Former Procter & Gamble chairman John Smale, who died over the weekend at 84, will forever be remembered as the man who saved General Motors for a time -- and then unwittingly sowed the seeds for its final decline.
The year has four more months left, but a chorus of boos from the nation's auto reviewers makes it evident that the clear favorite for the title of "Most Disliked 2011 Car" is ... the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet. Not since the Mercedes R-class, and, before that, the Pontiac Aztek has the overall verdict been so bruisingly negative. The CrossCabrio has been tarred for being lumpy, dumpy, shaky, and sluggish.
There's a generational story that Mark Reuss, the new head of General Motors' North American operations, likes to tell.
Say what you will about Ed Whitacre, chairman and interim CEO of General Motors: This is a man who knows what he wants and isn't afraid to make sure that he gets it.
Pontiac will be coming out with a new compact SUV, the Torrent, for the 2006 model year.
CNNMoney: Top resale-value carsupdated: Mon Aug 23 2004 09:50:00
If there's one thing every car does fast, it's lose value. The average new car will lose 65 percent of its value over 5 years of normal driving.
"I can still taste the chocolate," says psychologist Dr. G. Clothaire Rapaille of the candy given to him more than 50 years ago, when he was 5, by American soldiers liberating France in their Jeeps...
Even though I write about cars for a living, I'd never buy a new one without test-driving it first. Yet many people do--and it's a big mistake. It's essential to get behind the wheel for a tryout. ...
Fortune: Good Car-Maupdated: Mon May 29 2000 00:01:00
The world's auto manufacturers haven't come up with a big new vehicle concept since the minivan in the early 1980s. But after listening to their customers, the automakers have grafted the flexibili...
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