U.S. auto sales in 2010 and 2011 will continue to crawl -- not walk or run -- out of last year's recession, according to forecasters at the Auto Industry Hot Topics Conference here. “It's going to be a long crawl out of this, but we're crawling in the right direction,” said David Wyss, chief economist for Standard & Poor's, which co-sponsored the conference along with J.D.
Freddy and Adam and their 2012 BMW 1-Series
The 2012 BMW 1-Series made its debut over the weekend, with lots of details on the thoroughly refreshed, higher quality and bigger BMW 1 Series. Not only did we get details on the new 1-Series but we got plenty of 2012 1-Series photos. And by plenty, we do mean plenty – over 100.
Two years ago, in the midst of the worldwide financial crash, the 2009 Tokyo motor show felt like a tiny regional event as Western manufacturers abandoned ship. Not this year. The 2011 Tokyo motor show was different, with Audi (A1 Sportback), BMW (ActiveHybrid 5) and VW (Cross Coupe concept and Passat Alltrack) all unveiling new metal.