Car Wars report predicts Hyundai, Kia will lose market share

Filed under: Car Buying, Ford, GM, Hyundai, Kia, Toyota, Earnings/Financials The annual "Car Wars" report by Merrill Lynch analyst John Murphy predicts that, despite their seizing of U.S. market share over the last few tumultuous years, Korean brands Hyundai and Kia will give it all back and then s [more]

Carroll Shelby to get the TV miniseries treatment thanks to Velocity

Filed under: Etc., Ford, Celebrities Farmer, car dealer, Le Mans winner, sports-car maker, businessman and tuner Carroll Shelby passsed away on May 11. To honor his contribution to the numerous segments of the auto industry he impacted, cable network Velocity will be airing a three-hour, three-part [more]

Translogic examines the power of plug-in hybrids for commercial fleets

Filed under: Hybrid, Truck, Etc., Technology, Ford, Electric The crew at Translogic took the time to stop by and see the the team at ALTe Powertrain Technologies recently. Founded by a group of former Tesla Motors executives, the company focuses on building plug-in hybrid conversions for fleet vehi [more]

Ford C-Max pricing to undercut Toyota Prius V

Filed under: Hybrid, Minivan/Van, Wagon, Europe, Hatchback, Ford, Toyota, Electric Ford dealers have started taking orders for the 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid, the company announced today. The gas-electric hybrid will arrive later this year with a starting price of $25,995, undercutting its most direct [more]

2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 features clever variable-RPM launch control

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Technology, Ford When you've got the most powerful factory V8 in the world, even the best driver can struggle with getting that power to the pavement. The 662 horsepower and 631 pound-feet of torque the 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is packing can easi [more]

Ford and GM in Twitterfight over Facebook advertising?

Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Ford, GM Frenemies Ford and General Motors have taken to cyberspace for a little verbal sparing, trading snarky shots this week over which company is more likeable on Facebook. GM set itself up Tuesday after news broke that the carmaker decided not to spend $10 m [more]

Ford finally takes serious aim at the Chinese market

Filed under: China, Plants/Manufacturing, Ford When we asked Volkswagen last year why it was building a factory in the U.S., after having missed the irrationally volcanic era of car sales, we were told that even a 12-million-per-annum market was still too big to ignore. A report in Reuters paints F [more]

Toyota, Honda top supplier survey with lower results, GM and Chrysler improve

Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, BMW, Chrysler, Ford, GM, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Toyota, Volkswagen Before financial Stargate opened in September of 2008 and transported us to an entirely new economic dimension, it was oh so common to read about domestic automakers hammering Tier One suppl [more]

This SEMA show car goes 182.4 mph

Filed under: Aftermarket, Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Etc., Videos, Ford By and large, the machines created for the SEMA show in Las Vegas are built for lounging around under convention center lights and not much else. All those go-fast parts we see bolted on do little more than collect lustfu [more]

Former Ford chairman, CEO Red Poling dead at 86

Filed under: FordThe Ford Motor Company and the automotive industry as a whole are mourning the loss today of Harold "Red" Poling, who passed away on May 12 in Pacific Grove, California, at the age of 86. A Michigan native, Poling was a navy veteran and a graduate of Monmouth College and Indiana Un [more]