Editorials
GM-Ford Merger Mentioned in GM C-Suite and Shot Down
By Chris Haak06.26.2008Although it obviously hasn't come to fruition, BusinessWeek reported this week that some GM executives have thought out loud about the possibility of a...
Attention Hypermilers – Please Don’t Be a Traffic Impediment
By Chris Haak06.20.2008With average US gas prices over $4 per gallon (and a near-celebration that the average fell two tenths of a cent over the past few days), a growing number...
Is a Fabric-Covered Car In Our Future?
By Chris Haak06.13.2008Earlier this week, BMW revealed its GINA fabric-covered car. Yes, you heard that right; instead of steel, aluminum, fiberglass, or plastic, this car is...
Did I Speak Too Soon About Labor Peace?
Just over two weeks ago, I wrote an article about how there had finally been some good news about labor peace; the American Axle strike had ended, the CAW had agreed to a new...
Ford Announces Production Cuts, Sees Expensive Gas Long-Term
By Chris Haak05.23.2008Yesterday, Ford made the business news wires for the types of reasons that companies dread - they had to announce bad news. The news was that they expected...
Why Trading In Your Gas Guzzler May Not Make Sense
By Dennis Haak 05.12.2008 Every time high gas prices are in the news, reporters inevitably find stories of people who are aghast at the prospect of paying $75 or $100+ to fill...
Different Tactics Used to Sell Full-Size Pickups in a Collapsing Market
Sales of full-size pickups (the Ford F-series, Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra, Dodge Ram, Toyota Tundra, and Nissan Titan) dropped 22.1% in April and are down 16.6% through the...
Ford Agrees To Preliminary Terms with Canada’s CAW Union
In an interesting development, considering the difficulty of negotations in late 2007 between the Detroit 3 and the UAW, plus the increasingly belligerent statements from the...
Chrysler Figures Out How to Make Good Cars and Nissan Figures Out How to Make...
Significantly expanding the product sharing agreement announced a this past January for Nissan to produce a version of its Tiida (Versa) for Chrysler to sell in the South American...
Declining Broadcast TV Audiences Mean a Move to Alternative Advertising
Although network and cable television viewership steadily declines as more and more alternatives are pulling consumers' eyeballs from their TV sets and to things such as the...