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CHRYSLER CONSIDERS GETTING BACK INTO BIG RIGS One of the more intriguing tidbits that dribbled out of Chrysler's grueling 8-hour press conference on Wednesday is that the company is considering getting back into the heavy truck business. They're not talking about heavy duty pick-ups, they're talking about 18-wheelers. Up until the early 1970's Dodge sold heavy trucks, including semi-tractors. In fact, Dodge trucks were famous the world over. But like GM and Ford, the Chrysler Corporation decided to get out of that business at a time when ... Read more →

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Brazil's E100 Drives Innovative Fuel Injection A few weeks ago Rio de Janeiro landed the 2016 Olympics largely thanks to the fact that Brazil is climbing up the rank of nations. It has grown to ...

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Why Saturn Failed In the early 1980s General Motors launched a top-secret program to figure out how it could build a small car to successfully compete against the Japanese automakers. It was called ...

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Why Car Names Really Matter What's in a name? Does it really matter what you call a car, or will a car sell well as long as it's well designed? As an enthusiast, I always felt that the name of a ...

Autoline Detroit LIVE with special guest Tom Stephens, GM VC of Global Product Development John Neff

Join John McElroy and his journalist colleagues for an all-new LIVE webcast discussion with Tom Stephens, GM Vice Chairman of Global Product Development. First, you'll get to see a LIVE taping of ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1 month ago on Autoblog

TOYOTA'S HYBRIDS COULD BE BANNED FROM THE AMERICAN MARKET In a shocking development Toyota faces a lawsuit filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission that seeks to ban the import of all hybrids to the American market. Toyota is being sued by Paice LLC for patent infringement on its hybrid ...

Autoline After Hours with John McElroy, Peter DeLorenzo, David Welch and David E. Davis, Jr. 2 months ago on Autoblog

In this week's episode of Autoline After Hours, John McElroy, Peter "The Autoextremist" DeLorenzo, and David Welch of BusinessWeek are joined by the dean of automotive journalism, David E. Davis, Jr., for an unusually candid discussion about the issues and events affecting today's auto industry. ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 2 months ago on Autoblog

Cash For Clunkers Conspiracy? To hear the government tell it, foreign automakers and compact cars were the big winners in the Cash for Clunkers program. The Department of Transportation makes it look like consumers all wanted small fuel-efficient cars, particularly from the import brands. But ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 2 months ago on Autoblog

THE CLUNKERS PROGRAM EXCEEDED EVERYONE'S EXPECTATIONS Despite a lot of skepticism from industry analysts, the "Cash for Clunkers" program exceeded just about everyone's expectations. It brought in new customers, cleaned out a lot of old inventory, and started putting auto workers back to work. ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 3 months ago on Autoblog

Why Are German Automakers Exempt from U.S. CO2 Standards? If you've ever wondered why the American automakers have such a hard time competing in their home market, all you have to do is look at the latest move from the American government. It's going to exempt the worst gas-guzzling European luxury ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 3 months ago on Autoblog

Ford Says Series Hybrids (Chevy Volt) Are a Mistake The Ford Motor Company is not going to chase GM and do a plug-in series hybrid like the Volt. In fact, the Blue Oval thinks that approach is a mistake. Instead, Ford is taking a three-pronged attack to developing hybrid and electric vehicles, with ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 3 months ago on Autoblog

GM DON'T NEED NO CULTURE CHANGE If I have to read another article about how GM needs to change its culture, I think I'll puke. It seems that every analyst and pundit in the business feels the need to write an article about GM's need for culture change. They wring their hands about how this is ...

Autoline After Hours with John McElroy, Jason Vines, and Peter DeLorenzo 4 months ago on Autoblog

In this week's episode of Autoline After Hours, John McElroy, newly minted Christian publishing mogul Jason Vines and Peter "The Autoextremist" DeLorenzo gather for another unusually frank discussion about the motoring industry's ups and downs. You can even join in by submitting questions to the ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 4 months ago on Autoblog

Hybrids Stumble While Diesels Surge The new-car sales figures for June must be a cause for concern for fans of hybrids. But at the same time they're very encouraging for diesel proponents. You don't want to read too much into one month's sales numbers, but the numbers do tell a story. Ever since ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 4 months ago on Autoblog

Ford Transit Connect: Case Study in Overregulation The Ford Transit Connect is a cool little van unlike anything else on the American market. In fact, I think it has the capability of becoming something of a cult car. But it's also a shining example of why the auto industry faces too much ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 5 months ago on Autoblog

BOOM TIMES COMING IN THE USED CAR MARKET The future looks so bright for the used car market that I'm almost tempted to try and get into that business myself. Even though car dealers are going through tough times trying to sell new vehicles, they are going to more than make up for that on their ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 6 months ago on Autoblog

PLENTY OF LIFE LEFT IN THE PISTON ENGINE There are all kinds of ways to boost the fuel efficiency of a vehicle. Hybrids are becoming more and more popular. Clean diesels seemed poised to make major inroads in the market. And even though they're a ways down the road, hydrogen fuel cells sure look ...

