GM Can Dethrone Toyota

It’s mid year and time to compare sizes. Who has the biggest (production) of them all? Last year came and went with no changes on the top of the list of the world’s biggest automakers. Same procedure as the year before: Toyota #1, GM #2, Volkswagen #3.

Where are we now, halfway through the race? Watch out, Toyota! Objects in your mirror are closer than they appear! That’s big bad GM riding on your … bumper.

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At Audi, Luxury Is Back With A Vengeance

How things change: Last year, the death of the automobile was prognosticated. Maybe little cheap econoboxes. Luxury cars? Forget it, dead as dinosaurs. Don’t even mention dinosaurs. This year … just have a look at Audi.

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Perception Gap, Made In Germany: Volkswagen Triples 2010 Half Year Profit

Did we mention that there is a remake of the economic miracle in Europe going on? Despite tanking car sales, despite daily stories about near bankrupt EU-countries, European manufacturers are in high gear. Did we mention that despite imploding sales at home, Volkswagen delivered 16 percent more units to customers in the first six months of 2010? One would think that might have some bearing on VeeDub’s financials. It sure did.

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  • MaintenanceCosts It's not a Benz or a Jag / it's a 5-0 with a rag /And I don't wanna brag / but I could never be stag
  • 3-On-The-Tree Son has a 2016 Mustang GT 5.0 and I have a 2009 C6 Corvette LS3 6spd. And on paper they are pretty close.
  • 3-On-The-Tree Same as the Land Cruiser, emissions. I have a 1985 FJ60 Land Cruiser and it’s a beast off-roading.
  • CanadaCraig I would like for this anniversary special to be a bare-bones Plain-Jane model offered in Dynasty Green and Vintage Burgundy.
  • ToolGuy Ford is good at drifting all right... 😉