Steven Ratner, the ex-Car Czar, has a healthy prediction for US automotive sales this year. Ratner believes the magic number will be 14 million for 2011. In 2012, the number will climb to 15 ...

In fact, that's exactly what the so-called car czar would likely do, under the guise of keeping an eye on the interests of the taxpayers who funded the automakers' revival. Ford, though ...

Instead, crude oil prices nearly tripled in the subsequent years. Car Czar (2009): Introduced in February 2009 during the auto bailout, this role coincided with a massive rally in car stocks like ...

Former U.S. president Barack Obama, for example, appointed a slew of short-term czars to coordinate parts of his response to the Global Financial Crisis, including a bank bailout czar, car czar ...