Posts Tagged ‘american auto industry’
Click above to view high-res gallery of the ROUSH trainerWe wind up behind horse's asses every day on the interstate, but ROUSH has developed a vehicle with a rear-mounted cabin for the express purpose of towing a crew of three around while staring at the business end of an actual Equus caballus. RO......
California AG says feds may have to bail out US automakers
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
Of all people and of all places. Normally, California is the state that launches all sorts of initiatives that drive carmakers into a frenzy. Now, The Golden State is the one asserting that the national government might need to drop a few billion large to save The Big Three -- with a few left-handed......
Toyota Tundra production begins
Friday, October 13th, 2006
Last Friday the first two Tundra pickups rolled off the line at Toyota's new production facility in San Antonio, Texas. The facility, called Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, took three years to build and cost $1.28 billion. At full capacity it can pump out 200,000 Tundras a year, a rate at which T......
Forbes digs on domestics with Worst American Cars of 2006
Sunday, June 11th, 2006
For all of the effort General Motors, Ford and the Chrysler Group are putting forth to improve their product lines, there are still a few models that lag far behind what's behind what's being sold by foreign competitors. Forbes has compiled a list that highlights these vehicles in specific categorie......
Iacocca to pen new book, address auto industry
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
Retired Chrysler chairman (and Snoop Dogg homey) Lee Iacocca will be releasing a book in approximately one year, tentatively titled "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?". It's said to cover several topics, among them the state of the American auto industry and the threat that the US manufacturing econo......
SMART ass advert rips on American autos - UPDATE
Monday, April 24th, 2006
Apparently the American auto industry's reputation is particularly worthless in South Africa as this billboard ad for the SMART forfour shot on the side of the road near Johannesburg portends. It glibly reads, "German engineering, Swiss innovation, American nothing." The parent company of SMART, Dai......
More car of the year awards, still no surprises
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005
Automobile Magazine announced its list of All-Stars this year including their car of the year, anti-climatic drum roll please, the Chrysler 300C. At least Automobile gives us a long list of other cars that made the squad and many of them we agree with. Click below for a full list lifted from their p......