We live in interesting times. Last year Ford sold over 6.6 million cars globally, generating $4.6 billion in earnings and had its second best pre-tax profit year ever. Yes, sales…
Ford Transit and Winnebago reenvision the motorhome. Back in the early ’80s when I was a young man, I had a van. It was a Ford Econoline with a hand-crafted…
The Song I woke up this morning to the sad news that Chris Cornell of the bands Soundgarden and Audioslave died suddenly last night. Throughout his career as a pioneer…
Americans have a love/hate relationship with electric cars. Actually, if we’re being honest, it’s mostly hate. In survey after survey car shoppers say they love the idea of the efficiency,…
I have an admission to make. I love my cars, but I don’t always take care of them as well as I should. Sure, I change the oil regularly in…
Yesterday, Autoblog reported on Citigroup’s recommendation that Apple should spend some of its huge stockpile of cash to buy Tesla. While that’s an interesting notion, and it does give Tesla…
As automotive enthusiasts, we tend to romanticize the past. Events like the California Mille, Woodward Dream Cruise, Pebble Beach Concours, and the thousands of Cars & Coffees that are held…
Let’s face it. We love our SUVs and Crossovers. So the fact that BMW has filled another niche with an all-wheel-drive, luxury crossover is hardly surprising. In fact, given the…
What do you call someone who’s just a little bit of a Rogue? A rascal? An imp? A knave? Maybe that’s what Nissan should have called their newest compact crossover…
This is another case like Tesla where a band with a car name wasn’t actually named after the car. The Fabulous Thunderbirds were inspired by a mythical bird in Native…