Automotive
ALMS hits the streets Long Beach, and so does Autoblog
Filed under: Motorsports
Click above for a high-res gallery of the ALMS practice session at Long Beach
The streets of Long Beach are playing host to the ALMS, Indy Racing League, and SCCA World Challenge GT this weekend, and things got kicked off yesterday with two practice sessions for the ALMS. Acura racers claimed the top three spots, [...]
Lamest Excuse of the Week: Potholes as a "natural traffic calming measure"
Filed under: Safety
Here in Michigan, we’re used to hearing plenty of worthless excuses about the crap condition of our roads. However, this one takes the cake. A local council in Essex, England has deemed broken roads a “natural traffic calming measure.” If you didn’t catch that, “traffic calming” is a euphemism used by politicians when discussing [...]
Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 4.17.09
First Drive: 2010 Lincoln MKZ Like its Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan brothers, the 2010 MKZ benefits from a significant mid-cycle refresh that Lincoln hopes will make it more competitive in its segment.
Novitec builds “own” supercar, the TuLestoBased on the Ferrari F430, the 777 hp Novitec TuLesto is able to hit 60 mph in [...]
Billboard War Redux: Audi shoots back, BMW turns away
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Audi, BMW, Humor
Audi vs. BMW billboards - Click above for high-res image gallery
The billboard war taking place between Audi and BMW in Southern California has taken yet another turn today. After Audi called out its cross-country rival by saying “Your Move, BMW” on a billboard overlooking Santa Monica Blvd. advertising the new A4, [...]
Ford initial quality beats Honda, ties Toyota… according to Ford
Filed under: Car Buying, Trends, Etc., Ford
Most auto pundits will tell you that Ford has made great strides in quality over the last few years. Ford’s own studies, performed for the automaker by third party RDA Group, show that the efforts continue to pay off, with Ford pulling even with Toyota in initial quality and breezing [...]
Global Dominance Shift: VW may have sold more than Toyota in Q1
Filed under: GM, Toyota, Volkswagen, Earnings/Financials
Over the last several years, few automotive stories have held as much interest as the global fight between Toyota and General Motors for worldwide sales supremacy. Don’t look now, but there’s a new combatant hailing from Germany ready to take the reigns: Volkswagen. However, VW’s ascendancy has less to do with [...]
Detroit area mayor gets pulled over, demands speeding ticket
Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal
Our reaction would be markedly different after getting busted for 5 mph over. Rather than excoriate the revenue enhancement agent for harassing a man of the people, Warren, MI mayor Jim Fouts was worried that the verbal warning he initially received might be viewed as favoritism by some.
Amidst chatter of questionable sanity, the [...]
REPORT: North American International Auto Show likely to move out of Detroit, see other people
Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Government/Legal, Earnings/Financials
In car-related news that will further disappoint an already reeling city, the chairman of Detroit’s North American International Auto Show has gone on record that he is exploring ways to move the event out of the city.
The very public battle to expand the show’s home, Motown’s Cobo Center appears to [...]
Autoblog Podcast #123
Filed under: Concept Cars, Podcasts, Hybrids/Alternative, Etc., Government/Legal, Plants/Manufacturing, BMW, Cadillac, Chrysler, LLC., GM, Toyota, FIAT, Opinion/Editorial
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What better way to kick off your weekend than a new podcast, full of incisive commentary and rapier wit, delivered by well informed, articulate experts? Instead, we bring you [...]
Jaguar to headline this year’s Mille Miglia
Filed under: Motorsports, Time Warp, Sports/GTs, Jaguar
1953 Jaguar D-Type (above), 2009 Jaguar XKR and XFR (below right) - Click on either image to view in high resolution
The Mille Miglia is one of those iconic races that, even though it’s not run anymore as a contemporary competitive race, is still celebrated every year with a retrospective [...]
