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Mustang Design Incorporates Cues From Past in Modern Interpretation
The Mustang’s chief designer says cues from the ’65 and ’67 models were retained in creating a modern interpretation of iconic pony car.
By Byron Pope • Sept. 30, 2014 -
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Dead Rockers Enliven Today’s Car Ads
Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts.John Simon Ritchie died as a troubled soul. He allegedly killed his girlfriend. Months later, he suffered a fatal drug overdose after a part...
By Steve Finlay 2 • Sept. 29, 2014 -
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How to Turn Declined Service Into Repair Orders
Unduly pressuring customers doesn’t work, but a phone call can do the trick.
By Lee Harkins • Sept. 24, 2014 -
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Money to Be Saved If Cars Leave Cities
If people switched to mass transit, bicycles and walking in cities, it would cut down on pollution and trillions of dollars in infrastructure costs, a new study concludes.
By Alan Harman • Sept. 22, 2014 -
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Mustang to Draw New Customers, Product Chief Says
Raj Nair, Ford group vice president-Global Product Development, says many different vehicle types are cross-shopped against Mustang.
By Byron Pope • Sept. 22, 2014 -
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ZF’s TRW Acquisition Symbolizes Evolving Auto Industry
The two companies argue global megatrends related to fuel economy, safety and autonomous driving are transforming vehicles and the auto industry, making their businesses more complementary than they may appear.
Sept. 19, 2014 -
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Composite Suspension Underpins Sanluis Rassini Racing Venture
Together with PPG Fiber Glass and Polystrand, Sanluis Rassini will invest $5 million to support an entry in the Grand Touring Lite classification of the Sports Car Club of America.
By James M. Amend • Sept. 19, 2014 -
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Maruti Suzuki Profiting From Push Into Rural India
Maruti faces intense competition with Honda, Hyundai and Nissan in urban areas, but India’s No.1 automaker also has penetrated into the rural interior, which it has virtually no competitors.
By Sudhakar Shah • Sept. 19, 2014 -
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Is Your Sales Manager Any Good?
If sales managers are lousy, the entire sales staff will be all over the map.
By Darin George 1 • Sept. 16, 2014 -
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Tenneco: Emissions Targets Tough But Workable
By 2025, when cars and light trucks fall under the same Tier 3 emissions regulations, an automaker intending to sell one “dirty” vehicle at the top of the bin scale must sell 13 vehicles at the bottom to achieve the Bin 30 fleet average.
Sept. 16, 2014 -
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JLR’s Smarts, New Models Help Tata Reinvent Itself
The mainstream automaker and its luxury division would benefit from significant exchanges of ideas regarding Tata’s market strategies and JLR technologies.
By Sudhakar Shah • Sept. 16, 2014 -
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Who’s Afraid of Elon Musk?
Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts.This is man is so incredibly bright he frightens a lot of people across a wide span of different industries. We are so focused on what impac...
By Jim Ziegler 2 • Sept. 15, 2014 -
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Study: Most Pickups to Be Aluminum by 2025
CAFE targets become much more difficult to meet after 2018, causing many auto industry insiders to say a move away from steel will be necessary, although the steel industry vehemently disputes this.
Sept. 12, 2014 -
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Canada Big Truck Sales Cool in August
Class 8 deliveries for August inched up 1.2% on the strength of Daimler Trucks.
By Paul Zajac • Sept. 12, 2014 -
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U.S. Sales of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Trucks Surge in August
Heavy-duty demand soared 33.1% in the month to 19,627, from 15,288 in August 2013, marking the highest August tally since the record year of 2006.
By Paul Zajac • Sept. 11, 2014 -
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WardsAuto Flashback – September 2014
Ford Boosts Industry; Low-Cost Small Car; Ford Studies Stock Sale; Manuals Hang Tough; UAW Benefits; New Ford Suspensions; Buick ‘Roadmonster’; Hyundai Comments; UAW on CAFE; Chrysler-Renault ARCAD
By Al Binder • Sept. 11, 2014 -
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Upgraded Escalade a Hit With Repeat, Conquest Buyers
Escalade owners are young enough to keep buying and wealthy enough to afford to keep buying, chief marketer Todd Brown says.
By Jim Mateja • Sept. 11, 2014 -
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New Falcon to Take Artistic Turn
Debut of the new Australian-market model at a local art gallery is aimed at challenging and changing buyer perceptions of Ford, an executive says.
By Alan Harman • Sept. 11, 2014 -
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Russia Weighing Ban on Car Imports From U.S., EU, Japan
An expanded ban on car imports likely would have the greatest effect on global automakers without production capacity in Russia, including Mercedez-Benz, Honda, Suzuki and Volvo.
By Eugene Gerden • Sept. 10, 2014 -
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LT4 Puts ‘Brutal’ Power Behind Corvette Z06
Jordan Lee, chief engineer for the small-block V-8 at GM, says the LT4 crushes the performance benchmark set by the LS9. “The LT4 makes the ZR1 feel sluggish,” he says.
By James M. Amend • Sept. 9, 2014 -
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Car Shoppers May Use Fewer Resources Than Thought
Do people really rely on 18 to 24 resources while researching what to buy? It’s more like three, a new study says.
By Steve Finlay • Sept. 9, 2014 -
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Tenneco Hopes to Mainstream Intelligent Suspension Systems
Tenneco’s “intelligent” suspension systems combine electronics with hydraulic valves to adjust shock absorber damping levels to road conditions, as well as speed and cornering inputs, to achieve an optimal balance between ride comfort and vehicle handling.
Sept. 4, 2014 -
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August 2014 Sales Thread (FINAL): Summer Sales Catch Fire, SAAR Tops 17 Million
Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts.August 2014 Light Vehicle Sales Volume:WardsAuto forecast LV Sales: 1.51 million unitsACTUAL August LV Sales: ...
By John Sousanis 1 • Sept. 3, 2014 -
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Suzuki Vitara Headed for Paris Debut
The ’15 model grows some in size and adds a little styling panache to better take on segment entries from Jeep, Fiat, Ford, Nissan and Opel.
By Giancarlo Perini • Sept. 2, 2014 -
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World Vehicle Sales Climb 1.5% in July; Top 50 Million for Year
Sales in North America surged 9.6% in the month with 1.7 million vehicles sold, accounting for 25.4% of the worldwide market.
By Heather Rowe • Aug. 29, 2014
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