May 17th, 2007 | 
Well, it’s not really the Shanghai Auto Show. Officially, comrade, it’s the 12th International Automobile and Manufacturing Technology Exhibition. Insiders in the auto industry are predicting that this “car” show will be the biggest and most important in the world within 10 years. Why? Because by that time, China will likely surpass the US [...]
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My son and I went out to Phoenix to, among a few other things, spend a couple of days learning how to drive fast (and well) at the Bob Bondurant School for High Performance Driving. My son (almost 17) took the Advanced Teenage Driving course and I took the Z06 (Corvette) Experience course. Both [...]
While in Arizona this week, I was able to get my hands on one of Hertz’ rent-a-racer Shelby GT-H Mustangs. This is a special run of higher performance Mustangs assembled by Shelby Automobiles exclusively available from Hertz for rental at “select” locations. This is a rehash of a similar program [...] If you want to skip my drivel about the show and just see the pictures, click here. My son and I made our annual pilgrimage to New York City for the Auto Show last week. We go to take a look at the few concept cars there, to see exotics that we don’t get to see [...] My son and I went to the New York International Auto Show last week (I’ll post on the show in the next few days). While walking around the show floor, I was struck by how practical marketing has become in the automotive business. Virtually everything related to promoting a vehicle has gotten so quantitative. Car [...] An ongoing series of haiku inspired by the recently witnessed antics of Subaru drivers. Spring opens its arms Snow melts; life and roads emerge Subarus still slow
Feel deep inner peace Outback turns left from right lane Need valium now Previous explanation and Subaruku [...] After years of riding sport bikes – motorcycles with insane horsepower figures and even more insane hp/weight ratios – I moved on to cruisers several years ago. Cruisers are generally bigger and heavier than sport bikes. They move a bit slower and have somewhat less sensitive steering. They’re also more comfortable and accommodate a [...] In a previous post, I discussed the British television show, Top Gear, and the unfortunate accident that took place when one of the show’s hosts, Richard Hammond, crashed a 10,000HP (yup, 10 with three zeroes), jet-powered car at, roughly, 288MPH. Ouch! Hammond who was doing “one last run,” had already broken the British [...] The 2007 Lexus LS460 has what is advertised as truly breakthrough technology – the ability to park itself. The guys at over at Automobile Magazine gave the system a test run recently. It’s pretty clear that the system still has some maturing to do and that the car may have particular issues if near [...]
DaimlerChrysler’s Smart Car division has been spending gobs of money trying to make their diminutive vehicles acceptable to the US government and to American consumers as well. Compared to what Americans are used to, these things are microscopic. They’ve been sold in Europe for years (tiny cars are available in many other [...] |
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