Automakers recalled nearly 15 million vehicles for repairs at dealerships last year, the government reported Thursday, an increase of about 30 percent over 2006.
Automakers issued 588 separate recalls involving 14.5 million vehicles in 2007, or about 30 percent more vehicles than the previous year, according to data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In 2006, the industry recalled 11.2 million vehicles as part of 490 individual recalls.

smart (formerly MCC smart) is a brand of microcars and superminis based in Böblingen, Germany. It is marketed as the “smart” in all lower case, as in the logo. The current smart brand logo (seen on the right) denotes a C for “Compact” and an arrow for “forward thinking”.
The name of the company, part of […]

by John Neff

After all the speculation and rumors, Volkswagen announced today that Wolfgang Bernhard will be leaving his post as Chairman of the Volkswagen brand and vacating his seat on Volkswagen AG’s Board of Management. A true professional to the end, Bernhard put in his two weeks and will be leaving on January 31st. The […]

by Scott Davis
In the month of November, Ford outpaced all other automakers in incentive dollars per vehicle; unfortunately, truck loads of cash incentives did not boost sales. Ford led the way over all manufacturers with $4,231 per vehicle in incentives, followed by Chrysler at $3,735 and GM at $3,011. Interestingly, Nissan was next at $2,236, […]

by Scott Davis
Brand-conscious DaimlerChrysler managers in Germany are very vocal about the fact that they’re not interested in any platform sharing between the Mercedes brand and the others under the corporate umbrella. “A Mercedes will remain a Mercedes and will not share a platform with anyone,” said Dr. Ruediger Grube, Board of Management, DaimlerChrysler Corporate […]