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People may be over GM bailout, but I’m not buying your cars
I don’t believe in bailing out private enterprise. History of cars I owned Cars I loved: 1942 Plymouth Convertible, baby blue with white top, beaded finder weld (looked great, ran terribly) 1949 Ford, flathead... Exclusive: Ferrari FF, First U.S. Drive
The Ferrari FF is slated to come to America in 2012. The Drive Channel scored the first drive of any journalist on American soil. Ferrari of Tampa Bay and Ferrari of North America let us take the factory car for a... A real sob story
General Motors dumped Saab last year and ever since Spyker Cars, the Dutch car owner previously known as Swedish Automobile, tried to unload to Chinese and Russian investors. That is even more embarrassing than the... Whatever happened to heads up displays?
Motorsports Whatever happened to heads up displays? I had a 1993 Pontiac Grand Prix with a heads up display. It was terrific at displaying the speedometer and other essential indications. When I sold the car, I... Hood ornaments melded into the radiator
Gone are the wonderful ornaments that adorned the hoods of cars. They were the miniature sculptures of the cars’ logos and emblems. They added to the experience of richness and to the drama of design. Most clever... Volvo design and headlight wipers
It has been more than a year since Volvo obtained a new design director who was a person from the past. Today, I was walking past one of those European auto repair shops where there are usually a few cars on the... China poised to buy GM?
Well, I hate to break your heart. China will take a 1% stake, according to this article. Hey, the way things are going, we could sell Detroit to China. That would be interesting. China would then be the gateway to... Cars – Love and hate
My first car was a black 1949 Ford flathead six cylinder three-on- the tree gear shift sedan with white interior and an electric trunk opener, non standard. I bought it for $100 as a fixer upper. $500 later and I... Japanese man, 45, died of overwork
"There is an effort in Japan to cut down on deaths from overwork, known as "karoshi." Such deaths have steadily increased since the Health Ministry first recognized the phenomenon in 1987.""A Japanese labor bureau...Worst States for Drunk Driving
"Wisconsin leads the way. The federal government estimates morethan a quarter of the state's adult drivers had driven under theinfluence. Rounding out the worst five are North Dakota, Minnesota,Nebraska and South...Extreme Car Concepts
While Switzerland is a neutral country and has no indigenous automaker of its own, independent design houses the world over have adopted the Geneva salon as their “home” show. As a result, the annual...Tata Nano in Europe in 4 Years?
Reliable sources claim that Tata Motors will enter the European market by 2012. Until then the company will concentrate on their local market. 250,000 Nano cars will be produced each year for now but the goal is...
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Dashboard of the Future
According to Delphi's research, drivers who keep their eyes within a 20 degree range are less distracted, and therefore less likely to crash. Its four-screen dashboard prototype lets drivers keep their eyes...
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Mitsubishi: Diesels Are Reborn
Automakers unveiled more than 50 vehicles and big ideas during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Wired cut through the chaff to bring you the Wired, the beloved old-school and...
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New Tesla expected in March
It's been a crazy few months at Tesla Motors, what with all those heads rolling and transmissions failing, but the company says it absolutely, positively will begin building the all-electric Roadster on March 17.
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