When President Trump was inaugurated, he was quick to follow up on his campaign message of bringing jobs back to America. At that time he lauded Ford for cancelling plans to move production to Mexico from Michigan, even though the decision was made long before Trump’s election victory. In June of last year, Ford announced that it would move the production of the Focus model … [Read more...]
The Chicagoan Sports Car
In the early 1950s with the US market starting to boom with the economy improving after the Second World War, many companies wanted to get a car to market as more people were looking to buy something for work or play. In addition, new materials were now being used - the war had provided an influx of new technologies and equipment that were now being tested for the automotive … [Read more...]
Revised CAFE Standards Being Considered
The current Administration in Washington has been busy trying to change everything that the previous Democratic Government had put in place. The latest decision has upset quite a few people because the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it will review the CAFE Standards and will pressure California to toe the party line rather than do their own thing. What … [Read more...]
Simca
Over the last few years, I have described several European companies that combined or had a touch point with Chrysler and this article describes the foundation for Chrysler in Europe. It is Simca or the Societe Industrielle de Mecanique et de Carroserie Automobile. Founded in 1934 as a new entity, it was the evolution of a 10 year business venture between two Italians, Henri … [Read more...]
Charge Motion-Control Valve
As cars evolve, markets change and new propulsion methods come and go - electric is one that came, went and returned - the classic petrol powered internal combustion has had to evolve as well. Even some of the old technologies have returned to help with the balance of economy, emissions and power. Recently I wrote an article about variable valve timing, one method of keeping … [Read more...]
