The Rearview Mirror: Chrysler Buys a Bull

The Rearview Mirror: Chrysler Buys a Bull

Lamborghini Muiras and V-12 engines seen at the Lamborghini factory. It was a headline that must struck many supercars aficionados as unlikely, but nonetheless, there it was. This week in 1987, Chrysler buys financially ailing Lamborghini for $25.3 million as Chrysler...
The Rearview Mirror: The Birth of an Off-Road Legend

The Rearview Mirror: The Birth of an Off-Road Legend

Maurice Wilks, Land Rover’s creator, in 1968 The Willys-Overland Jeep had mechanical problems again, and it wasn’t the first time. Maurice Wilks used the Jeep on his farm in Newborough, Anglesey, Wales, much as many Jeep owners had done. But its reliability proved...
Used Car Price Slide Halted in April

Used Car Price Slide Halted in April

The yearlong trend of falling used car prices came to a halt in April with a slight increase of just under 1% for the first month of Q2. Used car prices rose slightly last month while inventory levels rose. Prices for previously owned vehicles rose 0.69% from the...
If Sedans Make a Return, Here are the Ones We’d Buy

If Sedans Make a Return, Here are the Ones We’d Buy

The sedan is dead. Long live the sedan. Well, maybe not entirely. There’s no question that sedans, as well as coupes, hatchbacks and sports cars have ceded plenty of market share to SUVs, CUVs and other light trucks in recent years. But were Mark Twain reincarnated as...
SUVs Now Rule the Road, But is a Sedan Revival Coming?

SUVs Now Rule the Road, But is a Sedan Revival Coming?

“I have always driven a sedan,” said Dave Carmany, the director of operations for a suburban Detroit industrial company. “I do not like SUVs, mostly due to the driving position. I feel like I’m ‘in’ a car, versus ‘on’ an SUV. Plus, I much prefer the performance … of a...