Archive for the ‘Hirings/Firings’ Category

First Drive: Saab Turbo X

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
photo: Zane Merva/AutoInsane Expansive blue skies set the scene for a perfect spring day in New England as an enthusiastic team from Saab greeted us journalist types and eagerly showed off the Swedish brand's newest top-level sedan, the TurboX. After a quick Powerpoint chat with Saab USA GM Steve Sh......

Gentlemen GT: Soul-searching through Nevada in Maserati’s Gran Turismo

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Maserati Gran Turismo.I've been reading an unhealthy amount of car reviews for more years than I dare to count and I'm guessing you're the same. But over the last decade, I've become increasingly selective about which sources and writers are worthy of fulfil......

2009 Nissan GT-R Car Review Video

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
The original Nissan GT-R was released as a trim level of the Skyline sedan in 1969. Briefly after that, the first GT-R coupe was introduced and produced until 1973. Sixteen years later, the GT-R was re-introduced into the Skyline lineup, known as the R32. The R32 featured the first application of a ......

First Drive: 2009 Nissan GT-R

Friday, April 4th, 2008
Click above to view our massive gallery of the 2009 Nissan GT-R.With only 20 miles separating us from North Lake Tahoe, it's obvious that I hadn't secured the hood of our Super Silver Nissan GT-R after poking and prodding inside the engine bay. The left side of the bonnet is raised about a quarter-i......

Wolfgang Porsche joins VW board

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Porsche has been in the news quite a bit over the past few weeks. While one hand is embroiled in an emissions tax battle with the Mayor of London, the other hand is slowly scooping up shares of Volkswagen.In related news, Porsche Chairman Wolfgang Porsche was nominated today to the Volkswagen super......

BMW to increase U.S. production in 2012 while cutting jobs in Germany

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Blame the plunging greenback. Less than a week after BMW announced the expansion of their U.S. Spartanburg plant, we are getting news from Germany that the weak dollar is making it increasingly difficult for the German automaker to keep production on their soil and that layoffs are imminent. Ernst B......

GM: American Axle strike to slow down or stop 20 plants

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
The 10-day strike between American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. and the United Auto Workers union is now threatening to idle or partially shut down 13 more GM plants as early as Monday. Although talks are underway again, even a resolution over the weekend may mean closures as it takes time......

Chrysler ups police presence at plant ahead of third shift elimination

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
The elimination of shifts is an increasingly common occurrence at assembly plants. Automakers will usually cut a shift to reduce its growing inventory of slow-selling vehicles, and Chrysler's got a few of those right now. In the days leading up to its third shift elimination, however, Chrysler's ass......

Nine Toyota execs in the U.S. retiring, or are they?

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
With Toyota reporting its daily average sales rate fell 6.6 percent last month, it might be easy to think the retirement of nine U.S. executives is a sign that the company is getting ready for a new start. But at least one analyst thinks something else might be happening. Head hunting.Toyota's Febru......

Fritz gets promoted to GM president and COO

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
General Motors has reintroduced the position of President and Chief Operating Officer with the naming of Fritz Henderson to the post by Rick Wagoner. Henderson's move up from Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer sees Ray Young moving from group VP of finance to Executive Vice President and Chie......