Breaking News: Ford confirms rumors of Mercury shutdown
In a press conference this afternoon with Ford’s president of the Americas, Mark Fields, it was announced that the Mercury brand, in existence for the […]
Industry Update
Report suggests Ford planning to shutter Mercury
Since it’s sales are down 74% since 2000, it’s no surprise that Ford would want to shut down its Mercury brand. Bloomberg has reported that […]
Sales Figures: April, 2010
The numbers are in, and it was an interesting month. Hyundai, which has seen great improvement in its products in the past couple of years, […]
Sales Figures: March, 2010
The numbers are in, and they’re full of surprises. Toyota’s recall fiasco hasn’t hurt sales – in fact, they’re up quite a bit over February. […]
Sales Figures: February, 2010
Sales were up for the second month of 2010, with a total of 778,738 vehicles sold in America. The pundits were proven correct when they […]
Consumer Reports: Automaker Report Cards
Consumer Reports has released its 2010 Automaker Report Cards. Each year, they take the average score of each automaker’s products and rank the automakers. Since […]
Toyota Exec coming to the US for Congressional Hearings
In an audacious move, Toyota president Akio Toyoda, grandson of the founder of Toyota Motor Company, said he would only come to the February 24th […]
Breaking News: Tesla employees die in plane crash!
AutoBlog picked up on a story out of Palo Alto, where it appears that 3 Tesla Motors employees died this morning in a plane crash. […]
Transportation Secretary LaHood looks to stem in-car distractions?
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood (pictured) has gotten some good TV time this week. First he warned American drivers of Toyota’s recalled vehicles to park […]
Update: NHTSA Investigation into Toyota hampered by ex-employee?
We reported on news last week alleging that ex-NHTSA employee Chris Santucci interfered with an investigation into Toyota’s unintended acceleration issues. Since then, ABC News did […]