Semiconductor shortages have reached the auto industry, and seemingly no company is exempt. The Associated Press, Reuters and Bloomberg all reported in the last several days that various manufacturers have been forced to delay or stall vehicle production due to a lack of chips, which are more critical than ever in…Read more… Continue Reading at […]
If you didn’t own a car before All Of This began, you may have reconsidered that choice once or twice in the meantime, possibly because you fear public transportation like planes and trains. The circumstances of 2020 led to a somewhat weird situation in which new car sales were down considerably from 2019 — but […]
This is the first year that more than 50 percent of new cars sold in a country were EVs. Well, depending on how far you stretch your timeline. All that and more in The Morning Shift for January 5, 2021.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
It’s no secret that the global pandemic has not been kind to car sales anywhere, though Russia appears to be faring better than most. The country just recorded its third straight month of sales growth, Reuters reports, following a sharp decline of 50 percent to 70 percent early in the pandemic. However, there’s reason…Read more… […]
Car-dealer training films are an odd branch of cinema. Like all film genres where the goal is something other than just making a good movie (religious films or advertising, for example) the results can seem weird and campy when seen out of context. In this 1977 Chrysler Cordoba vs. Ford Thunderbird (and Pontiac Grand…Read more… […]
I’m a firm believer that everyone should be allowed to modify their own car as they see fit, as long as, you know, those modifications aren’t about hurting anyone. It’s your car, so, enjoy it, however that may play out! That said, that doesn’t mean I understand the choices people may make, and I can’t […]
I’m a firm believer that everyone should be allowed to modify their own car as they see fit, as long as, you know, those modifications aren’t about hurting anyone. It’s your car, so, enjoy it, however that may play out! That said, that doesn’t mean I understand the choices people may make, and I can’t […]
While we in America are bracing for a long, dark winter with Coronavirus, China seems to have made it out, if car sales are any indication. All that and more in The Morning Shift for October 19, 2020.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
The new Ford Bronco is Ford’s biggest launch since the sixth-generation Explorer, which was bungled. Ford is eager not to repeat those mistakes, but also interesting will be to see how Ford’s reservation system will play out, after reservation money was also taken for the Mustang Mach-E. Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
We recently detailed the fastest-selling cars of 2020 as compiled by iSeeCars.com, but the one that spends the longest time sitting on dealer lots waiting for a buyer is none other than the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Honda and Kia are on the road to recovery, Subaru could be doing better, sales in China remain good, city folks are buying their first cars, and more in The Morning Shift for Tuesdsay, August 4, 2020.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
I know the world is in a pretty weird place right now, and I suppose it says something about the human mind’s weird self-destructive gluttony for disaster that makes one even think in these terms, but what if shit got weirder? And, by weirder, I mean even worse, economically, politically, whatever, to the point where…Read […]
I know the world is in a pretty weird place right now, and I suppose it says something about the human mind’s weird self-destructive gluttony for disaster that makes one even think in these terms, but what if shit got weirder? And, by weirder, I mean even worse, economically, politically, whatever, to the point where…Read […]
Second-quarter results for automakers have ranged from the good, to the bad, to the ugly as companies navigate the coronavirus pandemic. Ford’s, meanwhile, might be best characterized as the weird. Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Tesla, more than ever, is a Rorschach test, a company that drives some people absolutely mad at its very mention, a company that some people have been bored with for years, a company that some people would sacrifice a limb for. Maybe the only interesting thing about it is that it keeps persisting. Read more… […]
Tesla, more than ever, is a Rorschach test, a company that drives some people absolutely mad at its very mention, a company that some people have been bored with for years, a company that some people would sacrifice a limb for. Maybe the only interesting thing about it is that it keeps persisting. Read more… […]
The vile, troublesome, wicked, loathsome Chevrolet Silverado has been having a hard time, such that it only just scraped past the Ram in sales this quarter. But the two of them may have an even greater problem looming, and I’m not talking about the Ford F-150. All that and more in The Morning Shift for […]
Last week, the auto industry was cautiously optimistic that new car sales in June might rebound, at least compared to April and May. But no one was terribly optimistic about the second quarter as a whole. Today, the numbers came in, and, to varying degrees, they are across the board terrible.Read more… Continue Reading at […]
Tesla turned a profit of $16 million in the first quarter of 2020, which was surprising insofar as the pandemic had just begun to ramp up and Tesla had never had been profitable three consecutive quarters. Most expect that streak to end this quarter, but CEO Elon Musk isn’t so sure.Read more… Continue Reading at […]
Aston Martin, which has pretty much bet the farm on the new DBX, has all of the telltale signs of a company that is currently in a slow-moving crisis. It replaced its CEO, shifted its sales strategy, and, like the rest of us, prayed for the end of coronavirus. Now, it’s raising millions in expensive […]
