The Song Carrying on a tradition by such storied parodists as Stan Freberg, Allan Sherman, and Weird Al Yankovich, Da Yoopers offer this simple holiday song, Rusty Chevrolet. A tale…
Harvey Briggs
Mention the name Prius to any self-respecting car junkie and they’ll likely scoff. “It’s not a car,” they’ll say. “It’s an automotive appliance.” Even though Toyota has sold more than…
Monday Musings: The LA Auto Show Has More For Everyone. A Lot More.
The Los Angeles Auto Show kicked off last week and while only a few all new cars and concepts introduced, there was a lot to look at and talk about.…
I can say without any hesitation that I never thought I’d drive a snowplow through three tons of sand, ride a board down a dune in 90 degree heat, nor…
The Song The third track off his self-titled debut Album, Marc Cohn’s Silver Thunderbird was the follow-up single to the monster hit, Walking In Memphis. Silver Thunderbird is a song…
We were driving north on Interstate 39, comfortably ensconced in a 2017 Lexus LX 570 speeding along with the adaptive cruise control locked in at 79 miles per hour. The…
Monday Musings: The Automotive Future will not be as Bleak as Bob Lutz Thinks
Last week, Automotive News published a thought-provoking essay by Bob Lutz about the future of personal transportation and the automotive industry. As you would expect, it has generated a lot…
The Song What do you get when hip hop meets dance and electronic music in a Sri Lankan home in the United Kingdom? The music of M.I.A., a multi-platinum songwriter,…
Destination: Nowhere special in the 2017 Fiat 124 Spider Lusso
Some cars beg to be driven someplace. A Rolls-Royce Dawn must end up at a swanky resort. A BMW M2’s proper terminus is a race track like Laguna Seca. And…
Yesterday during his diplomatic mission to Japan, President Donald Trump delivered a speech that included this message to the country’s auto executives who were in attendance. “When you want to…
