Jack Walsworth
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Detroit, MI, United States
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Who's watching the watchers?
Onboard cameras are beginning to watch drivers to make sure they have their eyes on the road. Is this a Pandora's box of privacy issues? → Read More
Chevrolet remembers Prince with full-page ads
When legendary musician Prince died on Thursday, Chevrolet tweeted out a picture of a red, 1963 Corvette -- a nod to his hit 1982 song “Little Red Corvette.” Chevrolet also ran full page ads in Friday newspapers across the country, including The New York Times, The Detroit News and The Star Tribune. Here's a roundup of reaction from social media. → Read More
Volvo sets goal to sell 1 million electrified cars by 2025
Following a global sales record in 2015, Volvo plans to sell 1 million electrified cars by 2025, the company said today. 'It is a deliberately ambitious target,' Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson said in a statement. → Read More
Survey finds dealerships haven't conducted compliance training
Almost two-thirds of dealers think they're under regulators' scrutiny, but just 37 percent provide comprehensive compliance training to all of their employees, a survey found. → Read More
Chrysler enlists a deadpan comedian to pitch Pacifica to new audience
Chrysler is turning to a comedian, but more importantly, a dad, to pitch the 2017 Pacifica. → Read More
GM expands discounts for military veterans, spouses
General Motors is expanding military discounts to all 21 million U.S. military veterans and their spouses on select Chevrolet, Buick and GMC models. → Read More
Average U.S. fuel economy unchanged from February
As U.S. pickup and SUV sales continued to surge in March, the average fuel economy of those vehicles didn’t change from February, a University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute report said. → Read More
Bobbed noses, minisubs and fetal Maseratis: Tesla's Model 3 and what people are saying
Bobbed noses, minisubs and fetal Maseratis: Tesla's Model 3 and what people are saying The world finally knows what the Tesla Model 3 looks like and seemingly everyone has an opinion on it. Tesla CEO Elon Musk pledges the car will bring an affordable EV to the masses. Here’s what journalists, analysts and others are saying about the car that has already attracted over 130,000 reservations. “...… → Read More
Jeep campaign asks fans to share their stories
Jeep's newest digital and social media campaign is all about the company's fans. → Read More
Toyota gives Corolla nip, tuck, special edition for 50th birthday
The Corolla is turning 50 and to mark the milestone Toyota is giving the compact sedan a slight refresh and a special edition. → Read More
Lumps and punches: What people are saying about Subaru's 2017 Impreza
Subaru's retooled 2017 Impreza will offer new driver-assist technology and multimedia features. Here's what journalists and others are saying about it. → Read More
Wagging tongues: Mazda's MX-5 RF and what people think
What people are saying following the MX-5 RF’s debut at the New York auto show. → Read More
A lesson for Lexus, HMI, J.J. Abrams: What people think of Genesis New York concept
Genesis offered an advance look at where its sedan lineup may be headed with the New York Concept introduced at the New York auto show. A roundup of what people are saying about it → Read More
Pterodactyls and Range Rover-esque: What people think of Lincoln Navigator concept
Lincoln is hatching major changes for the Navigator as previewed with a new concept. Here's what people are saying about the newest Navigator, Lincoln's alternative to the Cadillac Escalade. → Read More
The Hummer family is born
AM General receives a contract from the Pentagon to develop the high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle, or HMMWV, on March 22, 1983. Nicknamed the Humvee and designed to transport troops and cargo, the wide, rugged vehicle gained fame when it was used by U.S. military personnel during the 1989 invasion of Panama and the Persian Gulf War in the early 1990s. → Read More
GMC adds Nightfall edition to Terrain lineup for 2017
The Terrain compact crossover is the latest GMC nameplate to receive a Nightfall edition. → Read More
Former Chrysler veteran Landry named CEO of retailer AutoCanada
Former Chrysler executive Steven Landry has been named CEO of AutoCanada, Canada's largest publicly traded dealership group. Separately, the company said it swung into the red in the fourth quarter, largely due to problems in Canada's oil patch. → Read More
Audi, Mini score highest in service department satisfaction, J.D. Power says
Audi and Mini were the two winners in customer satisfaction at dealership service departments in a benchmark study that J.D. Power and Associates released today. → Read More
Porsche tops Lexus in study of online responses
Porsche dealerships led other brands in responding to consumers' online queries, a study found. → Read More
Hollywood presidents Martin Sheen, Bill Pullman return in Chrysler ads
Hollywood presidents Martin Sheen and Bill Pullman are back for another set of Chrysler ads in the middle of a wild primary election season. → Read More