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Toyota is the World’s Top-Selling Automaker Through the First Half of 2009
By Chris Haak 07.28.2009 For the period between January 1 and June 30, 2009, Toyota Motor Corp. continued its sales dominance over the global automotive industry. However,...
2011 Jaguar XJ Makes its Debut
Jaguar's flagship sedan, the aluminum-bodied XJ, has been on the market in its current form since 2003, and the 2003 XJ looked disturbingly and un-creatively similar to the...
Bankruptcy Judge Approves Sale of GM Assets to “New GM” –...
By Chris Haak 07.07.2009 Late Sunday night, Judge Robert Gerber of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan approved the sale of all of GM's valuable assets to the so-called "New...
June 2009 Industry Sales Show Slight Uptick
By Chris Haak 07.06.2009 It's still nowhere near time to break out the champagne and declare the new-car market healed, but there were a few pockets of sunshine, as industry...
Koenigsegg Reaches Agreement to Buy Saab from GM
News last Friday said that Saab was likely to be sold to Koenigsegg, the Swedish boutique supercar maker, and that news is now confirmed, with the exception of the actual sale...
GM Introduces 2010 Lineup, and Pontiac is a Lineup of One
By Chris Haak 06.10.2009 Yesterday, we received word that GM had the company had posted details of its 2010 product lineup to its media website. (Here is the link; login is...
Chrysler Exits Chapter 11, Forms Chrysler Group, Finalizes Fiat Alliance
Hot on the heels of the US Supreme Court's refusal to hear the Indiana pension funds' objections to the sale of Chrysler, the company (at least the "good" parts of it) has exited...
US Supreme Court Lifts Stay of Chrysler Sale to Fiat; Transaction Can Proceed
By Chris Haak 06.09.2009 Late today, the US Supreme Court lifted the stay that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg had placed on the sale of Chrysler's assets to Fiat, which she placed...
US Supreme Court Grants Stay Delaying Chrysler Sale to Fiat
By Chris Haak 06.08.2009 In a somewhat surprising move, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg of the United States Supreme Court, apparently at nearly the last minute before a 4:00...
Is Ford’s Alleged 2010 Fusion Shortage Guerilla Marketing or Legitimate?
By Chris Haak 06.08.2009 Over the weekend, we received word from a few sources that Ford is simply running out of 2010 Fusions, and simply cannot make enough of them to satisfy...