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OPINION: Stop arm-chair quarterbacking the auto industry

We'll be hearing more about the Detroit 3 in the mainstream media this week as their homework entitled "What I Would Do With My Share of $25 Billion in Government Loans" gets turned in to Congress. While Detroit deserves much of the ribbing that's on the way, it irks our ears every time we read an op-ed piece from folks who flat-out do not know what the Hell they're talking about. Take Karen Wagner, whose opinion letter was published by the Chicago Tribune in which she claims that Ford should cancel launching the 2010 Mustang in order to ... Read more →

OPINION: The real cost of unionized auto workers? $70/hour? Try $38! Sam Abuelsamid

There are plenty of people in this country who would desperately love to see all unions go away. Over the course of the congressional hearings on an automaker bailout this week many of those people ...

Acquisition and mergers and joint ventures, oh my! Joel Arellano

Forbes automotive columnist Jerry Flint provides a history lesson of various automotive couplings and even triads to illustrate that while a few have been beneficial to one or (rarely) all parties, ...

Flint dissects GM and Nissan/Renault joining Joel Arellano

With Kerkorian's proposal of a General Motors and Nissan/Renault merger still sending shockwaves throughout the auto-sphere, auto curmudgeon Jerry Flint steps up to the podium to give his thoughts on ...

'Be aware' says Walsh to the Detroit 3 Joel Arellano

Tom Walsh of the Detroit Free Press interviews auto analysts, dealership owners, and consultants on their view of the Detroit Three in the form of a follow up to last week's article on trust. Walsh ...

Big 3's biggest challenge rebuilding trust? 3 years ago on Autoblog

Detroit Free Press columnist Tom Walsh believes the Detroit Big Three are wasting precious resources trying to answer why Americans are not buying their cars. The problems are not prices or how to beat Toyota in environmental issues, writes Walsh, but that domestic automakers need to rebuild the ...

Forbes Sexiest Cars 3 years ago on Autoblog

Sex sells, as the saying goes. Unfortunately, Forbes discovered, the pool for this year's sexiest cars--Bentley, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, etc.--was small and its members nearly incestuous. Porsche alone had enough models to take all spots. (Not that enthusiasts would disagree.) So the magazine ...

Jerry Flint on Mazda: Who's Zoom-Zoomin' who? 3 years ago on Autoblog

Automotive curmudgeon critic Jerry Flint puts Mazda in his crosshairs for his latest column, Backstreet Driver. He addresses what is a well-known issue about the automaker: There has been no growth in Mazda sales for over a decade. Mazda vehicles are “it” cars among many automotive ...

Nissan design chief argues GM has forgotten its customers 3 years ago on Autoblog

Shiro Nakamura, a senior vice president for Nissan Motor Co. and design chief for the automaker, believes that General Motors has been suffering from a lack of awareness when it comes to consumers' needs:  "there was a lack of customer-orientation." And arguably, he should know: ...

Fox News commentator: Ford's 'Green strategy' a mistake 3 years ago on Autoblog

On Fox News, Steven Milloy writes about the backlash suffered by Ford CEO Bill Ford, Jr. at the hands of various environmental groups. The organisations have expressed their displeasure by pointing out that the Blue Oval still produces too much pollution from its manufacturing (“more ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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