The Nano and the Model T: History Lessons Not Learned

Nano: no price is low enough Back in 2007 the Tata Nano ultra-low-cost 4-seat car garnered attention; other companies were rumored to be sta...

Fed Tapering and Interest Rates

If Past is Prologue Ruggles AFN September 2013 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke let it slip a couple of months ago that the Fed might b...

The Bad Old Days: Chrysler Mack Stamping

I often wonder how many people read this blog. I was thus heartened by a substantive comment on my previous post on Mack Stamping in the Ci...

Japan's Changing Labor Force

...it's too late for less male-centered policies... A concurrent set of posts on the NBR Japan Forum is on the role of women in the labo...

World Cars, World Trade

GM is positioning Buick as a global brand drawing upon global product. As we've earlier blogged , this will work only if there is a conv...

Tesla says Model S crash test score is best NHTSA has ever recorded

by Jonathan Ramsey of AutoBlog "We found out a couple of weeks ago that the Tesla Model S aced the crash tests administered by the Na...

Super investor increases stake in General Motors

As feds are selling GM stock, Buffett is buying. DealersEdge Headlines Billionaire Warren Buffett's investment firm Berkshire Hatha...