Exactly five years ago today, I walked into the offices of VerticalScope as a fresh faced 21 year old and began my career as an auto journalist. And now it’s over. It has been a privilege to have worked at TTAC for nearly 4 years, under the tutelage…

Good start, considering this: “An American Oil Find That Holds More Than All of OPEC” “Drillers in Utah and Colorado are poking into a massive shale deposit trying to find a way to unlock oil reserves that are so vast they would swamp OPEC. A recent…

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/03/nissan-qashqai-points-way-next-jeep-compass-patriot/ There is a lot of sunshine for the Renegade right now, but I just didn’t feel it while driving the car (I drove a Latitude). Perhaps my expectations were…

Disparaging remarks uttered by Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piech have led to speculation that the legendary auto exec is positioning himself to oust VW’s current CEO, Martin Winterkorn, a one-time ally of Piech who has overseen substantial growth…

Sydney, Australia is looking to see what costs motorists are willing to bear in terms of road tolls before they decide the time savings isn’t worth it.

Alex Dykes, the hardest working man at TTAC, will be late with his review this week. He will return to his regularly scheduled timeslot next week.

“When someone thinks of an electric vehicle, they don’t think of Chevrolet; they think Toyota or Tesla.” -Jamaal McCoy, general manager of Findlay Chevrolet in Las Vegas, quoted by the Wall Street Journal. When the Chevrolet Volt launched at the…

Royal Dutch Shell and Gordon Murray will partner on a new city car project, based heavily on Murray’s T25 city car project. The vehicle, dubbed Project M, is described as a “simple, practical global city car”. While Shell will provide expertise in…

In a move that could dismantle one of the pillars of traditional auto worker compensation, GM is seeking to end defined-benefit pension plans for new hires at its Oshawa plant. GM wants to end defined benefit pension plans, where employees will…

First it was the Toyota Venza. Now the Honda Crosstour is being sent to the farm where it can be with other, odd-looking pseudo-CUV type vehicles. According to Ward’s Auto, sales of the Crosstour plummeted by nearly 40 percent since the start of the…

The final tally is in for the Canadian taxpayer. With the Canadian government unloading the last of its shares in General Motors, the estimated loss is said to be $3.5 billion. For the purposes of this column, the bailout of GM and Chrysler is…

Nissan’s new Navara pickup will spawn variants for both Renault and Mercedes-Benz, with the three trucks likely to be built at a new plant in Argentina. The new trucks are said to be based on the all-new D23 trucks, which will form the basis for the…

Tesla will build a cheaper, less powerful AWD Model S. But it will still be as powerful as a Porsche 911 Turbo.

Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas thinks that this chart represents the future of the auto industry, where we one day move into autonomous, shared transportation. I’m not discounting the idea of the self-driving car. I think it will arrive at some…

The Canadian government has sold its remaining stake in GM, selling its stake to Goldman Sachs. Canada’s government now has a balanced budget thanks to the sale of its shares in GM. Washington state is looking at a $35000 cap on EV subsidies, which…

Back to Top End of Comments 15 Comments on “While You Were Sleeping: April 6th, 2015...” I think Mercedes will find that a luxury Midsize isn’t worth the investment in the US. Midsize trucks are overwhelmingly seen as a “couldn’t afford the real…

Find Reviews by Make: And here we have the final debut of the New York Auto Show…a hybrid version of the Toyota RAV4. The RAV4 uses the same 2.5-liter four-cylinder Atkinson cycle engine mated to an electric motor. In the NX, the setup makes 200 hp…

An anonymous tipster sent us this photo of a car on the floor of the New York Auto Show. The buttons for the door locks and windows are installed upside down. Guess the car and we’ll send you some swag. Contest closes at 11:59 tonight. Back to Top…

Mitsubishi NA actually operates an assembly plant in Normal, IL left over from the Diamond Star venture with Chrysler. This plant assembles Outlander Sport. “MMNA’s sole production facility, formerly known as Diamond-Star Motors and then Mitsubishi…

Back to Top End of Comments 77 Comments on “New York 2015: Nissan Maxima Revealed...” The design around the rear pillar reminds me of the new Lexus RX – doesn`t look good on either. Glad Nissan are still in the large sedan market, not a surprise…