The Fusion is Ford's Future

Cars! Cars! Cars! ruminates on Ford's product lineup and future, pitching in an unflatteringly hacked Ford oval graphic. He seems to co...

The H1-B Bomber

Bill Gates says that the H1-B visa quota should be eliminated. He wants us to believe that there is a shortage of engineers. The truth is, ...

Pet Safe Coolant

In Tom and Ray Magliozzi's latest Car Talk article , a veterinarian asks about pet-safe coolant (propylene glycol vs ethylene glycol). T...

California Ammunition Serial Number Stupidity

The California legislature has just passed out of committee a bill that would require all handgun ammunition sold in the state after 2007 to...

Charity From Toyota?

This morning, on the radio, I heard something that made me drop my toothbrush. Toyota was supposedly going to raise its car prices, to help ...

Want A Good Cheap Car? Try a Taurus.

I recently had a conversation with a family friend, a middle aged woman, who was in the market for a car. She wanted to know what I thought ...

Why Americans Prefer Cars Over Public Transportation

TTAC's Robert Farago skewers public transportation. Then TTAC's Colin Murchie skewers Robert Farago's piece. All good fun. B...

Invest in GM or F?

The Angry Engineer blogs about the high yields of Ford and GM stocks and bonds. 8% is tasty, but these are high-risk investments. If you ...

More Zephyr Details

My previous comments on the Zephyer are here. I have heard that the Zephyr will get the new 3.5L Duratec 35 engine, after it is introduced w...

Sign Me Up

From Joe Sherlock : A former Costco Wholesale worker who was fired for refusing to remove her eyebrow ring has appealed to the U.S. Supreme...

Chrysler Considering Chinese Takeout

Chrysler is considering manufacturing cars in China for export to the US. If it does, it will be the first major manufacturer to break the ...

Enough, Already

Why is it that the automotive press keeps blubbering on about what a great thing the Chrysler 300 is, and gives Chrysler a pass, to then go ...

Seatbelts on School Buses

Carpundit has been advocating seatbelts for schoolbuses, and I agree with him. I am not convinced by the arguments I have read that kids sh...

ELF Goes to Prison [Politics]

A college student was sentenced to 8 years in jail for vandalizing SUVs, in the name of the Earth Liberation Front. His two ELF buddies, Tyl...

Honda: If You Hose Out your Element, You're Hosed

From the CarTalk column of Tom and Ray Magliozzi: Honda refuses to pay for repairs when an Element owner uses water to clean up a spill, and...

Plug-in Hybrids, Do They Make Sense?

I received an email from a proponent of plug in hybrids recently. The writer was promoting a company called CalCars, the California Cars In...

Buy Regular, Save Money (Octane)

Gas is expensive right now, and where I live, the difference between regular and premium is about $0.20/gal. So to save money, I put regular...

My New Avatar...

My new avatar, in the style of SouthPark. This is not a bad charicature of me, except that I don't walk around with a beer all of the...

NHTSA: Standardize the Interface

We need some more regulations. That's right, I am an automotive engineer, and I am calling for more regulations. Sometimes, regulation i...

FrankJ on Taxes

My favorite humor blogger, FrankJ , posts on taxes. A few selected items: FUN FACTS ABOUT TAXES Read More » * Taxes strike viole...

SAE Congress 2005: Photoblog

I went to the SAE Congress at Cobo Hall today, in Detroit. I took the digital camera and snapped a few photos. Cobo Hall, surrounded by oran...

Lutz Funny

This is a portion of an interview that Bob Lutz gave to an analyst during a conference call, from the Wall Street Journal: Q: Stability cont...

Death Spiral?

Some days, at work, the mood is so black you would think that we Americans were in the same shape as MG Rover or Mitsubishi. We really aren...

Lincoln Zephyr: DOA?

According to Robert Farago at The Truth About Cars , the Lincoln Zephyr is "another nail in Lincoln's coffin". Unfortunately,...

GM Strikes Back

From the Wall Street Journal: In response to a series of articles about the auto maker, General Motors Corp. has pulled all of its advertisi...

Democrats Like Foreign Cars [Politics]

The Democratic party has presented itself as the party of the "working man", and the UAW has voted religiously for Democrat candid...

More Pain at Ford, More Jobs Lost in Detroit

Ford has announced that it will be cutting 1,000 or more white collar jobs, most in the Detroit area. Read the Detroit News story here . Som...

"I checked my engine, it was still there"

I get this question occasionally. "My check engine light came on, what do I do?" A quick guide: The "Check Engine" or (...

Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla, RIP [Culture]

I send my condolences to all Catholics on the passing of Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla. The Pope was a great man, one of the greatest of ...

Why Do "Progressives" Hate Cars?

Welcome Dennis Prager listeners! Why do you think progressives hate cars? I say: Control, and environmentalism. If we don't have cars, ...