On a late summer day in Detroit, Mich., a disgraced Volkswagen engineer named James Robert Liang left a courtroom after being sentenced to a 40-month prison sentence for conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Government as part of a global scandal that some believe has permanently besmirched and undermined diesel powertrains around the world. So, is …
GM makes the case for diesel amid broad challenges
Until last year, diesel sales in Europe had exceeded 50 per cent of new car sales every year since 2005, save 2009. But in 2016, as The Financial Times reports, diesel sales slid 2.6 per cent, dropping European market share for diesels to 49.3 per cent. The Volkswagen Group’s Dieselgate scandal has put a damning …
For the love of Giants: a road trip to San Francisco in a Kia Sportage
On the road to San Francisco.
After a three-year slide, is Ford back on track?
Alan Mulally stepped down as Ford Motor CEO a little more than three years ago, and Ford has been sliding ever since. What has happened? Why have investors stayed away? Why has Ford quality suffered? Why so many recalls? How is it that Ford remains absurdly dependent on pickups and SUVs — a problem that …
October 24, 2017 | Commentary, First on the Grid Like Comments (0) |
The car you buy today should still be on the road in 2032
If you buy a new car or light truck today, you can reasonably expect it to last until 2032, perhaps longer. Put another way, the car you drive off a dealer lot in 2017, will roll to something north of 350,000 kilometres on the clock before a final trip to the auto recycler. We know …
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