LAS VEGAS — The most striking innovation on display this week at the Consumer Electronics Show, the world’s largest consumer tech tradeshow, came not from Silicon Valley, but from Detroit. The vehicles on display underscored a sea change taking place in the automotive industry, one driven by carmakers’ relentless attempts to distinguish their wares by [...]
Union workers at Ford Motor Co. overcame early opposition to a new four-year contract with the company and overwhelmingly approved the deal in voting that lasted two weeks. More than 26,000 workers, or 63 percent of those who cast ballots, voted in favor of the pact, while almost 15,000, or 37 percent, opposed it, the UAW said [...]
The Cue infotainment system, as simulated in the Cadillac XTS. Screen-swiping, pinching to contract, tapping an icon — these actions, popularized on smartphones, have become so ingrained in our mobile society’s muscle memory that Cadillac has decided to build its new infotainment system around them. Called Cue, for Cadillac User Experience, the system will have [...]
TESTED 2012 Scion iQ WHAT IS IT? Smaller than a mere small car, the iQ is a “premium micro-subcompact” that almost seats four in near comfort. HOW MUCH? There’s only one model, priced at $15,995. Though there are no factory options, Scion is supporting the iQ with a large catalog of dealer-installed equipment. WHAT MAKES IT [...]
One of our all-time favorite concept car from Ford remains the GT90. As a modern interpretation of the Ferrari-besting GT-40, the GT90 offered all of the early ’90s angles we could stand along with a 750-horsepower V12 engine and a theoretical top speed of 235 miles per hour. This is the kind of machine that [...]
Ford and the United Auto Workers have agreed to a tentative labor agreement, according to Automotive News. The pact makes Ford the second domestic automaker to come to reach an accord with the labor union, and the deal covers some 41,000 workers. The agreement is expected to be discussed in further detail during separate press [...]
Ford has released a new advertisement for the 2012 F-150 SVT Raptor, and while it’s entertaining, the clip is a good bit more demure than the footage we’ve seen from the company in the past. Gone are the shots of the off-road bruiser sailing through the desert air. Instead, the truck has turned its attention [...]
General Motors recently came to an agreement with the United Auto Workers on a new contract, and it appears at least one ratings agency likes the fine print. Automotive News reports that Standard & Poor’s has raised GM’s rating from BB- to BB+, while also giving the rating outlook a bump from “positive” to “stable.” [...]
Ford has been in the UK for a full century now, but for fans of its workhorse Transit van, the past four years have been the most exciting. That’s because, since 2007, the Blue Oval automaker has released successive special edition SportVans that give the big wagon an added dose of attitude. Each version has [...]
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