Congratulations to the Chevy Volt/Opel Ampera for winning European Car of the Year. I am told it is the first time a car made in America, and sold in Europe has won the honors. And the Volt/Ampera really is Imported from Detroit. Warren and I have been at the Geneva Motor show all week. Ask [...]

Edward T. Welburn is General Motors’ Vice President of Global Design. Welburn talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, drivingthenation.com, about design for General Motors. Welburn has been around the designing world for awhile. He has seen the art and science of designing change. Whether he is creating a smaller, sleeker looking Cadillac ATS, or a [...]

Peter Schreyer is a legend in the automobile design business. He began studying design in 1975 and spent most of his time creating for Audi and Volkswagen. It was a coup for Kia to get Schreyer to become Chief designer for Kia Motor Corporation in 2006. Schreyer talks to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, drivingthenation.com, about [...]

Julian Jenkins, Vice President Aston Martin the Americas, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com about the Aston Martin One-77. The Aston Martin One-77 is a two-door coupe two-seater, carbon fibre monocoque structure built by Aston Martin. The special edition super car is limited to only 77 units, and all of them already sold to [...]

Declan Powell and Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, took the 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe around the short 1.5 mile circuit at the private Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch in Pahrump, NV. There are two engines for the Genesis coupe; 3.8-liter V6 engine receives direct-injection technology 348 horsepower, 295 lb.-ft. torque (rating with premium fuel) Improved fuel [...]

Jonathan Goodman, Head of Press and Corporate Communications, PSA Puegeot Citroen, sat down with Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com at the 2012 Geneva Motors Show to talk about the new seven percent alliance between General Motors and PSA Puegeot Citroen. PSA Puegeot Citroen has the second largest market-share in Europe (behind VW group). Two hundred [...]

It’s our last night in Geneva Switzerland for the Geneva Motor show. I spoke with John Batchelor, host of the John Batchelor radio show about Diesel comes to America, Chevy honors Chevrolet: Louis Chevrolet, Volt leases. My buddy, Warren Brown of the Washington Post, and I drove a Chevy Cruze 2.0-liter diesel engine from Geneva, Switzerland [...]

Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, talked to John Batchelor, host of the John Batchelor radio show about the vibe of the 2012 Geneva motor show. General Motors buys 7% of PSA Who is PSA? PSA is formally PSA Puegeot Citroen, the second largest market-share in Europe (behind VW group). The Peugeot family is the number [...]

Imported from Detroit, Chevy Volt/Opel Ampera, wins European Car of the Year The Chevy Volt has had a rocky year. A start-then-stop, to retool, the Detroit Hamtramck plant put the Volt behind in the sales General Motors had forecasted. In November the Volt took another hit when the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced [...]

Shell launches new fuel: No other gasoline protects better New Shell Nitrogen Enriched Gasolines Address Changes In Car Engine Technologies And Consumer Needs Houston – Shell, the no. 1 selling brand of gasoline in the U.S., is launching its NEW Shell Nitrogen Enriched Gasolines today to address the increasing need for engine protection. With advanced [...]