The Escalade is the one vehicle that certainly won’t be at home at the new Cadillac House in New York City. This hulking, powerful and luxurious SUV (sport-utility vehicle) may be Caddy’s priciest, most profitable and most recognizable vehicle, but it’s not the future. The future of Cadillac is not a pickup-based truck that shares much …
The mind-boggling story of Tesla and its bankers
I had vowed to give a rest to any and all things Tesla Then this week happened. Here’s more evidence that Tesla Motors is a stock play working hard to enrich the few and mislead the many: * Goldman Sachs has raised its rating to “Buy” from “Neutral” and has set a price target of …
Volvo takes aim at the Big German Three
The time has come to take Volvo Cars seriously, to abandon all talk of how Volvo should be dead, gone the way of the other Swedish car brand, Saab. Volvo has put in place a product plan that delivers a very clear picture of the future – one filled with interesting, progressive new products that …
Bad driving is the killer, not speeding
Like many of you, I have spent hours and hours racing along public highways at 180-plus km/hour. At that speed on the typical German autobahn, I usually stay in the middle lane. That allows me to safely pass slower vehicles to the right, and stay out of the way of the 240 km/hour screamers on …
May 28, 2016 | Commentary, First on the Grid Like Comments (0) |
The end of car companies as we’ve known them for 100 years
A shocking truth about the car business is that it won’t be the car business for much longer. Right before our very eyes, a relic of the 20th century – the auto industry built on steel and oil — is speeding to become something different and quite unrecognizable — at least to the likes of …
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