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Why The Lies? 28 days ago Read More
The UAW did not cause the problem Detroit is facing. Look, unions (especially the UAW) can be as corrupt as any other big organization. And the UAW should not get a pass just because they are a uni...
Why The Bailout Is A Bad Idea 29 days ago Read More
Because nothing will change. Check out the nuts... We mean Lutz:Let me just get one thing straight here: There’s a lot of talk about well, General Motors doesn’t make the right kind of cars or Gene...
No Bailout 33 days ago Read More
There should be no bailout for automakers. Before we get too far into this, our love affair is with cars*, not the makers. Their short-sighted motives for high-profit (and low fuel economy) vehicle...
When Uncle Says No 65 days ago Read More
Boy, what do you do when you find yourself in a heap of trouble and your uncle won't help?
We don't know, either, but the U.S. government has denied GM's request for ten thousand million dollars in...
Free Advice: You Get What You Pay For 74 days ago Read More
So, Frank Rhodes, the grandson of ol' Walt (that Walt would be Walter P. Chrysler) offered a little advice to Chrysler bigwig Bob Nardelli. The advice goes like this (among other bits):
Develop an ...
Don't Screw Me! 86 days ago Read More
New (to us) site alert! No, not the Alison Krauss with whipped cream site. No, not the Summer Glau literally terminates a chub site. It's a site that shows what folks paid for the cars they bought....
Scary Fail 88 days ago Read More
OK, Cars.com came out with a list of "scary" features. And it's so incredibly fail that it should get its own category. Fail. That should be the category. And the lede for this bit would also go in...
The Race of Champions 101 days ago Read More
Finally, a fun car story. We'd so love to be a part of this, but alas we have no:
Junker
$500 to fix junker up
Summer Glau
Anyway, thanks Mr. Alterman. That was a good read.
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Bail Out 121 days ago Read More
This is just horseshit. We made the vehicles that made us the most profit, didn't invest the moolah in anything but big and it backfired on us, save us. This just goes to show you there is no free ...