Monthly Archives: September 2007
GM Signs $800 million Export Deal With China
By Chris Haak09.25.2007GM announced today that it has signed an agreement with Shanghai General Motors, one of its joint venture partners, to sell at least $800 million worth of...
Dealers Still Advertising Higher 2007 Fuel Economy Ratings
By Chris Haak09.20.2007A breathless, critical report has been issued by CNW Marketing research stating that Toyota dealers are still claiming that the Prius can achieve 60 miles...
Furor Grows Over Dealership CSI Scores
By Chris Haak09.20.2007Michael Karesh, an occasional contributor to this site and owner of TrueDelta, an automotive research firm, conducted a survey of his reliability survey...
Frankfurt: Toyota IQ Concept
I've previously complained about Chinese companies making knockoffs of western-designed vehicles and basically stealing intellectual property. Now, it's Toyota's turn! The...
A Magazine Time Machine
By Chris Haak09.17.2007One of the last times I visited my parents this past summer, they gave me a large plastic bin full of old automotive-related magazines. Titles include...
2008 Infiniti QX56 Road Test
By Chris Haak09.13.2007Over the summer, I paid off my 2004 Honda Accord, and being an auto enthusiast, I was ready to trade in and trade up to something different. The Honda had...
Jim Press Leaves Toyota for Chrysler LLC
Nardelli and Chrysler catch a big fish.By Chris Haak09.06.2007In an absolutely stunning development, longtime Toyota executive Jim Press, who had been with the company for 37...
Super Corvette Gets a Name?
Nice name - but is it true?By Chris Haak09.05.2007An early 1990s Corvette ZR-1The future "super Corvette," often referred to as the Blue Devil, Corvette SS, or Z07, has been named...