Jaguar CX - 75

One of the major complaints about electric cars is that they are so ugly looking and slow. The G-Wiz is often the butt of so many jokes, Je...

First Leaf electric car goes to Nashville family

According to a news report, a family in Nashville, Tennessee, US, has become the first family to receive keys to the much talked about full ...

Can you handle Italian passion?

Alfa Romeo has come up with a naughty interactive video. So, do you want to interact with this passionate yet seductive Italian woman? Upda...

Buying your last new car

Mike Smitka Retirees have been good car customers the past decade, particularly those who retired in 2005-2007. Will the next decade will be...

BMW launches three new BMW 1 Series models

BMW has just announced the launch of three new BMW 1 Series models. This includes the much anticipated BMW 1 Series M Coupé which will be a...

2 Lotus F1 teams

Latest press release from Lotus. Group Lotus plc and Genii Capital are joining hands and we will soon see the Renault F1 Team renamed as ‘Lo...

Rise of the Electric Vehicles - the IDTechEx electric vehicle event in San Jose, California

The inaugural IDTechEx electric vehicle event in San Jose, California was a great success and it will now be repeated annually in three cont...

George W. Bush 2002 speech on home ownership

David Ruggles The following is posted as a reference to a book review I am working on. The book is "All if Devils are Here, the Hidden...

UK Insurance tips

Talking about my driving experience in Malaysia to some friends. I was relating how much fun it is to drive in Malaysia even though I could ...

The new BMW 6 Series Convertible

The new BMW 6 Series Convertible will be arriving in the UK on 26 March 2011. BMW apparently considers the Mercedes SL350 as the competitor ...

Old Spice cars

Noticed these cars at the 10K Mo run at Greenwich, London last weekend. Can you identify them?

The Crisis Yet to Come

The Atlanta Fed's blog from October 27, 2010 has a chilling piece on the source of the downturn in revenue at the state level (and by i...

Medical professionals are the most accident prone in the UK

A recent press release by the online price comparison site, Confused.com, totally changed my perception of the motorist profiles I have had ...

Malaysia to become regional hub for Peugeot

French carmaker Peugeot has chosen the Malaysian Naza group to spearhead its expansion in the region following the success of the marque in ...

The Election and the Stock Market

It is hard to understand why Republican gains in Congress are leading to a jump on Wall Street: if we listen to their rhetoric, they are pro...

A little green van called ELVIN

Electric cars do not have an internal combustion engine - which is great for the environment. However, this means that they are amazingly s...

Review of MillionCars website

I recently found out about a new Malaysian online car marketplace called MillionCars . It is is not the typical car site and targets all inc...

Top 5 American muscle cars

Americans have always had an obsession with cars – their speed, loud engines and raw power. We’ve dug out the top 5 classic American Muscle ...

Car Czar Steve Rattner's New Book "Overhaul" Names Names!

David Ruggles By David Ruggles I've been waiting for this book since meeting Steve Rattner at a Federal Reserve conference in Detroit in...

NYT discussion of electric vehicles

See the following note by yours truly as well as by 5 other analysts of the auto industry. The New York Times Room for Debate feature cove...

Best safety innovations

Euro NCAP presented the first Euro NCAP Advanced rewards at a press conference held on October 1st 2010 at the Paris Motor Show. The technol...

Has the Obama Stimulus Package Failed?

Well, it certainly failed to keep unemployment under 8% as promised. My guess is the administration failed in part to calculate the cutback...

Bob Lutz – “The Triumph of “Gut” over Number Crunching”

Bob Lutz, auto industry icon, recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Automotive Fleet and Leasing Association (AFLA) at the...

The Pentagon’s Role in the Auto Industry Bailout.....

and other interesting tidbits Recently I was privileged to listen to an address given by John McElroy at the American Fleet and Leasing Asso...

Bloomberg story

S ee a quote of me in Bloomberg , on Honda. But I also suggested that the reporter, Alan Ohnsman, call Toshi Amino -- the quotes of Toshi ar...

Taking It In(house)

A utomotive suppliers in North America continue to face many challenges. First, they are capital constrained at a time when the “factory” is...