Segment Leading Lexus RX Hybrid Updated

Opulent hybrid model offers best in class fuel economy. Last fall’s drop in gas prices had a correspondingly negative impact on hybrid vehicle sales as buyers welcomed cheaper fuel. Nevertheless, Lexus has released its updated RX crossover, available in both gas and hybrid versions, the latter now called the Lexus RX 450h. Seating five, the [...]

Jill Lajdziak, Saturn VUE & A Missed Opportunity

Reading in the news yesterday that Saturn’s chief Jill Lajdziak (pictured) is taking an early retirement came as no surprise to me. With the brand officially toast, Jill’s role in the new GM is disappearing before her eyes with no real prospect of further advancement. After all, when the parent company is still trimming its [...]

Fisker Automotive: Latest Fed Darling

My opinion of Fisker Automotive dropped several notches ever since news began to surface that the upstart PHEV automaker would be purchasing a shuttered Delaware car plant from the Old GM, legally known as the Motors Liquidation Company. After all, what good could come of it if Fisker was visiting the same government trough frequented [...]