Fitting: This 1935 Auburn 851 Supercharged Speedster was one of the top sellers at the Auctions America Auburn Fall sale, hammering down for $423,500. Get all the latest auto industry news in the Executive Briefing. -Auctions America photo
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+ Cadillac’s 2017 vehicles will be equipped with automated driving technologies and vehicle-to-vehicle communication, General Motors announced. More at MLive.
+ Axalta Coating Systems, the global automotive paint supplier formerly known as DuPont Coating Systems, has registered for an initial public offering of common stock. More at Automotive Business Review.
+ James E. Harbour, the pioneering auto industry executive and analyst who founded Harbour and Associates, has passed away at age 86. More at The Detroit News.
+ At Richmond, Ryan Newman and Greg Biffle clinched the final two spots in the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup title, which begins next Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway. More at Racer.
+ Sergio Marchionne, CEO at parent company Fiat, says the Ferrari Formula One team must improve its performance, warning Ferrari chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo that “nobody is indispensble.” More at Bloomberg.com.
+ Ford will recall 191,770 previous and current Focus models in China to correct a potential fuel system defect that could result in leaks and fire. More at Reuters.
+ The Auctions America Auburn Fall 2014 sale produced $25.9 million in total sales and a 77 percent sell-through rate on nearly 1100 lots. More at Sports Car Digest.
+ Team principal Christijan Albers has resigned after just two months in charge of the struggling Formula One team, replaced by Manfredi Ravetto. More at NBC Sports.
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At the rate NASCAR is going with the “Chase”, in a couple more years everyone will qualify for it. Kinda makes it more like the stick and ball games where it seems only the worst 2-3 don’t make the “play offs”.
Just my opinion, yours may vary.
Agreed! As soon as NASCAR finds a way to make more money by having more drivers in the chase, everyone will be in the chase.
Or the cars that don’t make it into the chase sponsors start complaining.
Yep. The only purpose of a playoff system in any sport is to ramp up publicity and maximize revenue. In the most basic example, what happens when a major media market is excluded from a playoff? Many dollars left on the table.
Vehicle to vehicle communications, self braking cars and computer controlled anti-collision systems sound like personal injury lawyers dream come true. If I am driving down the highway during a rectal-cranial inversion and slam into you, well, it’s not my fault.
Who will the law firm of Dewy, Screwm & Howe sue? The answer is EVERYBODY. The auto maker, the supplier that made the system, the computer manufacturer, the programmer, the dealership and probably the individual salesman that sold the car.