C. Van Tune is a former Editor-in-Chief of Motor Trend. I received an email today that I thought you’d be interested in. It came from the PR department of the upcoming Los Angeles Auto Show, proudly noting how many “green cars” would be on display. No other vehicles were noted, just a long list of [...]
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Editor Sawyer posted an interesting piece about the UAW. Fact is, most of us who live beyond the Rouge and Detroit Rivers could give a damn about the Detroit Three, who we view as producers of inferior products, and companies that have screwed themselves and the American consumer for decades, playing on Yankee Doodle Dandy [...]
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Editor Sawyer sent me this commentary from Road Atlanta. “For years stick-and-ball sports have had their share of face painters and guys who wear multi-colored wigs while holding up placards with selected verses from the Bible. Racing, however, is a little different. And the proof of that is in this photo taken at the rain-shortened [...]
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Episode #037, 2009 Audi R8 Mr. White’s lucky streak continues unabated as he gets into an Audi R8. Unaccustomed as he is to such exotica, he proclaims the design superior to the F430, though Mr. Black and Mr. Blonde disagree. Discussion covers the engine, the lack of torque-vectoring, the fine exterior design and how it’s [...]
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