Driving the Chevy Volt at the 2009 LA autoshow
Tony Posawatz, the vehicle line director for the Chevy Volt, and I drove the Chevy Volt in Los Angeles, CA.
Posawatz shows me how the car works, the different modes and [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Ian Robertson, BMW group, 2009 LA autoshow
Ian Robertson is the Chairman of BMW’s Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and a board member for the Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG group.
The BMW group includes BMW, Rolls-Royce and MINI. What [...]
Dr. Mikulic, MBZ, at the 2009 LA auto show
Dr. Leopold Mikulic, Vice President, Powertrain, Mercedes-Benz Development talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.carlist.com, at the 2009 Los Angeles autoshow.
Mikulic compared the S400 and ML450h hybrids. When is the [...]
Dr. Leopold Mikulic, Mercedes-Benz, 2009 LA autoshow
Dr. Leopold Mikulic, Vice President, Powertrain, Mercedes-Benz Development talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.carlist.com, at the 2009 Los Angeles autoshow.
Mercedes-Benz has started bringing out hybrids. Mikulic talks about the [...]
Jim O’Sullivan, Mazda, 2009 LA auto show
Mazda North America CEO Jim O’Sullivan talked with Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.carlist.com, at the 2009 Los Angeles autoshow.
Ford and Mazda used to share a lot of technology. Ford is [...]
2011 Toyota Sienna with Kazuo Mori & Denise McCluggage
Kazuo Mori is the Chief Engineer for the Toyota Sienna, Product Development Office, Toyota Technical Center.
Mori would love to design sportscars, but most of his adult life has been spent [...]
Ford confirms sell of Volvo to Geely in 2010
DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 23, 2009 – Ford Motor Company confirmed today that all substantive commercial terms relating to the potential sale of Volvo Car Corporation have been settled between Ford [...]
Peter Miles, EVP, BMW operations
2009 Los angeles Auto show - Peter Miles is the executive vice president of BMW. Miles was the first person to point out to me that BMW is the number [...]
Bob Lutz, GM, on the depth of GMC and Whitacre
I asked Bob Lutz, General Motors, about the range and depth of GMC. General Motors showed us a concept that looks completely different than anything GMC has brought out. How [...]
Bob Lutz on the 2011 GMC Acadia Denali
Bob Lutz talked to me about the 2011 GMC Acadia Denali. The Government’s Task force wanted to get rid of GMC. What kept them from doing that? Won’t people who [...]
