Ford Ditches Mathers

Ford was, according to a Detroit News item , approached by representatives of rapper Eminem (Marshal Mathers), asking for a hot new vehicle ...

Australian Beer Ad [Humor]

Biggest. Beer. Ad. Ever. Here . (HT: Trollhattan Saab)

Ford Sells Ranger EV's

Unlike GM, which responded to environmentalist protestors with a single digit salute, (some were even arrested) when they demanded the right...

UAW's Viagra Benefit

I heard an amazing thing today, driving in to work. WJR's (AM760) Paul W. Smith was interviewing The Car Connection's Paul Eisenste...

Baby Mirror Safety

We have friends who have a baby, and along with the rear facing car seat, mounted in the rear seat of the car, they use one of those little ...

The Jaguar Daimler

Jaguar owns the rights to the Daimler name. According to the Detroit News , Jaguar is going to build a car in the $100,000 range, placed abo...

Do You Use Engine Braking?

Autoguy has finally joined civilization, and taken up the art of manual gear selection. Ben Kraal argues that "gears are for going, b...

Carnival of Cars #3

AutoMuse has done the honors, this time, and posted Carnival of Cars 7-11 (#3).

Amazon.com Selling Car Stuff

Amazon.com has started an online store devoted to automotive goods. They are building a large index of various parts, accessories, and tool...

The Mazda5: Automotive Origami

My local Mazda dealer is showing off a 2006 Mazda5, ahead of the official August roll-out. I stopped in today to take a look at it, and I wa...

Ford GT Refund

A British writer buys a Ford GT, one of only 28 destined for his country. He has dreamed of owning such a car since his childhood, when the...

Pikes Peak Run on IFilm

There is a short movie of a French team's run up Pikes Peak circa 1990. Absolutely amazing stuff. http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/267...

George Orwell Was British

Lately, the Brits have been proposing all kinds of improvements for their cars. Each "improvement", however, sounds more sinister ...

Britain Considering Carbon Rationing

According to the Telegraph , Britain is considering rationing energy useage by its citizens, and creating markets where energy misers can se...

Bloglines: Cool. [Blogging]

Bloglines.com is a great free service which lets you subscribe to RSS feeds, including most blogs. If you subscribe to all of your favorit...

Tom Cruise Worships A Space Alien [Culture]

I don't normally pay attention to what the "stars" have to say, since many of them can't think their way out of a paper ba...

Activation Code [Politics]

This is a message for all field operatives of the Michigan cell of the Vast Rightwing Conspiracy. Clambake Foxtrot Zulu Zulu. Elvis has lef...