By Carey Russ (c) 2004 Ford recently hosted a special event to let journalists in my area drive some of the Blue Oval family's newest and most interesting vehicles. Ford, and its subsidiaries Lincoln, Mercury, Volvo, Mazda, Jaguar, and Land Rover, have some impressive new products for 2005. Some have been in our press ... Continue reading
By Carey Russ At a recent Ford Company 2005 New Product preview I asked “what do I have to do to get a ride in the GT?'' Not, not the Mustang GT, the Ford GT - the limited-production tribute to the Ford GT40 that was victorious at the 24 Hours of LeMans in the late 1960s. ``Put your name on the list and wait'' wa ... Continue reading
Car Review: 2005 Lincoln Town Car- Armored
ARMORED LINCOLN TOWN CARS SET TO ARRIVE AT DEALERSHIPS THIS MONTH The lavish interior of the 2004 Town Car BPS is unmistakably Lincoln.Click to download images. DEARBORN, Mich., April 2, 2004— The 2004 Town Car Ballistic Protection Series (BPS), Lincoln's first production armored vehicle, arrives in dealerships t ... Continue reading
Car Review: 2005 Volvo V50 T5 AWD
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS The Volvo S40 sedan and V40 wagon were pleasant small, sporty, semi-luxury cars when they were introduced to the American market in 1999, and they did well, attracting new, younger buyers to the Volvo fold. But there was a tiny problem - while new to North America, the S40 and V40 ... Continue reading
By Carey Russ There are probably reasons that I'm not a product planner. Consider the Audi A6, for instance. The most recent iteration set a stunning new direction in style when it was introduced for the 1998 model year, and not only do its elegantly-rounded neo-Bauhaus lines still look fresh, they have spawned a host ... Continue reading
NEWSWEEK: Bill Ford Jr. Ready to Revive His Clean Revolution
Says He Won't Veer Off The Garden Path Again; 'If People Judge This Is The Wrong Path to Be On, Then I'm Not The Guy to Do The Job... I'm Not Changing' NEW YORK, Dec. 5 -- Ford Motor Co. CEO Bill Ford Jr. tells Newsweek that he's ready to restart his clean revolution now that his company is no longer losing money. "My ... Continue reading
Paris, France, December 04, 2004 Bombardier Transatlantic Express service whisks NASCAR stars Jimmie Johnson and Casey Mears to Paris NASCAR drivers Jimmie Johnson and Casey Mears today arrived at the Stade de France in record time, refreshed and ready to represent the United States and NASCAR at the 17th annual Race o ... Continue reading
Forbes Removes Ad-Sponsored Links on Site - Why We Ask? - Our Audience Likes The Benefits
Snide's Remarks: The publishers of The Auto Channel will continue to support the linking of certain words to advertisers trying to deliver theri message to an interested audience. It's hard for me to believe that a viewer cann't distinguish between an ad and editorial. I think that the "sponsored " which appears on the ... Continue reading
Broadband Pushes Europe Web Users to 100 Million
AMSTERDAM Dec 2, 2004; Reuters reported that more than half of Europe's Internet surfers now have a high-speed broadband connection at home, which has helped to push the number of Web users in Europe through the 100 million mark, a survey found on Thursday. By October of this year 54.5 million Europeans surfed the Web ... Continue reading
Generation Raised With Internet Grows Up
CHICAGO Dec 5, 2004; Martha Irvine writing for the AP reported that young people are now the savviest of the tech-savvy, as likely to demand a speedy broadband connection as to download music onto an iPod, or upload digital photos to their Web logs. The Internet has shaped the way they work, relax and even date. It's c ... Continue reading
GM Reminds Full-Size Pickup Owners To Respond To Safety Recall On Tailgate Cables
DETROIT December 4, 2004; General Motors reminds owners of certain 2000-2004 full-size pickup trucks to have their tailgate cables replaced at their dealers as soon as possible. GM is conducting a safety recall of 4.1 million trucks because on some of these vehicles, the galvanized steel tailgate support cables that re ... Continue reading
GM: Not Conceding U.S. Market Share
DETROIT December 4, 2004; Michael Ellis writing for Reuters reported that General Motors Corp. will have a tough time posting stronger U.S. sales in December, a top GM executive said on Friday, but the automaker is determined to stop any further loss of U.S. market share. "I would say the goal for us is to maintain and ... Continue reading
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