Anthony Lo (center) works on the design for the Saab Aero X Concept
According to a report from Car Design News, Anthony Lo, Director of Advanced Design at General Motors Europe, has resigned his post to join Renault as Vice President of Exterior Design.
Lo has been credited with such interesting and well-regarded concept vehicles as the [...]
Nissan 370Z Roadster by Bruce Campbell – click above for high-res image gallery
When we first met Nissan’s vice president-design for North America Bruce Campbell, we were amused by his name. Hey, we’ve seen Evil Dead II at least fifty times. But after a few minutes of conversation with Nissan’s highest-ranking U.S. designer, we were deeply [...]
Ex-Volkswagen and Ford executive Laura Soave has gone from creating the events that help sell cars to being the one in charge of selling them. Yes, Fiat has named Soave, the woman who helped put together the 50th Anniversary Barbie New Beetle in charge of reintroducing the Fiat brand to the United States after retreating [...]
The Zero DS steps into the spotlight – Click above for high-res image gallery
You may have read our latest report regarding the future of recently canned Buell Motorcycles. Everyone’s favorite American sportbike company hit the chopping block a few months back at the hand of industry giant Harley-Davidson, and its cropping of the division has [...]
It’s the end of an era, folks. There are reports this afternoon all over the internet that General Motors’ Vice Chairman, “Maximum” Bob Lutz, will officially retire on May 1. Those keeping track will remember that Lutz initially announced his retirement back in February of 2009, but then later chose to remain with GM, heading [...]
It may be tough to remember the news earlier in the day that Brian Nesbitt would be out as the head of Cadillac and back to his old position as executive director, advanced concept group. A metric ton of reveals from the Geneva Motor Show has a tendency to do that kind of thing… but [...]
Most agree that the majority of General Motors’ recent products are easily on par with the competition in terms of design, quality and performance. And having shed much of its legacy costs in bankruptcy last year, GM should be making money on those products. However, sales of many of its newest, greatest products have languished [...]
Back in November, it was first reported that former Opel CEO Carl-Peter Forster would join Tata Motors to run its British operations at Jaguar-Land Rover. While nothing came of that rumor, last week Forster was named as the new CEO of the parent company Tata Motors with responsibility for all of its automotive operations including [...]
HBO Documentaries’ “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” – click above to watch video
Workers at General Motors’ Moraine Assembly plant thought they had a couple years. That’s what former company CEO Rick Wagoner had said when he announced the eventual shutdown of the plant back in June of 2008. Workers were expecting to [...]
The more things change, the more… you know what we’re trying to say. Just last week, longtime AT&T guru and then interim General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre was able to ditch that pesky ‘interim’ modifier and became the king of the hill at GM. Of course, that was last week. This week we’re getting reports [...]
While early rumors suggested that this morning’s surprise news conference at General Motors’ Renaissance Center might be to confirm the sale of Saab to Spyker, the big news emanating from the company’s Detroit headquarters is that Ed Whitacre Jr. is scrubbing ‘interim’ from his door plaque and instead taking the title of permanent CEO.
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A top Apple Inc. executive is reportedly be being considered for the chief executive officer post at General Motors. Over the last couple of years as the Detroit auto industry descended into financial oblivion, numerous observers from (mostly) outside the business promoted the idea of hiring Apple CEO Steve Jobs run GM. However, for a [...]
Just a few weeks ago, former Saturn general manager Jill Lajdziak was hired by Penske Automotive to head sales and marketing for its Smart USA operations. Now, Smart has announced that Lajdziak will take over the entire operation as the new president of Smart USA, replacing Dave Schembri who has held the post since its [...]
Robert Hentschel (L) and Paul Newsome (R)
While most people know Lotus for its sportscars, engineering has always been at the heart of the business. The car production side has rarely if [...]
Outgoing Rolls-Royce CEO Tom Purves (left) and incoming CEO Torsten M??ller-?tv?s (right) – Click above for high-res images
Back on July 1st of 2008, Tom Purves became Rolls-Royce’s new CEO. At the time, we remarked that the move was interesting due to parent company BMW’s mandatory retirement age of 60, which Purves was just about [...]
