This year’s LA Auto Show was filled with big announcements. This video review covers the important news coming out of one of the big car shows of the year.
Carmakers electrify showrooms while consumers yawn and governments dither
Carmakers are pushing electrified vehicles into showrooms at warp speed, yet consumers yawn and regulators dither. First, a market recap: Chevrolet’s Bolt was just named Motor Trend’s Car of the Year, and justifiably so. The Bolt has seating for four, a 383-kilometre range, and you can have one early next year for $31,434 thanks to …
Cocktails, canapes and cars: this is the luxury car business
The launch of a new luxury car is occasion for a big invitation-only party. Cocktails, canapes, conversation and, yes, cars.
Fear and dread: Trump brings unpredictability to a car business needing stability
During the presidential campaign, Ford Motor became Donald Trump’s favorite example of what’s wrong with U.S. trade agreements and industrial policy. Indeed, Trump attacked Ford repeatedly for shipping jobs to Mexico, most recently highlighting Ford’s decision to shift all small-car production to lower-cost Mexico. Trump called Ford’s decision “horrible,” telling crowds in Michigan, “We shouldn’t …
November 18, 2016 | Commentary, First on the Grid Like Comments (0) |
Promise kept, years later: Mazda is finally going to offer a diesel
For years and years, Mazda Motor promised to bring a clean, affordable diesel to Canadian and U.S. buyers, only to back away, year after year. Well, the diesel promise is back. Mazda has announced it will offer the SKYACTIV-D 2.2 clean diesel engine in the all-new Mazda CX-5 in the second half of 2017. Mazda’s …
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