This Week in Cars: 03.14.2010 – 03.20.2010
March 21, 2010 by Colin Bird
03.15.2010
- Some Toyota drivers suing in US for a full refund [link]
- Union reaches deal to close Toyota-GM plant [link]
03.16.2010
- Nissan to sell electric car for less than $44300 [link]
03.17.2010
- Kia.com rated number one manufacturer web site by J.D. Power [link]
- Subaru, Hyundai see biggest gains in brand image [link]
- Cosmic rays at fault for Toyota problems? [link]
- Ford’s $65 billion in debt upgraded by Moody’s [link]
- GM won’t seek GMAC reunion [link]
- New GM finance chief is optimistic [link]
03.18.2010
- Nissan steals Hyundai’s star car-seller, Joel Ewanick [link]
- Toyota demands apology, retraction from ABC [link]
- Toyota to hand off pension bill to US [link]
- GM shelves plans to kill two-thirds of its Cadillac dealers [link]
03.19.2010
- Brake issue forces Honda to recall 412000 Odysseys and Elements [link]
- Chrysler begins building new V6 (pic above) [link]
- Incentives from Toyota, Ford, GM Help March sales zoom [link]
- Pay czar trims salaries at top of GM exec ranks [link]
- GM working on high-tech system to ’see’ through fog [link]
Clip of the Week:
New Cadillac ad campaign created by the brand’s new ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty. The New York agency was hired in January to replace Modernista! of Boston.
