary: Detroit Back to Its Old-School Tactics
• Geneva Motor Show: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
• Geneva Auto Show: If These are Eco-Friendly, Sign Us Up
• The More They Learn, the More Automakers Eye Internet
• Hyundai Tries Big Incentives To Keep Alabama Plant Humming
• GM and Ford Should Have Learned Lessons from Lada and Russia's Central Planning
• Automakers Still Moving Cautiously on Mobile Advertising
• Cerberus Dragged Reluctantly into Spotlight by Chrysler, GMAC Stakes
• Tata Nano: The Secrets of the $2,500 Car
• Are Customers Finished Buying Tickets to the Horsepower Race?
• 2009 Acura TSX: European Flavored
• Blessed Is Poore in Spirit, for He Shall Inherit -- Nissan’s Brands
• Chicago Auto Show: Best and Worst of Show
• Chrysler Plan Kills Models; Consolidates and Reduces Dealerships
• Crossovers: Many Models – But One Take?
• Small Trucks: Efforts to Resuscitate a Nearly Dead Segment
• Super Bowl Car Ads: Making the Grade, Failing Marks and No Shows
• Genesis: A New Beginning for Hyundai, but Is the World Ready?
• Auto Marketers Grapple with the Glow of Celebrity
• Is the Prototype Honda Pilot a Disturbing Sight?
• Gas Prices Rise; Hybrids Win Big, Says Edmunds Study
• Economic Slowdown and TV Writers’ Strike are Wild Cards for Auto Marketers
• New Delhi Auto Expo Recap: A Look Back at India’s Automotive Future
• Toyota-GM Tie for No. 1 in Global Sales
• Detroit Auto Show Hangover: Impressions from Press Days
• Unabashedly American Design
• Buick Seeks to Extend Enclave’s Magic – But Will It Reach?
• Nissan to Build Chrysler a Small Car for South America
• Q&A: India’s Tata Motors Chief Ratan Tata
• Tata Nano: The World’s Cheapest Car
• German Giants Battle for Slim Slice of Small India Luxury Pie
• Manufacturers Still Thinking Big in New Delhi
• GM's Wagoner: Cars as Sophisticated Consumer Electronics
• A Half Billion Dollar RSVP; Ford Ups Its Investment in India
• New Delhi Auto Show Prepares To Open
• 2007: A Historic Year for U.S. Vehicle Sales
• GM Centennial: Focus on Future While Nodding to Glorious Past
• 2007-2008 Vehicle Sales: Slowest Years in a Decade
• Fiat Revival Celebrations Are Premature
• Automakers Blog to Make Their Point, Connect With Customers
• Incentives: They Aren’t What They Used To Be
• GM’s Dream of Mid-Engine Corvette Not Off the Table
• Nissan Will Attempt To Squelch Gouging on GT-R Supercar
• UAW Ad Campaign Picks Appropriate Time, Intriguing Target Markets
• Automakers Beginning to Blink at Television Writers' Strike
• Nissan GT-R Goes Underground
• Ford's Farley Demonstrates Qualities He Wants the Automaker to Exude
• New CAFE: Higher Number, Same Problems
• Chevy Volt Designers: Shape, Not Weight, Is More Important
• GM’s Top Salesman LaNeve Sees the Glass Half Full
• Ford Wins Fix for Labor, Manufacturing Excesses – But Products are Yesterday’s News
• November Vehicle Sales: Could Have Been Worse
• Forget BMW. Forget Honda. Europe Car of the Year Says Fiat Makes the Finest Cars
• Porsche Boss Collects Giant Paycheck
• Vector: Super-Car Status Elusive
• Ballard-Ford-Daimler Venture Speeds Fuel Cell Progress
• Big Three-UAW Contracts Even the Playing Field -- Eventually
• 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show: Robocar 2057
• China’s Chery and Chrysler: “Conceptualizing” Small Car Options
• Lexus Tops J.D. Power Sales Satisfaction Rankings; Industry Achieves Record High
• Toyota: Growing Sales and Presence in Downtrodden Japan Market
• Ford: Losses Smaller Than a Year Ago
• General Motors Loss: Write-Down Leads to $39 Billion Loss
• Chrysler's Product Cupboard Is Shockingly Bare
• Chrysler SRT Spared From the Cost-Cutting Knife
• BREAKING NEWS Ford, UAW Reach Agreement
• BREAKING NEWS Chrysler: End of the Line for Some Employees, Models and Production
• Tiremaker Michelin Launches Green Campaign
• SEMA: Big Business for Automakers
• Toyota’s Watanabe: Moving Forward on Plans
• One-on-One With Chrysler's Phil Murtaugh
• Tokyo Auto Show: A Race Between Green and Performance
• Renault CFO: Nissan-Renault Set for Small, Cheap Car Boom
• Tokyo Motor Show: Technology, Environment, Performance and Showmanship
• Audi’s U.S. Prospects Boosted by Rising Quality, Residuals
• Chevrolet Malibu Day Is Today – Online
• GM Settles with UAW – But Product Puzzle Less Resolved
• Chrysler Workers Strike and Quickly Settle
• Chrysler’s Turn in the Spotlight This Week
• UAW Puts Chrysler on Strike Notice
• Chrysler: Trying to Avoid Last Year’s Inventory Debacle
• Et Tu, Tom Friedman!
