Delphi's Steve Miller: "What Went Wrong"

A quote from Miller's speech, published in the Detroit News . ... Steel, airlines, and autos. Different industries. Similar painful tran...

The "Enclave"?

Suppose you are in the marketing department of a gigantic manufacturing company that is floundering under the weight of old products and sin...

What War Really Looks Like [Politics]

This photo shows what Dresden looked like after the U.S. and Great Britain bombed it in February of 1945. It is shocking to look at. But ...

The Burka Project [Culture]

I saw a link to this somewhere and had to look. The " Burka Project " is a series of photographs taken in Paris, and other locale...

Truck Nuts

Apparently, driving a pickup truck is not manly enough for some guys; they need to advertise exactly how manly they are. Today I saw a silve...

Toyota May Overtake GM in 2006

News from Japan : A Japanese business paper estimates Toyota production in 2006 at 9,200,000 vehicles, when including Daihatsu and Hino; GM ...

The Turning Point

GM's recent deal with the UAW, and Delphi's looming battle may mark the turning point for unionized industrial labor in the U.S. Thi...

Crown Vic Killer?

Chrysler is going after the police interceptor market with police versions of the Dodge Charger and Magnum. Image courtesy of InsideDCX.com...

Don't Believe It

According to the Detroit News, GM 's leaders are not considering bankruptcy. Wagoner said unlike the airline industry, where some bankru...

How Not To Buy A New Car*

Everyone once in a while, when I am driving my car, I have a moment of infidelity. My eye wanders to the shiny new luxury/sports sedan passi...

Jail Bait

Ed Alterman of MPH writes about drag racing all comers on Woodward Ave in his loaner Corvette Z06. He feels high and might "like Zeus...

F on Yahoo Finance

I was looking at some automotive stocks on Yahoo Finance, and I noticed that Ford's stock (F) is labelled "Ford Motor Credit",...

Unicef: Smurf Killers [Politics]

UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, has produced a cartoon ad in Belgium dipicting Smurfs being blown to bits by a bombing raid...

Delphi: Out of S&P 500

As a reward for declaring bankrupcy, Delphi is being removed from the S&P 500 stock index, and replaced: Delphi shares are scheduled to ...

Delphi--Bad Omens

As you probably have heard already, Delphi, the largest American automotive parts supplier, has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. ...

More Eye Pollution: Honda Element "Woody"

Remember the Silly Car Contest ? I saw a strong contender the other day: a Honda Element with an aftermarket "Woody" kit. It looke...

Enough Cup Holders

I've had enough of cup holders. More precisely, I am sick of hearing about them in car reviews. Every review published by one of the L...

Racedriven

Welcome to a new (new to me, anyway) automotive blog, Racedriven . Written by one Brian Vermette, Racedriven is mostly focused on motorsport...

Comment Spam

I have been bombarded by spam in the comments areas lately. To try to stop the flood, I have turned on the word verification feature. I ap...