Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 138

May 29, 2012 at 5:56pm by Car and Driver Hit play for an audio recording of a mystery car’s exhaust note, and then share your guesses or get a few hints from other visitors in the comments below. Be sure to check back on Thursday for the answer! Tags: Name That...

Unibody Lexus GX, Turbo Powerplants a Possibility

At a recent 2013 Lexus ES 350 media event, Mark Templin, group vice president and general manager of Lexus, brought up the idea that the next generation GX SUV could be built on a unibody architecture. Currently the GX SUV is a body-on-frame platform, and the Japanese...

How Ford Got Its Blue Oval Back

May 29, 2012 at 6:21pm by Justin Berkowitz Last week, Ford symbolically got back its blue oval. Back from whom? you ask. It wasn’t exactly sitting in someone’s living room, but the corporate logo—along with many of Ford’s factories—was pledged as collateral for an...

The truth about GM’s marketing moves

Some saw Machiavellian maneuvering in its pulling ads from Facebook and the Super Bowl. Some saw mistakes. Neither is quite true. By Doron Levin, contributor FORTUNE — In the space of a week General Motors Co. shook the global advertising industry — twice....