Digging Into "Dealergate", Part II

Doug Ross continues to assert that the Obama administration chose to close Chrysler dealers based on their political donations, but he relie...

No Obvious Political Bias In Chrysler Dealership Closings

Update : Blogger Marla Singer at Zero Hedge did some actual statistcs on the entire dealer open and closing list, and found a small correla...

A Prophecy Sadly Comes True

Back in the earlier days of this blog, circa 2005 (when I would get more real comments than spam), I posted that I thought GM should kill Po...

Another Sign Of The Carpocalypse

(I hope Jalopnik doesn't go 1-800-Call-Sam on me for using "carpocalypse".) One of the horseman of the carpocalypse rode throu...

Fiat's Multiair System

Fiat has developed an interesting engine system for improving fuel economy. called Multiair. This is another type of variable valve timing...

Does America Want The Tata Nano?

My answer: no, not in its original form. As it is, the thing (probably) won't pass the NHTSA crash tests, not to mention the basic FMVSS...

Video: Early Nano Review

This is another video review of the Tata Nano, apparently done in India for CNBC. An interesting detail: 0-60 kph takes about 10s, which tra...

Poor Man's Aptera

This. Is. Awesome. Also see this one .

Aptera: Quirky Toy or Real Car?

Here is a short list of reasons why I think that the Aptera will be a low volume toy for the rich or idealistic, and not a mass market tran...

Silly Mazda, No iPod Controls

By now, just about everyone in the U.S. has an Apple iPod, or one of the many competitors. Most automakers have rightly realized that allow...

Carnival Of Cars: Ides Of March Edition

Mark Tapscott , after doing yoemans work on Carnival Of Cars (which, you may remember, was started here) has been fairly silent lately. So,...

Never Buy a Salvage Car That Has Been "Clipped"

You need a car, and you don't have much money. You find a guy on Craigslist selling a salvage-titled vehicle which has been "expe...

Fuel-less Jeep?

I saw a Google text ad for Jeep on this blog today, which says: Loading... Jeep hybrid vehicle Learn More About the New Jeep Fuel-less Vehic...

European Child Seat Testing Video

A fellow from Poland (I think) sent me a link to his YouTube page, which features various videos relating to child seat safety. This one is...

Depressing Scenes At The Motor Mall

I drove through the Troy motor mall today. If you are local, you know about it, it is a huge collection of car dealerships clustered togeth...

Standalone Saturn?

There has much discussion recently in the press about the possible future of Saturn as a stand-alone auto company. One scenario has GM spin...