You've really got to love Ford for giving the environmental messaging the old college try — they've put out yet another press release touting the magical petroleum-reducing soybean-based foam in their seats. This time, it's not just that...
Mr. Levine over at PickupTruck.com has been busy today, further hashing out the details we saw this morning on the new reverse outsourced Mahindra Appalachian. It seems the mid-sized pickup will be assembled right in Ohio to avoid the dreaded 25%...
In their advertising of the day, Caddy claimed, The only way to travel is in Cadillac style. But for this transcontinental two-door, the only way was in the belly of a specially outfitted 747.
Dull as minivans may seem (well, unless they run 12-second quarter miles, of course), they're pretty useful transportation appliances that do the job asked of them. Lots of folks give VW credit for making the first one, but the Gray Lady would...
We thought we'd seen luxury cars before. Rolls itself has even gone pretty far in furthering the state of the pampering art, but now they've outdone themselves. The new Rolls Royce Phantom Coupe — based on the concept car from the Detroit...
When we grow up, we want to be just like Snoop Dogg, in at least in one way. Snoop's got this guy, Big Slice, who manages his automotive whims. If Snoop wakes up at two in the morning thinking he wants a 1966 Pontiac painted the LA Lakers' colors,...
If you're in the high-fidelity first-class traveling set, and you think you need to buy a Lear jet, then you'll need a place to park your exotic car when you're away on travel. Did we say park? We meant to say that you'll need a condo for your car...
Lear becomes latest auto supplier to file for Chapter 11 Carpocalypse bankruptcy protection. [NYT]
We know it's a slow news day FoMoCo, but seriously — seat cushions? Seriously. The boys n' girls in Dearborn are hailing their newest "American Innovation" — a "major breakthrough with soy-based polyurethane foams", which apparently...
It's not like there has been a heckuva lot of good news on the supplier front, so when we see the headline of a story and it has the words "Lear", "suspends" and "dividends", we naturally kick our brains into "here we go again" mode. Luckily, we...
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