Editorials
NAIAS 2015 Day One Recap
Day one of the 2015 North American International Auto Show (or NAIAS, or the Detroit Auto Show) is behind us, and we've racked up a significant number of steps on our FitBit...
EPA Shrinks Ethanol Mandate as Biofuels Lose Favor
In a giant blow to the ethanol/corn belt lobby, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to reduce the ethanol mandate of incorporating 14 billion gallons of...
GM Shelves Plans For Production Cadillac Sixteen, Presses On With 7 Series
We've thrown a few barbs at Cadillac over the years for the brand's slippage from the true Standard of the World to a brand that eventually sold a barely-upgraded version of the...
GM Tops J.D. Power IQS Thanks To Old Cars and Not Actually Measuring Quality
Yesterday's news that GM had topped the J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Survey (IQS) came as a surprise to many observers. GM earned a well-deserved reputation over...
China Should Skip Internal Combustion Altogether
If you're a car industry fanatic like many of us are, you may recall that in the early days of the U.S. auto industry, there were far more than only three companies (or a few more...
GM and Ford Should Exit Europe
Want to see GM's stock price recover to something closer to the IPO price or - gasp - closer to the price at which Treasury would actually break even on its bailout of GM?...
When Not To File An Insurance Claim
Regular readers of Full Metal Autos might notice that "my wife" and "accident" are common themes in my writing. Unfortunately. Back in December, my wife was in a minor accident...
Intellectual-Property Theft Will Impact China’s Auto Industry Development
It's well-known that China has some serious issues with protecting intellectual property. From cars that are knockoffs of the name brand models (the Brilliance H530 is so...
BNSF Railway Will Switch Some Locomotives to Natural Gas Power In Pilot Program
As you know, we don't usually deviate much from our core mission of covering cars and the car business here at Full Metal Autos. But this morning, an article in the Wall Street...