Honda Motor Co. Ltd. begins mass production at its Lincoln, AL, plant Nov. 14, six months ahead of schedule. Honda Manufacturing of Alabama is building the Odyssey minivan and the V-6 engine that powers it. The Alabama plant currently is operating...
In a half century of reporting I have never seen any business plagued by such misinformation as the automobile industry. Think for a minute: Can you imagine that the state of California would order the airline companies to provide every traveler...
GREENVILLE, SC This is BMW country. Or at least you'd think it should be. The German automaker has been churning out sports cars and sport/utility vehicles at its nearby Spartanburg plant for the last several years. Since BMW's arrival in the mid...
MODENA, Italy Driving along portions of the famed Mille Miglia race route in the Italian countryside, it becomes crystal clear just what a significant piece of history this route has been for the development of some of the best cars to crisscross...
MEMPHIS When Porsche AG introduced its fourth-generation 911 sports car for MY '99, it represented the first time in nearly 35 years that the venerable coupe got a complete redesign. So it's understandable that the changes to the 911 for '02 are...
Although the new BMW AG-made Mini has launched to highly favorable reviews in Europe (it's coming to the U.S. next spring), nobody's exactly shouting from the rooftops about the car's 1.6L 4-cyl. engine least of all BMW. BMW made a 1997 deal with...
Trucks are here to stay As long as Ford and GM continue to build cars that are not cutting-edge and have no yearly styling or visible technical changes, clients will be bored with cars. People require more function today. We all have to be cross...
A major auto supplier has just the car for people who like the 1953 vintage look of the original Chevrolet Corvette but want modern conveniences. It's the Commemorative Edition Corvette, produced by Magna Steyr, a division of Magna International...