Presiding into the year as Toyota’s best-selling sport utility vehicle, the Highlander has endured a very rough 2010. After a...
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Carl Anthony is the Managing Editor of Automoblog and AutoVision News and the host of AutoVision News Radio and AutoSens Insights. As a respected automotive industry thought leader and analyst, Carl has appeared on numerous podcasts and radio shows, including Wrench Nation, Cars Yeah, The Car Doctor, and Brains Byte Back, in addition to appearing as a regular contributor on MotorMouth Radio on WHPC 90.3 FM. Outside of print and broadcasting, he oversees a small automotive consultancy that works with leading companies in the ADAS and autonomous driving space, including AEye, Nira Dynamics, OMNIVISION, VSI Labs, and XenomatiX.
Before joining Automoblog in January 2015, Carl was a dealership and new vehicle launch trainer on behalf of Ford, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, and Volvo. He was a long-time product specialist on Chevy’s National Truck Team, a full-scale experiential marketing program that travels the United States, and a member of the FCA (now Stellantis) national auto show team where he served as the resident expert for consumers on the Dodge Charger and Challenger. Prior to the automotive industry, Carl was on the air at several popular Midwest radio stations, including KIWR, KEZO, KJAN, and KELO-FM.
Carl is a Midwest Automotive Media Association member and on the board of directors for the Ally Jolie Baldwin Foundation. Like many Detroiters, he is holding out for a Lions Super Bowl win.
In the past number of months, primed fans of the legendary British sports car brand Lotus were awaiting a special vehicle...
The new Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale will be the fastest, lightest and most powerful car in the Maserati range. Sounds promising, doesn’t it? The Maserati GranTurismo range was never really meant to be a car you can take to the track and expect any sort of decent times. But it’s...
Gathering around a elegantly-accented platter of exotic delights with a glass of port being casually sipped, your social circle can...
As if the Porsche 911 needed another variant, Porsche just unveiled a new special edition of the insanely popular sports...
Competition is heating up among domestic car manufacturers to see who can provide the best police cars around the country. With Ford’s upcoming Police Interceptor sedan and SUV, and newcomer Carbon Motors among the competition, Chevy had to answer back with their own model to add to the lineup. Meet...
Remembering that the wealthy continue to exist even within bad economic times, the production of limited-run exotic cars actually seems...
Fully-electric or electric-assist powertrains present the newer automakers with a key opportunity to vault themselves forward to a primary role in...
Suiting up an unexciting Daewoo product with Chevrolet badges, the Aveo was brought to North America as a bargain-centered vehicle in 2004 model year. In typical classic General Motors fashion, their devotion to small cars resembled a phoned-in effort. The Chevrolet Aveo’s shortcomings have become most evident as the B-Segment...
Porsche has prided itself with developing a high-performance four-door which left no compromises to their legendary 911 sports car in...
As the highly-anticipated Chevrolet Cruze finally reaches dealerships after a year-long auto show junket, the new-for-2011 car will be introduced...
With once established small car brands such as Hyundai seeking a higher spot in the automotive hierarchy developing V-8 powered premium vehicles, Japanese-based Mazda is, on the other hand, more content to make gains inside more modest frameworks. Working within tight styling confines, Mazda itself has long been searching to...
Pininfarina styling, a 570 horsepower from a 4.5 liter V-8 powerplant and overall performance developed with the assistance of 7-time...
For those living their lives serving the badge, the durable V-8 engine and the body-on-frame construction of the Ford Crown Victoria...
Nissan has been actively creating some strange interpretation in defining the modern crossover vehicle. However, with every crossover, Nissan demonstrates strangeness is not exactly a bad thing. Started with the Nissan Murano arched look in 2003, the Japanese-based auto company followed this up in 2008 developing the equally as striking but...
In a quiet Detroit suburb of Ferndale, Michigan, one gathering of historic wheels is assembled on the 21st of August....
It’s hard to believe back before 1960 that North Americans were still unfamiliar with the concept of a consumer-sold, enclosed...
Through the 1990s, Chrysler had a flair for new product introductions. One of those more memorable roll-out occurred in the 1991 Detroit Auto Show when they sent their Jeep Grand Cherokee (significantly their first new SUV designed under Chrysler’s guidance) through a wall of glass. Equally as important during this...
Looks like they might be trying to go for the Hello Kitty-clad Japanese youth with this one. Regardless, Kia just...
The exclusive golf course grounds of Pebble Beach are opened up to allow 4,000-6,000 pound classic and future classic automobiles...
Believe it or not, the entry-level $30,000-40,000 luxury car segment has escalated to the hottest competition within the premium automobile range. While faster, more expensive models exist within the luxury brand’s catalogs, vehicles like the BMW 3 Series and Cadillac CTS are portrayed as carrying their respective marques. Perhaps seen...
When the current generation F-Series pickup was introduced for the 2009 Model year, Ford chose to withdraw their six-cylinder engine...
With four of the five premium German automakers adopting the four-door coupe experiment, BMW is not blind to the realization...
The sport utility vehicle (SUV) has grown through a noticeable metamorphosis within the past 20 years. Popularized through the 1990s as an affordable yet ambitious family vehicle, the SUV was in fact a cheaper product for auto manufacturers to build than sedans and minivans. Eventually deciding not to continue passing...
Recognizing the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. as the home for some of the greatest modern...
Through the past year, Ford Motor Company has been making many of the best moves within the automotive industry. Refining...
I tried to use up the entire tank of fuel, I really did. I drove aggressively, took the car everywhere I went and even took an extra five-hour trip, but no luck. As much as I drive, it’s normally not a problem to use up a tank or two of...
An important milestone in every young person’s life is getting their driver’s license. For young people, getting their driver’s license...
In only a few more months, General Motors will become the first major auto manufacturer to publicly offer a plug-in...
It’s been one year since the United States government threw some jumper cables onto slumping auto sales with the trade-in program known as Cash for Clunkers. Formally called the Cars Allowance Rebate System (CARS), the U.S. Government offered a $3,500 or $4,500 incentive in exchange for a 1984-2001 model year...