Autoline After Hours: TTAC's Robert Farago joins McElroy, De Lorenzo and Vines 6 months ago on Autoblog

If you haven't caught an episode of Autoline After Hours, this is the show to watch. Joining AAH's host and Autoblog contributor John McElroy is Autoextremist's own Peter De Lorenzo and former Chrysler PR man Jason Vines. For an additional bit of flavor, The Truth About Cars' founder and editor, ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 6 months ago on Autoblog

They're After Your Freedom You've undoubtedly read the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's report and seen the videos it released when the organization pitted sub-compacts against mid-size sedans (if not, one is posted below the fold). They really went after the safety of small cars, trying to ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 7 months ago on Autoblog

IT'S A FUEL PROBLEM, NOT A FUEL ECONOMY PROBLEM Every single day, the United States ships $600,000,000 out of the country. That's what it costs us to pay for the oil we buy from other countries at $50 a barrel. It is the single biggest cause of our massive trade deficit. The U.S. uses roughly 20 ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 7 months ago on Autoblog

WHY OBAMA AXED WAGONER Rick Wagoner is no longer CEO of General Motors for two reasons. First, he failed to come up with a plan that satisfied the government that GM would be viable going forward. Two, President Obama needed political cover before he poured more money into the auto industry, a ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 7 months ago on Autoblog

BREAKTHROUGH AUDIO SYSTEM, ALL THANKS TO SOFTWARE I just experienced one of the most amazing sound systems that that I ever heard in a car. What makes it so amazing is that it doesn't use a power booster, or equalizer, or better speakers, or anything like that. Instead, it's all done with ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy - 2010 Chevy Camaro Edition! 7 months ago on Autoblog

2010 CHEVY CAMARO: DRIVING IMPRESSIONS I'm sure there are a lot of Autobloggers out there who know the specifications of the new Camaro far better than I do. But numbers on paper don't mean much until you experience them through the seat of your pants. So here are my driving impressions of the new ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 8 months ago on Autoblog

BIG THREE SITTING ON $10 BILLION GOLDMINE There's no question that the Detroit-based auto industry needs a lot of help. There's a 100-year history of how it got into the problems it's in, and some of those problems are beyond management's control. But there is one area where General Motors, Ford ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 8 months ago on Autoblog

THE AMAZINGLY STUPID DETROIT CITY COUNCIL Nobody reading this blog needs to be told how much trouble Detroit is in. Whether it's the Detroit Three, the city of Detroit, or the greater Detroit area, the story's the same: we're in trouble! One of the very few events that provides positive media ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 8 months ago on Autoblog

HYBRID BATTERIES SURPASS ALL EXPECTATIONS When Toyota's Prius first hit Japanese showrooms in 1997, I was highly skeptical that hybrids would catch on. Not only was the technology really expensive, I thought the nickel-metal hydride batteries would prove to be the Achilles Heel in the system. ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 9 months ago on Autoblog

A NEW KIND OF COP CAR, A NEW KIND OF BUSINESS MODEL Autoblog has followed the developments at Carbon Motors ever since the start-up unveiled its new police cruiser a year and a half ago. And while the car looks impressively good, what makes this company worth watching goes well beyond the product. ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 9 months ago on Autoblog

Big Problems with California's CO2 Standard Earlier this week President Obama instructed the EPA to determine whether it should grant California a waiver to set its own CO2 standards for cars. It's a hugely controversial issue, and one that's fraught with major problems for the auto industry. First ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 11 months ago on Autoblog

DETROIT AND OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE In all this debate about whether we should provide the Big Three with a bridge loan, not enough attention has been devoted to their impact on our national defense. I'd hate to see this country ever get involved in a total global war again, but I especially shudder ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 11 months ago on Autoblog

FORD REPORT: DIESEL VS. HCCI VS. STRATIFIED CHARGE To hear Ford's CTO tell it, all these painful layoffs and budget cuts going on at the company can actually be beneficial. "It gets you really focused on what's really necessary," says Gerhard Schmidt, the Chief Technology Officer at Ford. Ford now ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1 year ago on Autoblog

GM IS ON ITS LAST LEGS There is only one number that really matters in today's financial report from General Motors: how much cash it has in the kitty. And the answer is, not enough. GM is now burning through its cash reserves at a rate that will run short before Christmas. Every month GM spends ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1 year ago on Autoblog

WHAT IF GM COLLAPSES? Anyone watching the auto industry these days is acutely aware that General Motors is hurtling towards disaster. It's burning through cash reserves at a rate that will put it in Chapter 11 sometime next year, no matter how much management says "that's not an option." It's ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1 year ago on Autoblog

QUALITY PROBLEMS WITH QUALITY RATINGS Pity the poor car buyer who wants to be a smart consumer and reads all the quality studies before going to the showroom. How do you know what to believe? For example, Consumer Reports' Reliability Survey gives props to the Scion xD. But Strategic Vision's ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1 year ago on Autoblog

GM-CHRYSLER, WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? The headlines say General Motors is feverishly putting a plan together to take over Chrysler. From my standpoint, only two theories can explain why this is happening. Either the billionaire boys from Cerberus have a master plan to revamp the American auto ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1 year ago on Autoblog

I'M LOSING MY BET ON DIESELS A few years back I made a bet with a former Director of Engineering at General Motors. I bet him five bucks that Americans would fall in love with modern diesel engines and would want them in their cars. Specifically, I predicted that diesel sales in passenger cars ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1 year ago on Autoblog

HOW TO KICK OUR (IMPORTED) OIL HABIT There's a lot of talk about making the U.S. energy independent. Or getting off oil altogether. I guess anyone who believes it can easily be done has never taken the time to count how many millions of barrels of oil we import every day. Damn do we use a lot of ...

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