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Question of the Day: What’s Causing High Fuel Prices?
- posted: 20.07.08http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-whats-causing-high-fuel-prices/ NPR's Market Place recently featured on an economist who said gas prices don't follow any rational economic pattern. Supply has nothing to do with demand, and vice-versa. Wonderful. TTAC contributor and former Car and Driver ME Stephan Wilkinson emailed me this morning on the same topic. "Opinions, of course, range all the [...]
New WRX Revealed, Revered
- posted: 20.07.08http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-wrx-revealed-revered/ We're talking about Subie-grokking enthusiasts. What brought this to mind: the automaker's announcement [reported by our slack-jawed pals at Autoblog] that the current WRX will become the Impreza GT. The new WRX will be a fanboy's wet dream. She'll be packing 265hp, an upgraded suspension and fancy-schmancy-trim,. And get this: no slushbox. Manual transmission only. [...]
Car Advertisers Hang-up The Greenwashing (As If)
- posted: 20.07.08http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/car-advertisers-hang-up-the-greenwashing-as-if/ The automotive industry is the global leader in greenwashing. Whether through highly-touted donations to activist groups, misleading advertisements or assorted implausible claims, automakers will do most anything (or in some nothing) to seem eco-friendly. The New York Times reports that the ad men are worried that many consumers [...]
Chinese Panda Clone Banned From Europe
- posted: 20.07.08http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chinese-panda-clone-banned-from-europe/ Automotive News [sub] reports a Turin [Italy] court has banned the Great Wall GWPeri from European sales. The court agrees with Fiat's assessment that the car "is a (Fiat) Panda with a different front end." The court ordered Great Wall to pay Fiat about $24k for the first imported model, and [...]
GM Has Awesome (pictures of) New Cars!
- posted: 20.07.08http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-has-awesome-pictures-of-new-cars/ Can't wait for some good news about Product Revolution 2.0 from GM? Well, surf on over to Edmunds Inside Line for the latest in grainy computer-generated images of the cars that are sure to make you forget that GM was ever in any kind of trouble. Think American automakers can't build [...]
Daily Podcast: Stupid Useless Vanity
- posted: 20.07.08http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/daily-podcast-stupid-useless-vanity/ For the past six years or so, I steered clear of SUVs. A car guy bought cars. End of story. And now, suddenly, I want one. Not a cute ute or anything as sensible as a Honda Pilot, mind you (I'd rather ride a Vespa). But an authentic, gas-guzzling off roader: a Land Rover Discovery or whatever the stupid alphanumeric is for it now [LR3]. Or a Jeep Wrangler. I'd even go supervulgar and ride around in a Mercedes G500. Or a Toyota Land Cruiser, FJ Cruiser or Nissan Xterra. If a stick shift is available, even better. Not that I'd actually take my SUV off road. I just like the image. Is that so horrible? Does it really make me a bad person? I certainly hope so.
GM: “Have I no friend will rid me of this living fear?”
- posted: 20.07.08http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-have-i-no-friend-will-rid-me-of-this-living-fear/ Ever since GM CEO Rick Wagoner announced his first turnaround plan (turn around while I pocket $100m), Wall Street and the mainstream media have reacted positively to his cuts. And every single time TTAC's responded with Death Watch warnings that the cuts don't mean jack shit. GM's octo-branded, dealer-bloated, product-lame, legacy-intensive, union-stifled, fiefdom-protecting business model [...]
Between The Lines: Bob Lutz’s “Working Hard on Tomorrow, Today”
- posted: 20.07.08http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/between-the-lines-bob-lutzs-working-hard-on-tomorrow-today/ In 2001, Robert A. Lutz jumped on the GM gravy train as the automaker’s vice chairman of product development. Since then, The General has continued its inexorable march to oblivion. Car-wise, Lutz’ regime has been marked by brand-defiling badge engineering and a seemingly endless stream of “nearly there” products. And yet the automaker’s camp followers continue to give Lutz a free pass. There’s only one reason for this blind spot: they don’t pay attention to what he does OR what he says. Perhaps they failed to notice that the guy’s got a blog.
Smart fortwo?
- posted: 20.07.08http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/smart-fortwo/ As TTAC's Best and Brightest know, Smart's proud parents, the German geniuses who adopted, abused and then disowned Chrysler, long resisted the calls to bring the Smart stateside. And then, eventually, did. In the first six months, 11,400 Smart fortwo have found new closets homes. If you're an aspiring American smarty pants, you'll have to [...]
Ford-Free Jaguar and Land Rover Move Upmarket
- posted: 20.07.08http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-free-jaguar-and-land-rover-motor-upmarket/ The Financial Times reports that new Jaguar owners Tata Motors are taking the leaping cat up market. What's more, "there are no plans to replace Jaguar's cheapest model, the X-Type." Not so strangely, the once interim and now permanent CEO of Jaguar and Land-Rover is lifetime Ford financial guy (and ex-Aston director) David Smith. [...]
