According to the New York Times, Federal regulators on Friday served General Motors a $35 million fine, the maximum allowed and largest ever on an…
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Mercedes notched its fourth 1-2 finish of this five race old formula one season on Sunday. Lewis Hamilton finished first in Spain after a close…
GM to Offer 4G LTE Connected Cars
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According the Wall Street Journal, later this month GM will roll out thirty new cars with the option to add 4G LTE connectivity provided by…
The MX-5 Mazda Miata Turns 25
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I’ll start off this post by admitting a bit of bias. I think the Mazda Miata is a truly fantastic car, but then so does…
Yesterday practice opened at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the 98th running of the Indianapolis 500. The race is an incredibly exhilarating event to take…
According to Bloomberg news, Volkswagen AG’s CEO Martin Winterkorn signaled in advance of the Beijing auto show that the carmaker expected to sell ten percent…
MDOT: The More Axles the Better
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Beyond the abandoned factories and neighborhoods, a surprisingly striking feature of Detroit were the eleven axle trucks rumbling around Michigan’s highways. They caused me a…
In February of this year, the UAW lost a vote among the 1,550 employees at the VW plant in Chattanooga, TN which would have established…
Recalls Affect GM Profits
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The GM recalls have begun to affect the company’s bottom line according to Bill Vlasic of the NYTimes. Their profits fell by eighty-five percent in…
The two decades after World War II saw incredible success for the american auto industry. Profits soared and technical innovation clipped along at a rapid…