68 Years Ago On March 5, 1934, the world's first aerodynamically designed, air-cooled V-8-powered, rear-engine vehicle rolls off the assembly line at the Tatra automotive works in Koprivnice, Czechoslovakia. Dubbed the T77, it provides room for...
Sour Grapes Toward Foreign Auto Makers An anonymous, pass-along e-mail the kind that spreads like an old-fashioned chain letter and quickly turns fiction into oft-repeated urban legends continues to make the rounds, accusing foreign-based...
For several months, a number of domestic automotive executives and automotive pundits have been saying that the business model is broken. This certainly seems to be the case. During 2001, the second highest production year ever, losses at Chrysler...
It's been 10 years since PSA Peugeot Citroen sold cars in the U.S. namely the Peugeot 405 and 505 wagon but it will be at least a few more years before the French auto maker considers another run at North America's largest vehicle market. Richard...
General Motors Corp. will delay the redesign of the Buick Regal and LeSabre sedans 10 to 12 months due to disappointing exterior styling. GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz called the prototypes the most disappointing vehicles I've encountered during his...
Thanks to a technology partnership announced in 1999, Delphi Automotive Systems and French auto maker PSA Peugeot Citroen unveil a Peugeot 206 concept car equipped with seven advanced technologies from Delphi, most of which are ready for...