Jalopnik: Good Morning America

Good Morning America Drives The Strange Green Cars Of The Future

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:00:00 EST

According to Good Morning America green cars are just like you and me, but different. They have funny shapes, they use craaaaazy fuel and they're just a little gay (at least, that's what we think they were going for). The crew from GMA took out an NmG, the grease-powered Bio-Trike and a Tesla for their "green car" morning feature. We don't mind the focus on the more "out there" green vehicles, but we're a bit bummed they overlooked the Volkswagen Jetta TDI, a relatively affordable and practical green solution that the show's heartland audience could theoretically embrace. [GMA]

Mainstream Media Finds Flying Car, We'll Pretend To Be Surprised

Ray Wert — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:00:00 EDT

Oh look, Good Morning America found our post from a month ago on the flying ~~UFO~~ Moller M200 Volantor this morning. Ah, good ol' mainstream media — we can always count on them to get the story — sooner or later.

Soccer Mom In Minivan Tries To Recreate Scene From Ronin

Ray Wert — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:15:00 EDT

We've seriously never seen a minivan-driving soccer mom move as fast as this Southern California woman booked it. Keep in mind this was after she tucked and rolled from the driver's seat and slammed her car into a couple of vehicles caught at a stop light. [Good Morning America]

GMA Knows Cerberus Is Not A Car Company

Ray Wert — Mon, 14 May 2007 12:45:00 EDT

ABC's Good Morning America knows that Cerberus isn't a car company, so they're quick to point the obvious fact out this morning in their coverage of the unwinding of the "merger of equals." Because they're a private equity company in addition to never manufacturing a vehicle before, it means they're looking at making some money on this whole venture (as opposed to what traditional US auto manufacturers have more or less been submitting on earnings forms for the past couple of years) doing one of two things. They could decide to make money immediately, via selling the Chrysler group off part and parcel — or they could decide to look at getting Chrysler all fixed up again with Wolfgang Bernhard (now an adviser to the Cerberus Group) at the helm. We're more inclined to believe the second of the two options is the most likely course of action — what with Bernhard's involvement as well as the UAW's tacit blessing of the decision. But either way, we're feeling this story's going to be the gift that keeps on giving to the automotive news media and ~~talking heads~~ pundits for quite a while to come — or at least until UAW negotiations grind everything to a halt later this year. – Ray Wert

Good Morning America [ABCNews.com]