Mazda3 Hatch Revealed
While the Mazda3 hatch will officially debut in Bologna in about a week, they’ve released some oddly-angled and useless shots of the car already. Like the current generation Mazda3 sedan and hatch, the...
View ArticleMore Panamera Pics Released
Might be growing on me. How scary. It’s still “sacrilege,” and overpriced, and I still think the 300 horsepower 3.6 liter V6 is inappropriate, and I’d still contend it weighs too much for a Porsche,...
View ArticleDaily Podcast: How Far We’ve Come
Sure, it was 1925. But do you ever see even slightly similar ads anymore? The post Daily Podcast: How Far We’ve Come appeared first on The Truth About Cars.
View ArticleChrysler 300C on eBay? No, it’s a Rolls Royce RR4!
People have been sticking cheesy Bentley knock-off grilles on their 300s since the day they went on sale (my favorite one has a probably copyright-infringing “B” at the top). But what you really need,...
View ArticleFerrari Checking Out Corvette ZR1
While we at TTAC aren’t big fans of the “anonymous source” reporting method, there are times when it’s that or nothing. Especially when we’re not reporting on “real” news of theoretical upcoming events...
View ArticleMINI Reveals New Convertible
MINI has sent out the press release and photo pack for its new MINI convertible, and I have to say “eh.” It the same looks as the MINI hatchback, and the first generation new MINI convertible. The...
View ArticleCNN Money: Big Three Could Return to Profitability in 2010
CNN Money’s Chris Isidore writes that if all the stars aligned, the Big Three could return to profitability by 2010. He qualifies his comments often, with phrases like “if they make it to 2010,” but...
View ArticleNine Similarities Between Car Blogs and Gadget Blogs
In addition to my robust obsession with cars, I’m also very much a fan of new technology. Be it computers, cell phones, wristwatches that wash dishes, or high-powered laser staplers, I’m interested. To...
View ArticleFirst Official Honda Insight Image
This is the first official shot of Honda’s upcoming Prius-fighter. And if anyone can take on the Prius (which despite being down 50% in November compared to November 2007, still sold 8600 units), it’s...
View ArticleVW Debuts New Golf Plus For Europe. Plus-Sized Americans Unwelcome.
Over in what we affectionately call the “Old World,” C-segment hatchbacks like the Golf, Focus, Megane, Civic, and Corolla/Auris also come in higher roofed variations affectionately called MPVs (multi...
View ArticleDaily Podcast – Lieberman Edition: I Love the Mitsuoka Himiko
Oh sure, it looks like a Morgan. But it’s not. Fresh from Mitsuoka, the same company that turned an Infiniti M35 into some kind of time warp British sedan for James May, is the Himiko roadster. It’s...
View ArticleStick-On Wood Trim Is Tacky
I’ve been seeing stick-on wood for as long as I can remember, but this is a first: plastiwood around the Lexus logo on the steering wheel. I like wood trim in cars when it’s actually wood. At the point...
View ArticleCome April, You’ve GOT to Take the Mercury Sable Off Your List!
Thanks to some hard-nosed detective work by Edmunds’ Inside Line, Ford has confirmed that the Mercury Sable (now, as always, a twin of the Ford Taurus) will be ending production in April. As a likely...
View ArticleThe Times of London: “Vauxhall in Secret Cash Plea to Save 5000 Jobs”
British Leyland 2.0? Nope. But that’s what the London Times might like us to think, at least based on the headline: “Vauxhall in Secret Cash Plea to Save 5000 Jobs.” Oh, well that’s pretty dispositive,...
View ArticleGM’s Bankruptcy Could Cost $1 Billion in Legal Fees
General Motors and Chrysler have both retained “hot shot” law firms to advise them on bankruptcy matters. Want to know what their legal bills will look like? GM has retained a firm named Weil, Gotshal...
View ArticleJoke of the Day: Hyundai Excel on eBay Motors
This one is dumber than a box of hair. While my countless hours spent trolling have come up with some really crappy, world class pieces of junk, this is crazy on a new level. The Hyundai Excel was one...
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Between the Lines: Jalopnik’s Ray Wert Writes “Case For Rick Wagoner”
Jalopnik's Editor and I have had some major differences of opinion. Ray Wert recently opined that a Chrysler-GM merger made good business sense. I disagreed. When Jalopnik sold "Save GM" t-shirts and...
View ArticleMercedes E-Class Images “Leak”
I neither know nor care if these images were accidentally or intentionally leaked. That’s just how the internet works. In any case, these are official shots of the next generation E-Class sedan. I’m a...
View ArticleFloor Continues to Fall On Used Pontiac G8 Prices
Just a few weeks ago I wrote about the Pontiac G8, one of my favorite cars, and how the prices for lightly used examples are getting rather low. Back in November, a V6 model with around 10,000 miles...
View ArticleUK eBay Seller Has Non-Bailout Quote of the Day
A British eBayer, selling a rather unusual car for the UK, describes one of the many flaws of his Ford Thunderbird 3.8: SIDE WINDOW SMASHED DUE TO SOMEONE SMASHED IT. Winner. The post UK eBay Seller...
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