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IG Metall was striking Opel's four German factories as General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson gave us half an hour of his time at a Detroit journalists' Q&A Thursday morning. Opel's workers are upset that GM reversed...

A day after doing my best Bernd Schnieder impersonation in the SLS AMG at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca , I left the Yay Area for Sin City and my annual pilgrimage to the SEMA Show. Ahhhhh SEMA. Every year I ponder how a trade...

The stands were a bit smaller, and there were fewer cars, but SEMA 2009 was a better show than anyone thought it might be twelve months ago. Back then the economy was in free-fall, and no-one knew where it would land....

A day after doing my best Bernd Schnieder impersonation in the SLS AMG at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca , I left the Bay Area for Sin City and my annual pilgrimage to the SEMA Show. Ahhhhh SEMA . Every year I ponder how a...

You read in this space last month that General Motors sales took a big hit back in October 2008, following the Lehman Brothers collapse and the launch of the Great Recession. That means comparing year-over-year October...

I'm not quite in the position to say "I told you so," but the prospect of General Motors selling majority stake in Opel/Vauxhall had me flummoxed from the get-go. A while back, but after the bankruptcy was completed, I...

You read in this space last month that General Motors sales took a big hit back in October 2008, following the Lehman Brothers collapse and the launch of the Great Recession. That means comparing year-over-year October...

I don't run a magazine anymore. Instead, I run an automotive media brand with multiple customer touchpoints. Okay, that sounds like marketing BS (which may explain why automotive marketing mavens nod sagely when I say it...

Ford has quickly improved its lineup, led by the midsize Fusion and Mercury Milan. It has cut costs, reducing its North American workforce by 45 percent since 2006 according to the Detroit Free Press . It has improved...

We're up in the Carmel Valley, along the northern coast of California just south of San Francisco, for a very sweet post-Halloween treat. This Monday morning is the first official press drive of the all-new 2010 Mercedes...

How do you prevent possible catastrophe in 3.8 million vehicles? With 3 cent zip ties. Last week, we took delivery Toyota's 2010 Tundra work truck and noticed a couple of interesting things beyond the lively new 4.6-liter...

Would you buy a Nissan subcompact like the March/Micra replacement? Would you buy that Nissan subcompact with a three-cylinder engine and CVT? You might remember that Nissan revealed details of its new V-Platform for the...