Hummer's Now History -- Here's How It Started
Somewhere, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has tears in his eyes. His favorite vehicle, Hummer, has left the building. Its sale was announce...
Somewhere, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has tears in his eyes. His favorite vehicle, Hummer, has left the building. Its sale was announce...
Steve Parker | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business
In yet another sign of these perilous automotive times, GM has closed its High Performance Vehicle Operations unit.
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.25.2009 | Business
Congress cannot let the Jeep die in bankruptcy. Congress must not fail the U.S. auto industry. Doing so would be abandoning the core of the American economy -- manufacturing.
Steve Parker | Posted 01.06.2009 | Business
We've had enough threats from our sworn enemies -- we don't need them from Detroit executives. These CEOs and their boards of directors must go, whether by car or jet or skateboard, they must go.
Steve Parker | Posted 12.30.2008 | Business
How anxious are the Detroit Three carmakers to make sales? My wife and I were at the Los Angeles Auto Show last night, "Black Friday," at the Los Ang...
Steve Parker | Posted 12.28.2008 | Business
At this year's Los Angeles Auto Show, the 205-mile per hour, $100,000, 2009 Corvette ZR1 is relegated to the very rear of the Chevrolet exhibit, like the "adults only" section in video stores.
Steve Parker | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business
Here's some of what's happening, mostly with GM, in Europe and Asia, two markets outside the U.S. hit hardest by the slowing automobile business.
Steve Parker | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business
Sen. Reid's new bailout bill for the Detroit Three does not set additional fuel-economy requirements, nor does it establish a government oversight board. That's two strikes against getting our money's worth.
Steve Parker | Posted 11.12.2008 | Business
Chrysler's CEO, Robert Nardelli, who has been running the company for just 14 months, fears the collapse of an "extremely fragile" auto industry amid ...
Steve Parker | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business
An observation, or two: Last week, General Motors rolled-out the latest version of their plug-in gas/electric hybrid Chevrolet Volt for the corporati...
Steve Parker | Posted 09.12.2008 | Green
Sometimes, it's the incongruities, not the new models, which make the auto industry so interesting.
Steve Parker | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business
That the Detroit Three have to build cars and trucks which make sense now and in the future, and which Americans want to buy.
Steve Parker | Posted 10.10.2009 | Business