Monthly Archives: August 2010
60-Mile Traffic Jam in China Shows Downside of Mobility
How was your drive into work today? If you're a typical American commuter, you may have spent a little time in traffic, and you might spend a little more time in traffic on your...
Peugeot to Display World’s First Production Diesel-Electric Hybrid
By Chris Haak Today in 2010, the environmentally-conscious crowd has split into two distinct sets of car-buying preferences. In one camp, the hybrid guys point to their...
Review: 2011 Ford Mustang V6 Premium Coupe
By Chris Haak In December 1967, South African surgeon Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful human heart transplant. Though the patient unfortunately died, Dr....
Mercedes-Benz Reveals 2012 CLS Four-Door Coupe
By Chris Haak Several weeks prior to its formal introduction at the 2011 Paris Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz has released a flotilla of images of the second-generation of its...
The Volkswagen Phaeton is Returning to the US. Why?
By Chris Haak From the day the flagship Volkswagen Phaeton launched in the US, analysts and customers questioned the wisdom of a company known for selling small, sporty,...
Report: Maruti Suzuki Planning Low-Cost Alto to Compete with Nano
By Chris Haak Even though Suzuki only sells a few thousand cars in the US each month and can't seem to get the right product mix in the US, the Japanese purveyor of motorcycles...
Breaking: GM CEO Whitacre to Step Down September 1
By Chris Haak I can hear the ticker-tape machines humming away in the background as I write this from the Full Metal Autos newsroom. Hot off the press comes word that 68 year...
Hyundai Becomes a KBB Most-Considered Brand
By Chris Haak Hyundai's rise to one of the world's largest - and fastest-growing - automakers over the past several years has been nothing short of incredible to watch. If...
Is the 2012 Mercedes-Benz A-Class Coming to the US?
By George Straton Is a Premium Compact Hatchback with the Three Pointed Star from Sindelfingen (via Hungary) coming to a U.S. Mercedes-Benz dealer near you in 2013? Few...
Chrysler, GM, and Ford Dominate YTD Fleet Sales
The auto industry's paper of record, Automotive News, did a nice piece of reporting in this week's issue (link here , via TTAC) on the explosion in fleet sales at Ford, GM, and...
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