One size, three colors. That sums up the interior design theme for too many vehicles today. No matter what brand or model, especially among domestic brands, there's not much originality. Grey, black and beige are the standard colors, comingled...
The Coalmine. What was the General Motors executive talking about? Then I understood. He was describing the interiors of his own new cars. Uniformly gray. Uniformly cheap. Uniformly awful. Get into a GM car yourself. Don't you think coalmine...
SANTA BARBARA, CA Invite journalists to test drive the new Navigator on narrow twisty roads in the hills of Southern California? That usually wouldn't be the intuitive venue to show off the capabilities of a huge sport/utility vehicle that weighs...
BIRMINGHAM, AL No, we're not in Greenbow County. And the movie character Forrest Gump wouldn't be able to compare the '03 Subaru Forester to a box of chocolates. After building its reputation on all-wheel-drive cars for several decades, you know...
Mercedes-Benz says the enormous Vision GST concept, first seen in Detroit in January, isn't really suited to Europe's crowded conditions. Instead, parent DaimlerChrysler AG is planning two different GSTs for European and North American...
Visteon Corp., the top supplier to Ford Motor Co., manages a coup of sorts by winning a spot in General Motors Corp.'s strategy to outsource vehicle interiors to suppliers. The Dearborn, MI, company makes fewer seats and components than the...
To many auto critics, the 2002 North American International Auto Show will be remembered cynically as the year of the silver station wagon, but to at least a few, it will be the year interior design finally turned the corner in Detroit. At least...