Category: The Car Biz

Supercar cruising in London

It appeared that Nanjing Auto had stepped in to acquire Jaguar and Land Rover, but hold your horses! Sir Anthony Bamford, chairman of construction equipment company JCB, has expressed an interest in buying British luxury automaker Jaguar from Ford Motor Company.

Ford has guaranteed the demise of its luxury Lincoln brand through a series of strategic, marketing and product blunders rarely seen in the American car industry. In effect, Ford has forced Lincoln's suicide. While we would like to write the epitaph now, Lincoln's death seems like a long, slow, painful suicide. Let us count the various ways Lincoln has been killing itself over the past couple of years.

Always Sunny in England

As luck would have it, Ferrari and Shell Oil turned the 10th of a mile roadway behind our hotel (and adjacent to the London Eye) in London into an F1 dragstrip to demonstrate the advantages of Shell’s V-Power “petrol”. Ferrari donated drivers, cars and several sets of tires for their car to blast up and down the street for a Shell Oil promotion. The event also included superbike demonstrations and stunt driving. The best part was the hand-turned turntable set up at the end of the route where techs turned around the F1 car, stunt cars and superbike by hand.

V-Power Introduced in England Two Years Following USA
Shell introduced its V-Power premium petrol in London on August 23 [...]

Nanjing Automobile Corporation has acquired Jaguar and Land Rover. Nanjing's acquisition furthers their objectives to recreate British Leyland Motors in China. Contrary to recent reports, Hyundai Motor Corporation will not acquire Jaguar/Land Rover. Nanjing nosed out Hyundai in the last flurry of bidding as the eBay auction closed.

General Motors is on the mend.

General Motors is on the mend.

Chevrolet Camaro returns in early 2009. Can you wait that long?

Chevrolet Camaro returns in early 2009. Can you wait that long?

Jeff Payne has created a terrific team to support his dream of saving lives by making teens better drivers.