Above: The 4,243th model entered into Autocade, now on 20,008,500 page views: the Maxus G50. Autocade’s passed the 20,000,000 page-view mark, sitting on just over 20,008,000 at the time of writing, on 4,243 models entered (the Maxus G50 is the newest), an increase of 101 models over the last million views. As it’s the […]
Tag: car industry
May is always quieter for blogging—and we get to 4,200 models on Autocade
Again, proof that each 100th vehicle on Autocade isn’t planned: the 4,200th is the second-generation Mazda Premacy, or Mazda 5 in some markets, a compact MPV that débuted 15 years ago. If it were planned, something more significant would have appeared. I know MPVs aren’t sexy but they remain one of the most practical […]
Read More… from May is always quieter for blogging—and we get to 4,200 models on Autocade
Z cars
I did say I’d blog when Autocade hit 4,100 models, which it did yesterday. Proof that the hundredth milestones aren’t planned: the model was the Changan Zhixiang (長安志翔 or 长安志翔, depending on which script system you prefer) of 2008, a.k.a. Changan Z-Shine. A less than stellar car with a disappointingly assembled interior, but it did […]
Autocade turns 12
Autocade turns 12 today, as it’s now March 8 here in New Zealand. From zero models to 4,093 (the Hyundai Avante XD is the latest); and as I write this sentence, it’s netted 18,683,611 page views. Just four years ago this month, it had only managed eight million. Just this week, I added two […]
Peter Hanenberger’s unintended post mortem of Holden
The 2009 Chevrolet Caprice SS, sold in the Middle East but made in Australia. I came across a 2017 interview with former Holden chairman Peter Hanenberger, who was in charge when the company had its last number-one sales’ position in Australia. His words are prescient and everything he said then still applies today. He […]
Read More… from Peter Hanenberger’s unintended post mortem of Holden
GM’s Holden to abandon C and D car segments, delivering them on a silver platter to competitors
Stuart Cowley for Lucire I haven’t spoken to Holden New Zealand to see if we’re following suit, but as far as Australia’s concerned, 2020 will be the final year for the Astra and Commodore, as Holden transitions to selling only trucks (utes) and SUVs. Here we are, with its most competitive C- and […]
Give me a break
From an Automotive News interview with Yves Bonnefort, CEO of DS. Um, that’s called a station wagon or estate car, mate. You may also like A couple of days before it became official: thoughts on PSA and FCA linking up The top-selling cars in France, 2013 GM’s Holden to abandon C and D car […]
Tesla or SpaceX doesn’t like you? They’ll say you’re an active shooter
What does Tesla do to whistleblowers? They tell the cops you’re an active shooter. Apparently, this case about a gentleman called Martin Tripp emerged in 2018 but only today were the police documents released, and are worth reading. Above: Two of the pages from the Storey County Sheriff’s Office over the false […]
Read More… from Tesla or SpaceX doesn’t like you? They’ll say you’re an active shooter
A couple of days before it became official: thoughts on PSA and FCA linking up
Companies in FCA’s and PSA’s histories did once produce the Plymouth Horizon, so historically there is some precedent to a trans-Atlantic arrangement—not to mention the type 220 and 179 minivans and the commercial vehicles currently in PSA’s and Fiat’s ranges. This is a few days old, but it’s nice to know that these hurriedly written […]
Read More… from A couple of days before it became official: thoughts on PSA and FCA linking up
Reflections about Lee Iacocca—unfortunately, not all of it is positive
The car Lee Iacocca will be remembered for, the 1965 Ford Mustang on the right. Before I found out about Lee Iacocca’s passing, on the same day I Tweeted about one of the cars he was behind when he was president of Ford: the 1975 US Granada. Basically, Iacocca understood that Americans wanted style. That […]
Read More… from Reflections about Lee Iacocca—unfortunately, not all of it is positive