Stop!

Chrysler’s Marchionne Predicts 2011 Profit of Up to $500 Million

Chrysler/Fiat Sergio Marchionne predicted today that Chrysler in 2011 will sell 2 million vehicles globally, turn an operating profit of $2 billion and earn net income of up to a half-billion dollars. Marchionne said the automaker’s focus in 2011…

Buick Verano, VW Passat, Hyundai Veloster Generate Detroit Show Buzz, Edmunds.com Reports

By Mark Holthoff
The doors to the 2011 North American International Auto Show closed Sunday night, after a record 735,370 visitors passed through them over its 10-day run.

The large and enthusiastic crowd got to see vehicles ranging from a ne…

Honda Plays It Safe with 9th-Generation 2012 Civic

By Paul Seredynski
Honda took the wraps off concept versions of its 2012 Civic Si coupe and Civic sedan Monday at the Detroit Auto show. In typical Honda fashion, the concept vehicles are just lightly modified versions of the production cars that w…

VIDEO: Edmunds Analysts Recap 2010, Preview 2011

Edmunds.com CEO Jeremy Anwyl with Senior Analysts Jessica Caldwell and Karl Brauer recap the U.S. auto industry's sales performance in 2010 and provide a preview of what could happen in 2011.

…

2010: Reader Favorites Represent Roads Less Traveled

By Michelle Krebs
Readers of Edmunds AutoObserver.com are a sophisticated lot.
They clearly want stories that are beyond the headlines of national and global media, as evidenced by their favorite stories for 2010, listed here:

2010: Top 15 Industry Newsmakers of the Year

By Dale Buss
Industry leaders good at casting visions and those who excel at cleaning up dominated the news in 2010.
As the U.S. auto market chugged definitively out of the Great Recession, visionaries such as Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn a…

2010: The Year in Marketing

By Dale Buss
Economics, politics, finance and safety engineering all took the front seat for the auto industry at various times during 2010, diminishing the primary roles that products and marketing typically assume during good times.
But when it…

Renault to Follow Nissan’s Lead with iPhone-Targeted iAds

By John O'Dell
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. was the first automaker to use Apple's iPhone as an advertising medium for one of its cars – the Leaf electric vehicle – and it must have been judged a success, because Nissan alliance partner Renault SA…