Autoline This Week #1731: Ford’s Marketing Dynamo
Alan Mulally and Mark Fields – the top two executives at Ford -- get much of the credit for bringing the Blue Oval...
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Podcasts de auto
Autoline This Week #1730: Driving America
There aren’t too many historical figures who have their 150th birthday celebrated. But if your name is Henry Ford,...
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Autoline This Week #1729: Propane Conversion
As the price of petroleum and diesel keeps creeping higher, companies with fleet vehicles are looking for ways to...
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Autoline This Week #1728: Cars and Personalities
Why are men attracted to a certain style of car? Why do women buy the type of car they do? And what about teenagers?...
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Autoline This Week #1727: Icons and Idiots
The U.S. auto industry has had its share of characters and personalities over its first century, but you’d be hard...
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Autoline This Week #1726: Auto Interiors
Each year automakers are releasing 50 to 60 new or refreshed vehicles. That means design teams are logging tons of...
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Autoline This Week #1725: Auto Interiors
The exterior designs of today’s car may evolve from year to year, but for sheer amount of change, all you have to do...
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Autoline This Week #1724: Driving Mercedes R and D
These days when it comes to automobiles, technology is everywhere. And it doesn’t matter if it’s a 12,000 dollar...
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Autoline This Week #1723: The Leasing Explosion
Before the big recession, leasing was a hefty 25 to 28 percent of new car sales in the U.S. But then in 2009, like so...
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Autoline This Week #1722: The New World of Auto Electronics
As smart phones get smarter and more powerful, more and more people are relying on them to get through the day…in...
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Autoline This Week #1721: Improving the Car-Buying Experience
If you’ve ever walked into a retailer like Nordstrom – which is known for its outstanding customer service – and...
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Autoline This Week #1720: Today’s Powertrains: Efficiency and Strength
More than ever before, engines across the world are becoming more efficient with better gas mileage while not...
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Autoline This Week #1719: Rare-Earth Metals
Today’s hybrid and electric cars are famous for their double digit mpgs. They get those great numbers, in part, by a...
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Autoline This Week #1718: Lightweighting
Everybody in the auto industry is looking to lose weight these days. With CAFE requirements creeping ever closer, all...
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Autoline This Week #1717: GM By the Numbers
Though not as big as it once was, General Motors is still a formidable global corporation with offices and factories...
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Autoline This Week #1716: Today’s UAW: A Struggle for Stability
The United Auto Workers is going through an identity crisis. From the bankruptcies to the VEBA to the loss of over a...
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Autoline This Week #1715: The Truth about Autonomy
Regular viewers of Autoline know that few topics get host John McElroy’s attention like autonomous cars. He can’t...
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Autoline This Week #1714: Ram’s New World
2013 has been a pretty good year so far for Chrysler’s Ram brand. It started with its 1500 winning the North American...
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Autoline This Week #1713: Liquid Propane: The New Ethanol?
Automakers are still hunting for the 21st Century Holy Grail – better known as the next cheap energy source. With the...
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Autoline This Week #1712: Dick Dauch’s "American Drive"
I guess when you’ve been a Plant Manager for Chevrolet, a VP of Manufacturing for VW and re-engineered Chrysler’s...
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