Detroit Festival of Speed and Style - Car Tuning and Modified Cars, 2007-08-12 06:30:20 This summer will be Detroit Festival of Speed and Style, between the Woodward Dream Cruise and Detroit Grand Prix. It will be held between 24 and 26 Aug and will bring together car lovers with the most expensive and greatest classic cars. ...Bookmark tags: sports, car-news, cars, classic-cars, detroit, detroit-festival-of-speed-and-style, ford-gt, impala, indy-racer, low-riders-muscle-cars Battlefront-the "Sedate" Sedan, 2007-08-21 16:30:47 Midsize sedans such as the Honda Accord are the Wonder Bread and butter of the U.S. car market -- sedate but steady sellers. ...Bookmark tags: business, cars, motors, motor-trends, autos, honda, gm, detroit, chrysler, toyota THe Sexiest Looking Car in the Universe: Mazda Furai to wow Detroit, 2008-01-12 17:30:33 DROOOL!!! It's been a long time since I have fawned over a car, but these lines are simply amazing - Mazda has made a car that is set to throw Detroit on its ear. So fluid, so sensual, it's enough to make Beyonce look like Roseann Barr. ...Bookmark tags: technology, cars, detroit, mazda, autoshow, detroit-show, furai-automobiles Video: Explorer America Concept Reveal at NAIAS, 2008-01-17 10:30:41 The Ford Explorer America concept showcases a new kind of utility for the vehicle customers have known and loved for years: even better fuel efficiency. ...Bookmark tags: business, video, oil, cars, energy, ford, fuel, gasoline, detroit, fuel-economy The Car of the Future is Here, 2008-01-22 15:01:01 The Extreme Hybrid from AFS Trinity was rolled out last week at the Detroit auto show. It can run 40 miles on electricity before reverting to running efficiently on gasoline like a normal hybrid, such as the Toyota Prius. ...Bookmark tags: technology, cars, hybrid, gasoline, detroit, auto-show, fuel-efficiency, Prius, afs-trinity Detroit must die / American cars are still uniformly god-awful. Why save them?, 2008-11-15 00:00:19 This is what I think whenever I see someone plodding along the freeway or struggling through the city streets in some older and terminally bland or even brand new and yet still terminally bland Malibu or Cobalt or Taurus, Sebring or Nitro or Mustang or Corvette or Neon or hell, a … ...Bookmark tags: business, cars, ford, bankruptcy, gm, detroit, toyota, honda, chrysler, automotive-industry Let Detroit Go Bankrupt, 2008-11-19 08:00:07 IF General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye. It won't go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed. ...Bookmark tags: business, cars, detroit, auto-bailout Mitt Romney: "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt", 2008-11-19 09:00:03 If General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye. It won't go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed. ...Bookmark tags: us-news, romney, automotive-industry, gm, ford, chrysler, detroit, economy, cars "There's a delicious irony of seeing private luxury jets flying into DC, and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands", 2008-11-20 07:00:06 There's a delicious irony of seeing private luxury jets flying into DC, and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands, saying that they're going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses. ...Bookmark tags: politics, auto, gm, ford, cars, bail-out, detroit, ackerman Assembly line workers make $38 per hour., 2008-11-21 23:00:03 Let's start with the fact that it's not $70 per hour in wages. ...Bookmark tags: business, cars, car, health-care, detroit, toyota, unions, union, automobiles, benefits Ford, with help from Volvo, tops safe car list, 2008-11-27 13:00:04 The insurance industry named dozens of new cars and trucks, led by Ford Motor Co. and its Volvo subsidiary, to its annual list of the safest vehicles Tuesday, helped by the increased use of anti-rollover technology. ...Bookmark tags: technology, cars, auto, detroit, auto-industry, auto-bailout, auto-safety |