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The Biggest (But Mostly Untold) Story of the US Auto Industry of the Past Decade: How Nissan Almost Doubled Its Market Share To 10%
Posted on April 17, 2017 | 76 CommentsIn the US auto industry, there’s been a lot of upheaval in the past decade or so. GM and Chrysler’s bankruptcy and rebirths. Ford’s brush with the same. And more […] -
CC News: Tesla Is Now America’s Most Valuable Carmaker – Market Cap Exceeds GM and Ford
Posted on April 4, 2017 | 79 CommentsVW’s market cap is currently $68B. That should be in this chart instead of Audi We don’t generally cover much current news here, but as historians, when history is […] -
Future CC Outtake: 2018 Ford EcoSport – History Repeats Itself, At Least For The United States
Posted on November 18, 2016 | 29 CommentsWhen I concluded my retrospective on the first generation Escape last month I noted Ford’s current absence in the expanding mid-size pickup and subcompact crossovers segments. For 2018 Ford will […] -
COAL NFL Edition: Pro Football Player With $3.5 Million Contract Still Driving 1991 Mazda 626 He Bought For $2
Posted on July 22, 2016 | 73 CommentsWe’ve all seen and heard about the profligate car buying habits of so many professional football players, but this story really goes against the grain. Dallas Cowboys running back Alfred […] -
Toyota Pulls The Plug On Scion, But Keeps The Cars
Posted on February 3, 2016 | 193 CommentsSo I’m going to end up with an orphan-brand car. The news this morning is that Toyota is pulling the plug on Scion, at the end of the 2016 model […] -
CC’s Crystal Ball: The Top 10 Automotive Stories Of 2016
Posted on January 1, 2016 | 51 CommentsHappy New Year to all of you! And to kick it off, we had a session with Eugene’s best fortune teller (who drives a 1988 Corolla wagon, naturally) to get […] -
NYT: As VW Pushed To Be No.1, Ambitions Fueled A Scandal – Best Article On The Subject Yet
Posted on September 27, 2015 | 70 CommentsDiesel emissions? I don’t see any emissions. (Martin Winterkorn photo by Marijan Murat) I don’t usually do this, but if anyone feels like they don’t yet have a very comprehensive […] -
CAR2GO Invades Eugene With 50 Smarts; Will They Replace CCs?
Posted on November 7, 2014 | 77 CommentsAbout two weeks ago, I suddenly started running into these white and blue Smarts all over town, one every couple of blocks. What’s that all about? Oh; it’s CAR2GO, another […] -
CCs Increasingly Being Stolen For Scrap In NY – Econolines Are The Favorite
Posted on April 8, 2014 | 27 Commentsimage: NYTimes Here’s bad news for old car owners, especially if the live in the state of New York: after decades of dropping car thefts due to improved new car […] -
Pope Francis’ Latest Popemobile Is A Curbside Classic: 1984 Renault 4
Posted on September 15, 2013 | 18 CommentsAP photo Pope Francis is seen here accepting the keys to his latest Popemobile, if not exactly the newest one (a Mercedes M-Class based bubble-top). Father Renzo Rocca, an Italian […] -
Cohort Capsule: Peugeot 403
Posted on June 27, 2013 | 22 CommentsWe’ve yet to do a proper full-on CC on the 403, although our Pug-master in South Africa, Dawid Botha, will undoubtedly share his one of these days. So let’s consider […] -
Paris To Ban Curbside Classics? Owners Of Older Cars Not Happy
Posted on November 26, 2012 | 69 CommentsPolitics is a subject we generally avoid, but this one hits a bit too close. Mayor Bertrand Delanoë has proposed a ban on all automobiles in the city of Paris […] -
Volvo, Mitsubishi and Road&Track Demise In US Predicted
Posted on May 28, 2012 | 41 CommentsToday the online site 24/7 Wall Street posted a list of ten corporate entities that it expects will no longer be with us in the US after 2014. Among […] -
Curbside Modern: 2012 Hyundai Genesis R-Spec – What Is A New Car Doing Here?
Posted on May 7, 2012 | 40 CommentsBetter yet. What am I doing here? Well, our sister site currently has somewhere between six to eight different reviewers for new cars. Most of those folks get to pick […] -
Making It In America: An In-Depth Look At Manufacturing (Car Parts) In America, And The Challenges Of America’s Jobs Crisis
Posted on January 24, 2012 | 47 CommentsContrary to popular myth, manufacturing output in the US has increased by over 30% in the past decade, and we’re still either number one or two (depending on the stats […]