For many of us, the Toyota Corolla was our first introduction to Japanese automobiles. Often, they were the first new cars we could afford, back in the days before Kia and Hyundai on the market. Most of us grew beyond our Corollas, but that doesn’t keep us from remembering them fondly. Then there are the [...]
As you know, I have a love / hate relationship with the Tesla electronic roadster. So, I snorted my coffee a little when I read an article in Sunday’s New York Times by Randall Stross, “Only the Rich Can Afford It. Should Taxpayers Back It?” (Not providing a link because you have to have a [...]
Just a quick note to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and if you plan to be out shopping on Friday, our sincerest wishes that you emerge unscathed from the retail madness. If you’re in need of some automotive eye candy, don’t miss this video from Good Morning America on their look at cars of the [...]
Okay, I’m trying to be all good and techie oriented, but it’s hard with the “will they or won’t they survive” drama afoot for the Big Three. After my grousing (along with that of many other folk) about the execs going hat in hand to Washington aboard their private jets, I was amused to read [...]
It’s hard to write about car tech when the Big Three are pretty much crawling on their knees to Washington asking for a bailout. Well, wait. They actually crawled on their private jets and flew down to D.C. Is it really any wonder that the Senate banking committee wasn’t all that impressed with all the [...]
I know the Helios is just a concept car, but my first overwhelming reaction was frankly, “Oh, hell no.”
Without question the big issue with solar cars is finding a way to get enough cells to collect the needed energy, but people are not going to take something seriously that looks like a big . . [...]
The intersection of presidential politics and automotive technology can be found in the White House motor fleet, a staple of executive travel since 1909 when Congress appropriated money for the first vehicles for a chief executive: a seven-passenger White Model M steam car, two gasoline-powered Pierce-Arrows, and a Baker Electric.
Back in those days presidential cars [...]
There’s no question that consumer automotive preferences have changed. Just go by a dealership and look at the lonely lines of SUVs and pick-ups that Americans, burned from their foray into $4 a gallon gas this summer are eschewing in favor of smaller, more fuel efficient vehicles and hybrids. Some drivers, however, are going a [...]
In today’s edition of the New York Times, Bill Vlasic has an interesting piece called “Fully Loaded” (well that’s what it’s called online, at least, my Kindle edition bills it as “Cars With the High Tech Comforts of Home.”) To read the piece you will have to have a NYTimes free account, so I’ll hit [...]
It’s hard to get too optimistic about anything automotive at the moment. Edmunds is predicting that October sales across the industry may be down as much as a staggering 29 percent. We’re talking a potential three decade low here. But at the same time, Barak Obama is saying that if he wins, he’ll concentrate on [...]