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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 62 percent of their buyers during 2010,...
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 peppy drivetrain or much of its sporty...
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 as both firms stumbled into bankruptcy...
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 could top 18 million vehicles by the end...
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 Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt. Because...
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 declining sales and market share,...
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, considering the moonshot that the effort...
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 global production volumes for shared...
GE Plans to Buy 25,000 Electric Vehicles
By Chris Haak Giant industrial conglomerate General Electric has announced plans to purchase 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015 for its fleet. These purchases represent fully...
GM Launches IPO
By Chris Haak General Motors Company, a little over a year after exiting Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, launched its initial public offering yesterday. It marks the first...