Frequently the federal government will mandate that the states, local governments, or private companies meet certain requirements, without providing the funds to reach these goals. In education, the “No Child Left Behind” act is one example of an unfunded mandate. In the world of automobiles, the automakers have to meet scads of federal safety, crash, [...]
I mentioned at the beginning of this month that I would be developing specialty sites to complement this automotive blog. Though The Auto Writer is doing extremely well, traffic-wise, I am finding that including a wide variety of automotive topics at one location is getting to be somewhat unmanageable. Besides, if your main interest is [...]
General Motors has made it quite clear that the future of its Saturn brand is tied directly to its Opel brand. Opel is General Motor’s strongest European nameplate, having been part of the GM fold for nearly 80 years. Saturn isn’t quite that old, about two decades in fact, and it is no longer a [...]