Hyundai Categorically Rejects Chrysler Overture

(Wed Nov 26th, 2008, by Matthew C. Keegan)

Chrysler LLC, seeing that life as it knows it is slipping by, has been looking for a suitor over the past few months, preferably another automaker to take over its ailing operation. Owned by Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., of equity management f...

Fisker Automotive Announces Michigan Expansion

(Wed Nov 26th, 2008, by Matthew C. Keegan)

Simple math: Michigan plus the American car industry usually doesn’t add up to a net gain in jobs. With plant closings, cut backs, lay offs, and related language suggesting job loss, any sort of addition to the fast draining job pool should warm ...

Mustang Madness: 45 Years and Counting

(Wed Nov 26th, 2008, by Matthew C. Keegan)

Ford didn’t wait for the auto show to begin to unveil the next generation Mustang however. Instead, the automaker gathered together one thousand rabid Mustang enthusiasts on Tuesday night and revealed the car directly to them. When Ford’s press...

Facing an Uncertain Future - Auto Suppliers Brace for Tough Times Ahead

(Wed Nov 26th, 2008, by Matthew C. Keegan)

It must be tough being an American based auto supplier these days. On the one hand the economy is going through a difficult patch forcing suppliers to lay off workers and cut back on capital plans. Yet, on the other hand current problems could beco...

Surprise! Pick Up Trucks are Tops Once Again

(Wed Nov 26th, 2008, by Matthew C. Keegan)

When 2008 is all said and done, the auto industry will have marked one of its worst years in decades. A slowing economy, high gas prices, and fickle consumers will be among the top reasons cited for the tough year, though the latter reason may not ...

The Mazda3 - Two Million Models Later

(Wed Nov 26th, 2008, by Matthew C. Keegan)

Down through the years, many car models are born with the hopes that consumers will widely embrace them. After all, when an automaker pours hundreds of millions, even billions of dollars to launch a new model, they would like to see a return on the...

Auto Industry Aches and Detroit Breaks

(Wed Nov 26th, 2008, by Matthew C. Keegan)

Few cities in the world are as dependent on one industry as Detroit is when it comes to automobiles. Decades ago, the southeastern Michigan city hitched its fortunes to the auto industry which has resulted in spectacular times as well as many years...

Toyota Camry - Cng Plus Hybrid Power Equals Wow!

(Wed Nov 26th, 2008, by Matthew C. Keegan)

Of all of the hundreds of vehicles on display at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show, one of the most intriguing to me was the compressed natural gas powered Toyota Camry Hybrid concept. Toyota, which had a press conference for their luxury Lexus brand ...

Shades of Chrysler 1979 - the Big 3 Automaker Bailout Plan

(Wed Nov 26th, 2008, by Matthew C. Keegan)

I was a college student in 1979 when Chrysler Corporation made its appeal to the Carter Administration for a government bail out. Back then, the automaker was bleeding through cash and seeking a one billion dollar loan guarantee in a bid to stay af...

Ford’s Camry Killing Fusion Hybrid Rolls Out

(Wed Nov 26th, 2008, by Matthew C. Keegan)

Unlike General Motors and Chrysler which have chose not to hold press conferences at this year’s L.A. Auto Show, Ford is using the show as an opportunity to roll out several new models including the Ford Mustang, Lincoln MKZ, Mercury Milan and th...