My Transit Connect was like the attractive person you see across a room to whom you are immediately drawn. But when you get up close, you find that person is still attractive -- yet not quite as perfect as you first imagined.
And so it was with this unique, futuristic vehicle. More and more Americans like their vehicles to be useful as well as stylish and the Transit Connect is more MORE
Nov 24, 2009 11:03 AM ET
One of my rules for covering the auto industry is to never judge a new car based on the manufacturer's preview.
It is all too easy at these events to get swept up in an atmosphere of artificial excitement. You have been flown to some distant resort in California or Arizona in the middle of winter for a test drive. You are seeing a car for the first time, weeks before MORE
Nov 16, 2009 4:41 PM ET
The supercar has been a struggle to sell, which means potential bargains for interested buyers.
Among the more exotic niches of the car business is the marketing of supercars.
The cars, which carry price tags in the mid-six figures, require a tricky marketing balance. If they become too scarce, speculators move in, driving up prices and making the cars unavailable to enthusiasts. But if too many examples show up on the MORE
Nov 12, 2009 2:10 PM ET
How important is it to you that companies embrace sustainability in their operations or in the products they offer? Would you be willing to pay more for eco-friendly products, and has the recession influenced your views on the matter?
Post your thoughts here and see follow-up responses from C-Suite editor, Geoff Colvin.
Nov 12, 2009 8:00 AM ET
Are better times coming? Ford seems to think so, based on the design and features of the new Lincoln MKT.
When you want to take the psychic temperature of the Ford Motor Co., all you have to do is look at the latest offerings from Lincoln.
When times are tough, the company makes little effort to distinguish luxury-pretender Lincoln from its homelier Ford origins. A new grille here, redesigned tail lamps there, MORE
Nov 6, 2009 1:10 PM ET
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