As if Fiat picking up Chrysler and a Chinese company buying Hummer weren’t enough to convince Americans that their automotive landscape has been forever changed in this recession, let’s talk Tata. Yeah, you know, the Indian outfit that now owns Land Rover and Jaguar? Well, they also make the Nano, the world’s least expensive car, [...]
In a report that appeared on Automotive News, Mike Jackson, the CEO of AutoNation Inc., said that the closing of 2,300 General Motors and Chrysler dealerships in the next 18 months will effect the sticker prices consumers confront when hitting the car lots, with “pressure on liquidating inventory, pressure on pricing, pressure on automotive real [...]
When I was a kid my Dad drove an old 1950s vintage Ford pick-up we called the Old Green Goose. I absolutely loved that thing and remain a truck adherent in my heart although right now I drive a mini-van to meet the needs of my handicapped housemate. That vehicle, sporting less than 20,000 miles [...]
