In Brief: Porsche Carrera 4S

by Mark Ewing on January 25, 2013 · 0 comments

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There I was, sitting at my desk, minding my own business, as usual. Kerry Morse calls to ask if I’ll travel south to darkest Orange County to meet for a late breakfast at the Cowgirls Café, not far from his shop, where he stores ancient and rare Porsche race car parts for sale and barter. [...]

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In Brief: 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid

by Mark Ewing on November 9, 2012 · 0 comments

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Volkswagen committed to a critical strategic shift a few years ago: let’s design and build cars Americans want, rather than telling them to buy what we offer because we’re smarter and know better. Oddly enough, VW has achieved lift-off in the US by following this basic principle of capitalism, giving the people what they want. [...]

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In Brief: 2013 Ford C-Max

October 29, 2012

We drove a number of Fords lately, and were most curious about the C-Max, Escape, Focus and Fusion, as the bits and pieces in these cars are meant to serve around the world. As a friend recently pointed out, Ford is deeply at risk of missing the wave of car sales in India, China, and [...]

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In Brief: 2012 Ford Focus ST

October 28, 2012

At a recent Ford event, we sampled a number of the current offerings. With few exceptions, they’re stellar, on target and several are now on my recommended list. Let’s start with the easy one, Focus ST. As per the site’s name, we’ll be brief, as every wannabe Fangio has or will report. From what I’ve [...]

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In Brief: 2013 Nissan Sentra

October 19, 2012

Natural Selection — The process by which forms of life having traits that better enable them to adapt to specific environmental pressures (such as predators, changes in climate, or competition for food or mates) will tend to survive and reproduce in greater numbers than others of their kind, thus ensuring the perpetuation of those favorable traits [...]

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In Brief: Mitsubishi i-Miev

June 20, 2012

A single word sums up my long weekend in a Mitsubishi i-MiEV: soothing. Driving an EV is soothing. Quiet, smooth, serene, simple, soothing. Like other sprawling US cities—Atlanta, Houston, Phoenix—LA’s streets and freeways are a nightmare landscape: sociopaths expressing frustration by over-driving their cars and endangering the lives of others by lunging across two, three [...]

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In Contrast: McLaren F1 Le Mans

April 28, 2012

Here’s the first segment of the film created by my friend, Chris Bibb. Right place, right time, and good luck, yes, but Chris had cameras on all the cars, and in great part because of a rain storm near the end of the race that took out the remaining prototype cars, McLaren won. Chris followed [...]

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In Review: Truth in 24 II

April 28, 2012

Thursday night, Lady Lawyer and I attended the premiere of Audi’s “Truth in 24 II,” held in St. Vibiana, the decommissioned late 19th century Catholic church off Main St. in downtown LA. As a native Angeleno, I’m happy to see this building remain active, even though it suffered extensive earthquake damage. Also present were the [...]

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