How Chrysler Corporation Has Helped to Shape The Industry We were looking at a list of automobile manufacturers that existed in the early 1900s and there were just too many to count. We stopped at fifteen hundred but the list kept going and we knew when to get out of a sticky situation. Obviously, most […]

Charles Kettering – Automotive Pioneer Here’s a historic name you don’t hear very often: Charles Kettering. Kettering was the genius behind some of the most significant advances in automotive engineering. Things such as the ignition systems, starter motors and even Freon gas are all attributable to Charles Kettering He was also the founder of  DELCO […]

The Demise of Maybach Opens the Door for Genesis It started with an engine. In 1885, two German engineers, Wilhelm Maybach and Gottlieb Daimler, co-developed one of the first four-stroke, internal combustion engines. Both men were interested in motorized transportation and soon had their engine mounted on a standard bicycle. Technically speaking, this was the […]

Rubber from Dandelions As you are probably aware, rubber is a key component of tires. What you may not know, however, is that there are two types of rubber used in tire manufacturing. The first is synthetic rubber, a type of rubber that is made from petroleum. It comprises about 70% of the rubber in […]

The Tumultuous History of the Diesel Engine By now, just about everyone knows about the Volkswagen “diesel scandal.” For those who don’t, Volkswagen recently got involved in a high-profile automotive scandal when it was discovered that they had fudged the software in their diesel powered cars so that they would meet emission requirements. This was […]

THE LEGEND THAT WAS WALTER Walter Chrysler, the man, the myth, the legend. Most of the time that phrase is over used and it is usually meant as a joke or to parody someone. But Walter Chrysler was an extraordinary man, so we will let the phrase stand as a serious opening to his story.The […]

So, what do you do when you already have a super successful car brand but you want to add a premium model to it? Good question Sally! First of all, let’s pretend that the original car brand is one of the largest and best carmakers in the world – like Toyota, for instance. Let’s also […]

THE DESIGNER TRACK: KIA DESIGNER PETER SCHREYER There are some great 2017 Kia models at Monroeville Kia right now. Kia has been building cars since the 1970s and their models have always been admired. Once Kia decided to break out of the Asian market and reach out into the European and American landscapes they realized […]

DODGE RAM TRUCK: ACCOLADES AND MUCH MORE The Dodge Ram truck has won many accolades and awards, including Motor Trend Magazine’s Truck of the Year Award five times. It has earned all the praise and great reviews throughout the years simply because it deserves to do so. It has consistently been one of the country’s […]

DODGE HISTORY Dodge has been around for a long time. In fact, the Dodge brothers, Horace Elgin Dodge and John Francis Dodge started the Dodge Brothers Company in the early 1900s as a machine shop. There were literally hundreds of automakers back then and the Dodge brothers made and supplied parts to Henry Ford’s Ford […]