Side Blind Zone Alert

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Side Blind Zone Alert A blind spot in vehicles are part of areas that cannot be directly observed under existing circumstances. Blind spots exist in a wide range of vehicles, from cars, trucks, motorboats and aircraft.

New Astra to Become a Buick? Managing Brand Isn't Getting Any Easier

Monday, August 10th, 2009

DETROIT - Our European correspondent, Paul Horrell calls the 2010 Opel Astra "one of the best compact hatches the world has to offer." His story asks; will it come here? The answer is "yes," in a way. Buick's 2012 Cruze-based compact (on the Delta platform), designed to anchor the lower ...

July Sales: Cash for Clunkers Spurs FoMoCo; Toyota Regains Second-Place

Monday, August 10th, 2009

DETROIT - Ford Motor Company is ebullient about its first year-over-year sales increase since November 2007. Total Ford-Lincoln-Mercury sales, including fleet, rose 2 percent in July 2009 compared with July 2008, and of that, retail sales rose 9 percent. Still, it's too early to party. The Great Recession isn't over ...

GM Taking Its Sweet Time With Opel Sale

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

How long can General Motors hold off on choosing a partner for its European Opel/Vauxhall operations? The New GM, just born out of July's bankruptcy, took a second round of bids from Canada's Magna International, Belgium's RHJ and China's Beijing Automotive Industry Holding last week. GM rejected BAIC's offer and ...

Buick: Sorry, I Don't Get It

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Last week was quite a ride for The General: BK 11, making quick deals to off Saturn and Hummer, and dealing with the long process of rationalizing its dealer network.  Among all this, the New GM has declared that Buick will be one of its core brands in the American marketplace ...