Audi Rips Off Chrysler/Eminem Ad, Settles Out of Court
Audi’s total lack of subtlety is shocking.
Category: The Auto Industry
Corporate profits up. Employment levels stagnant. Greed?
The recent rise in corporate profits has not yet resulted in lower unemployment rates. Some are concerned that corporations are being greedy instead of expanding and hiring.
Bob Lutz’s Eight Laws of Business (Book Review of “Guts”)
Robert A. Lutz, the outspoken cigar-smoking fighter pilot who helped turn Chrysler around before it merged with Daimler-Benz in 1998, sat down and wrote a book on business before his brief retirement.
Nicola Bulgari buys the very last Cadillac DTS
Its the end of an era for Cadillac. The DTS, a front-wheel drive full size luxury sedan that traces its roots back to the 1990s, is still one of Cadillac’s top sellers. The final DTS goes to Italian designer and American car collector Nicola Bulgari.
Saab Lives, For Now
A Lithuanian bank owned by Russian investor Vladimir Antonov intends to loan the Swedish automaker $48 million, enough to pay suppliers and continue production.
Weekly Wrap-Up – 9 April 2011
Saab needs CPR. Subaru needs caffeine. The corn lobby scores another victory.
Saab has “weeks” to live
Saab shuts down production as the automaker struggles with payments to suppliers and outside investment restrictions by the Swedish government.
Historical US Auto Market Share
Bar graphs covering the 1920s through the 1990s including imports.
Buying a car near the end of its production run? Quality may be an issue.
Supposedly, as cars reach the end of their production cycle, leftover parts that may be of lower quality are used to put them together.
Auto Sales Data and Market Share, March 2011
Its good news for almost everyone but Toyota.