Saab Soldiers On; Unveils Independence Edition Convertible

“Nobody thought we would survive, but they were wrong, very wrong, Saab Automobile chairman Victor Muller told the crowd at the Saab factory in Trollhättan, Sweden, today, a crowd consisting of factory workers, suppliers, dealers, and others. He continued, “Here we are today celebrating the first birthday of our new company and seeing you all […]

Pressing Composites

When we think 4,000-ton hydraulic presses, making sheet metal body panels comes to mind. Which, clearly, is old thinking. This Schuler upstroke short-stroke press has with a clamping surface of 142 x 94 inches is installed at the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) facility in Detroit, where it will be used to develop […]

On the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox

To say that the Equinox crossover is important to Chevrolet is to vastly understate the case. The compact CUV arrived on the scene in model year 2005 with a standard 185-hp, 3.4-liter V6 engine mated to a five-speed automatic transmission. Then there was a second generation in 2010, this time with two powertrains available: the […]

On the Changes at Ford

A quick word on the promotion of Jim Hackett to the position of president and CEO of the Ford Motor Company, who is replacing Mark Fields, less than a week after the company announced that it would be reducing its white collar headcount in North America and the Asia-Pacific region, presumably a move that Fields […]