Posts by Chris Haak
Ford and Honda Tops In Customer Retention Study
According to the annual customer retention study conducted by J.D. Power and Associates, the Ford and Honda brands each managed to retain...
Honda Further Undercuts Prius With New Base Insight
By Chris Haak Honda's second-generation Insight, which is based heavily upon the Fit's architecture, but without the conventional car's...
GM, Chrysler Each Set to Add 1,000 Engineering Jobs
GM and Chrysler - yes, the same two companies that shed tens of thousands of white-collar and production employees over the past few years...
China’s 2010 Auto Sales Could Top 18 Million
By Chris Haak Fresh from snatching the title of the "world's largest new-vehicle market" from the US last year, China's new-vehicle sales...
Volt Rated at 93 MPGe, Leaf at 99 MPGe
By Chris Haak This past week, the EPA released the long-awaited official mileage estimates for the two newest kids on the block, the...
Review: 2011 Ford Super Duty F-350 4×4 Crew Cab...
By Chris Haak Photos by Joseph Rapanotti For the past decade, we've been in the midst of a winner-take-all battle for torque supremacy in...
Ray LaHood Wants to Ban In-Vehicle Cell Phones
By Chris Haak US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a crusader against distracted driving, has fired the latest salvo in the battle. ...
GM Pulls off a Successful IPO at $33 Per Share
By Chris Haak Less than a year and a half after its predecessor, General Motors Corporation, collapsed under the crushing weight of...
2011 Chevrolet Volt is Motor Trend’s Car of the Year
By Chris Haak The 2011 Chevrolet Volt has been christened the 2011 Motor Trend Car of the Year. The award comes as no surprise to many,...
Platform Sharing Set to Increase Dramatically
By Chris Haak Automotive News reported this week on an analysis prepared by consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers that projects huge...