Taxpayers spent billions bailing out GM. Worth every penny?
Celebrate: BMW’s M240i coupe
BMW spends a lot of time, energy and effort touting its “green” plans and accomplishments, though so far, the i8 and i3 have been colossal disappointments. When not saving the planet, BMW is also very busy managing a highly leveraged balance sheet. With all this distracting noise from BMW — once the company of the …
Why no Canadian love for small cars, especially Honda’s Fit?
Like you, I’m sure, when I think of the Honda Fit I do not conjure images of all-black alloy rims shod in low-profile rubber so thin it makes a Loonie look fat. Instead, I think of $35-dollar fill-ups and clever flip-and-fold seats. I imagine a little and hugely underappreciated grocery-getter. I harken back to a …
Very smart money betting against Tesla — and reaping huge profits
As recently as August, Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas — Tesla’s greatest cheerleader and a bull among bulls – was touting a “bull case” target share price for Tesla of between $511-$526 (all figures in U.S. dollars), as well as a shorter-term share price target of $317. Wow. That’s some Tesla love. And it came …
December 2, 2017 | Commentary, First on the Grid 1 Comments (0) |
Falling out of love with cars, embracing trucks
The numbers don’t lie: cars in general are headed to the endangered species list, though specific models will surely survive in small numbers — like the New Guinea Singing Dog. In October, actual passenger car sales in Canada declined 7.9 per cent, while light truck sales surged 13.6 per cent. Seven of every 10 Canadians …
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