The Future of Buick
If heritage means anything in this industry, then it is surprising that Buick doesn’t make more of its history because the story of the early years of the company is nothing short of astonishing.
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
Chrysler Car Museum to Close
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV next month will permanently close the Walter P. Chrysler Museum and convert the space into offices.
McLaren Merges Customization and Racing Units
Britain's McLaren Automotive Ltd. is merging its McLaren Special Operations customization unit with McLaren Motorsport GT racing.
Bristol Readies Bullet Sports Car
The relaunched Bristol Cars Ltd. plans to make a production version of the camouflaged Project Pinnacle concept car it showed at last month’s Goodwood Festival of Speed near London.
SsangYong Revives Kaiser Name
South Korea’s SsangYong Motor Co. will rename its Chairman W fullsize luxury sedan the Chairman Kaiser when it introduces the redesigned model later this year.
Legendary Designer Art Fitzpatrick Dies
Art Fitzpatrick, known for his stylized advertising drawings, died this week in Carlsbad, Calif. He was 96 years old.
London Taxi Sues Lookalike Electric Cab
The maker of London's iconic black taxis is suing a rival that plans to introduce a similarly styled range-extended electric cab in 2016, Bloomberg News reports.
Hudsons & Diesels & Sales, Oh My
Ed Souers has a keen interest in cars that were built by Hudson Motors, a company that produced cars in Detroit for the better part of the first half of the 20th century, a company that, in 1954, joined up with Nash, which led to American Motors.
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
London Wants Cleaner Cabs
Although there was certainly controversy when it seemed as though a specific vehicle was going to become the “official” cab of New York City and thereby eliminating the possibility for competing vehicles, consider this: Boris Johnson, the mayor of London announced last week, “As part of my mission to improve our air quality and drive innovation, I’m making a firm pledge to Londoners that from 2018 all taxis presented for licensing should be zero emission capable.” The man behind the wheel of that EV taxi is London mayor Boris Johnson. No, that’s not his new day job.
“Autoline After Hours” Goes Back in Time
One of the great little-known stories in the history of the auto industry is that of Cäcilie Bertha Ringer, who married a man named Carl Benz in 1872.
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
Extended-Range Electric Cab on Test in London
So if London mayor Boris Johnson likes your car is it a good thing?
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
