Photos by Shahab and Ashkan Anisi When Ford stormed the market with its Mustang, hitting one million sales in only 18 months, it was a huge surprise to GM and Chrysler. Chrysler thought it had the answer in its 1964 Barracuda but sales were never strong, and Chrysler tried again with a brand new Plymouth […]
Cadillac and Buick continues to struggle for credibility and sales, in their current niches as the sharp-edged American BMW and diluted Lexus, respectively. Cadillac in particular has been through several leaders, and nearly moved to Manhattan for prestige. What could GM have done differently? What could they do now? It’s interesting, but Lincoln was faced […]
Ram and Jeep cleaned up at the 2019 Texas Truck Rodeo, held at the Star Hill Ranch in the Texas Hill Country near Austin, taking more than half the prizes awarded, including the Truck of Texas. The new Kia Telluride was named the SUV of Texas and also claimed the mid-size SUV honors. The two-day […]
General Motors (GM) has just finished up a surprisingly long strike, largely by abruptly caving in on the United Auto Workers (UAW)’s demands for more fair treatment of temporary and new workers and preservation of health benefits. The UAW lost out on preserving some of the plants they had sought to protect from closure. Now, […]
The Ford Mach-E is out in the open now, but only one edition was shown; and there will clearly be a whole range, from the base rear drive economy model (to get that 300 mile range) to the high-performance AWD version (to get those “target 3 seconds” 0-60 times). Perhaps other editions of the Mach-E […]
The 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer is upon us, in all of its three-cylinder, subcompact crossover glory. A far cry from prior Trailblazers, the new model moves down a few sizes to fill the gap between the Trax and Equinox, competing with vehicles like the Jeep Compass, Subaru Crosstrek, and GM’s own 2021 Buick Encore GX, the […]
Serious sports cars of the future will be electrically powered. It’s not a new thought. Tesla, if nothing else, proved that gasoline engines were on the way out for high-end cars. Dodge, often the most innovative muscle-car maker, did its best with the relatively low-buck, insanely high-horsepower Hellcat series. The original 707-horse Hellcats held their […]
After a couple years of speculation, FCA’s inline-6 engine (codename Tornado) is still on its way. New information revealed by reliable sources indicate that the inline-6, which is based on the new 2.0 turbo 4-cylinder engine found in the Wrangler and Cherokee, will have multiple power levels ranging from around 300 horsepower to 525 horsepower. […]
PSA has been planning to set up a return of the Peugeot brand in the United States for some time; merging with Fiat Chrysler will help that plan along by bringing in a distribution system for parts and vehicles. Many are wondering now if Peugeot will still want to sell cars under its own brand […]
In a recent announcement by Elon Musk on Twitter, the highly anticipated Tesla pickup truck (Cybertruck) will finally be revealed on November 21 in Los Angeles near the SpaceX rocket factory. Musk has said some ambitious things about the upcoming pickup truck. The starting price will be below $50,000 and Musk has also said that […]