• September Sales: Weaker But New Models Showed Strength
• Exclusive One-on-One: Mitsubishi Motors President Osamu Masuko
• BMW Outlines Strategy; Hints at New Models and Possible Fourth Brand
• GM, UAW Strike a Deal
• GM Pushes New Models During UAW Strike
• UAW Sets Strike Deadline for GM
• Honda’s John Mendel: Redefining Acura
• UAW’s Gettelfinger's Swan Song: An "Acceptable Resolution" to Tough Issues
• UAW-Big Three Talks: The Clock Is Ticking
• Toyota Downplays U.S. Headwinds, Highlights New Quality, Manufacturing Onslaughts
• Frankfurt Auto Show: Who Will Pay for Going Green?
• Chrysler: Employees Heartened by New Hires, Investments
• BREAKING NEWS: Toyota's Press Goes to Chrysler
• Volkswagen: Packing Its Bags for Virginia
• Rough Sailing Ahead as Automakers Battle Economic Headwinds
• Automakers Spend More Carefully, Less Generously on August Incentives
• UAW Talks: Health Care Tops the Agenda as Deadline Nears
• Saab: GM Starting “To Get It” on Niche Brand Status
• Chrysler: Whole Lotta Shaking Up Going On
• Guest Commentary: Why the West Need Not Fear China
• Chevrolet Malibu: “Very Important” to GM and Chevy
• BMW’s Scorching New M3 Has Hybrid Side – Sort Of
• Chevy Volt: The Machine That Changes the World?
• One-on-One With Toyota’s Jim Lentz
• Japan: Land of the Shrinking Car Market
• New Chrysler: The Party Is Over Before It Starts
• Cerberus Appoints New Chrysler Chief: Former Home Depot CEO
• GM’s Volt: More Stretch Than Toyota’s Plug-In Hybrid, Bloomberg Reports
• July Vehicle Sales: Detroit Makers Fall Below 50%
• GM: Turnaround Continues With $891 Million Profit
• The New Chrysler: Still Connected Under the Hood with Daimler and Others
• Edmunds.com Forecast: July Sales Down
• Guest Commentary: Detroit's Big Three on the Road to Oblivion
• UAW-Big Three: The Showdown Begins
• Toyota Prius: Chapter Three
• Exclusive One-on-One with GM's Mark LaNeve
• Chrysler Minivans: Lower Price, More Stuff
• June Sales: GM Hits All-Time Low Market Share
• Smart Moves: Microcar Goes for Big Splash
• Dodge: Will the Japanese Grab Life by the Horns?
• Delphi-UAW Deal Paves Way for End of Bankruptcy
• Toyota Launches New Incentives on the Tundra
• Hybrid Sales Increasingly Mirror the Overall Market
• What's Hot, What's Not This Summer
• Edmunds.com Unveils Information To Help Consumers Time Their Vehicle Purchases
• J.D Power: Ford Is a Winner
• Fortune magazine: Cerberus Signs on Ex-Chrysler Design Chief Tom Gale
• A BMW Purchase of Volvo? More Questions Than Answers
• Marketing to Women: Soccer Moms, Yoga Moms, Twinkie Moms
• Harbour: Toyota Most Productive -- By a Hair
• Mazda: A Classic Turnaround Tale
• Automakers Hope To End May on a High Note With Memorial Day Sales
• Edmunds.com Forecast: May Sales Stall; Rising Gas Prices Blamed
• Chrysler Suitors: What Are They Up to Now?
• Chrysler Sold: Is There a China Connection?
• Rethink a Relaunched Saturn
• Chrysler: A Collective Sigh of Relief
• Chrysler Sold to Cerberus
• Chinese Automakers Sharpen Export Plans at Shanghai Show
• Exclusive One-on-One Interview With Toyota’s Jim Press
• So, Toyota’s No. 1. What Now GM?
• Toyota Tops General Motors
• With Aston Gone, Jaguar Gets Another Shot
• GM Rear-Drive Cars On Hold; Camaro Moves Ahead
• Pickup Truck Incentives: What Worked, What Didn’t
• Chrysler Buyer: It’s Up to the Unions
• Chrysler Is for Sale. Now What?
• Where Have All the Women Gone?
• Toyota Enriches Tundra Incentives
• Nissan: Down but a Long Way From Out
• Buick: “2007 Is Our Breakout Year”
• VW/Porsche: What’s Next as Piech Holds All the Cards?
• Nissan Shuffle Begins
• GM: Promises Kept; Promises To Keep
• March Madness: Go Green!
• Toyota Tundra Makes Inroads With its Owners
• Geneva Auto Show: Zetsche Offers Tidbits on Potential Chrysler Sale
• Saturn: GM's Best Defense Against Toyota
• Chrysler: As the Rumor Mill Churns
• Chrysler's Not-So-Rosy Valentine
• Truck Wars: Toyota Challenges Detroit Loyalty