April 2012 Auto SalesNot gaining, but sustaining. New-car sales were again solidly over the 14-million-unit annual rate in April, in another sign that the auto industry’s nascent recovery has taken hold. GM joined Ford and Toyota in raising its forecast for full-year sales to the low 14-million range. That pace is up nicely from last [...]
Secret Swillers: Nine Small Cars with a Drinking ProblemIf there’s a water cooler at your place of business, the people who gather around it are probably talking about the price of gasoline. If there’s a water cooler at your place of business, the people who gather around it are probably talking about the price of [...]
First Look: 2013 Audi Q5A familiar look, along with a new powertrain family. Three years doesn’t sound like a long time, but that’s exactly how old the Audi Q5 is. Seeing as an all-new model is due for another three years, the time is ripe for a mid-cycle update — and that’s exactly what was [...]
Deep Dive: Volkswagen Group’s Product PlansVAG aims to be number one by 2018. It might just get there early. Volkswagen has met with doubt and derision for pursuing “strategy 2018.” No one, not even VW chairman Ferdinand Piech, can simply mark a date on a calendar when the company might end up as the biggest [...]
First look: Lamborghini UrusLamborghini has taken the wraps off its much-anticipated full-size crossover. Lamborghini has taken the wraps off its much-anticipated full-size crossover. Although we’re still not convinced that the Italian supercar maker has any business building such a vehicle, we can at least report that the Urus, as the concept is called, does not [...]
