The Bad Old Days: Chrysler Mack Stamping

I often wonder how many people read this blog. I was thus heartened by a substantive comment on my previous post on Mack Stamping in the Ci...

3 Big Benefits of Carports

Across the UK homeowners are protecting their cars with outside shelters to shield against the unreliable elements and add a stylish extra t...

Aston Martin V12 ZAGATO

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Iconic DB4GT Zagato, Aston Martin unveiled the V12 Zagato at the 2011 Villa d’Este Concours d’Elegance. ...

Are Logbook Loans For You?

Do you need quick cash? A logbook loan can help cover medical fees, home repairs and household bills and is a straightforward solution that ...

New Volvo coupe concept

Volvo has released pictures and video of their new coupe concept. It looks fabulous. A number of commentators noted that it looks like the c...

Garmin taps QNX technology to create K2 infotainment platform

Complete digital cockpit delivers navigation, diagnostics, streaming media, smartphone integration, and voice recognition Paul Leroux This j...

QNX, AutoNavi collaborate to provide in-car navigation for automakers in China

Map database offers 20 million points of interest Paul Leroux This just in: QNX has announced that it is partnering with AutoNavi, a leading...

Leading infotainment supplier in China makes the shift to QNX CAR platform

Paul Leroux This just in: Foryou General Electronics, a global supplier of in-car infotainment systems, has chosen the QNX CAR platform to ...

Volvo V40 makes Malaysian debut

The new Volvo V40 models made their Malaysian debut at Mid Valley, Megamall concourse today. The models were the new Volvo V40 T4, the Volvo...

Japan's Changing Labor Force

...it's too late for less male-centered policies... A concurrent set of posts on the NBR Japan Forum is on the role of women in the labo...

World Cars, World Trade

GM is positioning Buick as a global brand drawing upon global product. As we've earlier blogged , this will work only if there is a conv...

Tesla says Model S crash test score is best NHTSA has ever recorded

by Jonathan Ramsey of AutoBlog "We found out a couple of weeks ago that the Tesla Model S aced the crash tests administered by the Na...

Super investor increases stake in General Motors

As feds are selling GM stock, Buffett is buying. DealersEdge Headlines Billionaire Warren Buffett's investment firm Berkshire Hatha...

British Auto Legends stamp campaign

Check out what the postman dropped off yesterday: It's a bright red Royal Mail tool box, personally engraved with my name. I am delighte...

2014 BMW M4 Concept

The BMW Concept M4 Coupe was unveiled at the “Concours d’Elegance” in Pebble Beach on the 16th of this month. A peek into their vision of th...

Fuel Cells Still a Viable Option?

Based on an original post by Daniel Tomm on the Econ 244 course blog By chance there is a CNN Money story today (Aug 15) on fuel cells, Has...

Commedian Tim Allen featured in new episode of GQ’s Car Collectors

In this episode of GQ’s Car Collectors, Tim Allen shows off his collection including a Volkswagen Beetle with a 200-hp engine and his Studeb...

The Tariff Advantage of Mexico

Adapted from a post by Griffin Cook on the Econ 244 blog, May 18, 2013 Audi's decision to place the plant that will build the new Q5 cro...

Panasonic goes global with QNX CAR platform

Paul Leroux In the automotive market — or any market, for that matter — a product platform must be judged by its flexibility. After all, the...

Fasten your seat belt [Video]

Really beautiful video titled 'Embrace Life'. The message gets through without a single word being spoken and not a car in sight.

Red and Yellow

A guest post by Andrew Shipp; original draft May 15, 2013 on the Econ 244 blog Florida revealed a scheme to shorten yellow light times. The ...

The Decline of the Japanese Auto Industry

Here are three graphs, pulled from a talk I gave at UMTRI in the spring. The Japanese auto industry – that is, manufacturing and retail ins...

From Hollerith to HTML5: the inevitable rise of the programmable car

Paul Leroux Some people are crazy good at predicting the future. Case in point: Nicola Tesla. In 1909 he proclaimed that "everyone in t...

Controlled openness

Paul Leroux The title of this post sounds like a contradiction in terms. But you know what? It captures the predicament faced by every autom...

Diversion: An Economic Model of US Elections

Economics helps explain disarray in politics, at least politics US-style. Put every voter on a line, from right to left; candidates move tow...

GM, and Ford – Onward and Upward?

As of this writing, the stock price of General Motors closed at almost $37.00, while Ford closed at about $17.   Both announced strong seco...