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Mazda’s Iconic Rotary Engine Reaches the End of the Line
When you think of the rotary engine, what kinds of things jump quickly to your mind? Let me try a few: Mazda, thirsty, rev-happy, oil-burning, RX-7, RX-8, quirky, Wankel. How...
Toyota To Try Transporting Tercels To Texas (and Other States) From Europe
Pardon the alliteration. It's late and I'm feeling a little loopy. Of course, Toyota hasn't called its B-segment model the Tercel since 2000, but something like "Yen's...
Romney Says He’ll Sell GM Stake Immediately
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney told the Detroit News that one of the first things he would do if elected president is to completely divest of the government's stake in...
Cars That Are Popular With Sub-Prime Buyers
There was an interesting article in today's edition of Automotive News that explored part of the reason behind Chrysler's dramatic sales rise over the past few months. While...
Mazda and Fiat To Co-Develop New Roadsters
When the original Mazda MX-5 Miata made its debut some 23 years ago, a number of British sports cars such as the MG MGB, Austin-Healey Sprite, and Lotus Elan were cited as the...
Chrysler, Ford Show Strong Financial Results
Yesterday, Chrysler Group LLC reported net income of $473 million USD for the first quarter of 2012. This was a gain of 407 percent over the $116 million USD net income that...
Yugo’s Former Factory Facilitates Fiat 500L Fabrication
Over the years, we have been one of the few outlets to give Serbian automaker Zastava a fair shake. This fact did not go unnoticed by the Zastava PR staff, who never saw it in...
More Trouble With EV Economics
About a year and a half ago, we looked into what is the single biggest threat to the electrification of the automobile. And what is that threat? Economics. Despite not...
Nissan May Revive Datsun Brand
Word from Japan's Nikkei business daily newspaper is that Nissan is considering a revival of the Datsun name. The report has not been confirmed publicly by Nissan, but the key...
Peugeot and GM Discuss Potential Alliance
According to comments from French labor minister Xavier Bertrand last night, French automaker PSA Peugeot Citröen is in the midst of talks with GM on a far-reaching alliance. ...