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How To Turn A Pumpkin Into The Michelin Man
Bibendum Does Detroit
As you can tell from this cinematic experience, I found Detwa to be tres magnifique. I want to say a big merci beaucoups to my comrades-in-arms — the automakers who kept my champagne glass filled and, of course, les femmes.
Detroit Eez Shit, Eet Haz No Good Patisseries
How you say, fromage de la porc en anglais? No matter, for we have provided you silly English-speaking so-called auto journalists a restaurant guide Michelin makes for zee Detroit Auto Show. Malheureusement, they're all in Ville de Nouveau York. Eh.
2009 Michelin Challenge Design Searches For Next Iconic American…
Michelin has challenged budding car designers to come up with the next iconic American vehicle, referencing past greats like 1968 Ford Mustang. Here’s a gallery of our favorites.
Drive and Learn: Bridgestone Horse Track Tire Party
A late season rain storm rolled into sunny Los Angeles a few Fridays ago, just in time for us to go down to the Santa Anita race track and blow our meager earnings on the ponies slide around on wet autocross course set up in the parking lot of the San Gabriel Valley horse track. Only a few journalists were on hand for …
We Don't Come Alone; We Are Fire, We Are Stone
Firestone isn't really the Wal-Mart of tires, except that after the Explorer debacle, they sort of ended up seeming that way. We mean, even the American government seems to be willing to bet more on the French. However, there was a time when a Firestone tire at Indianapolis meant something. Ask Foyt and cohorts.…
Wert's Good At Faking It: Jalopnik Editor Judges Michelin-Sponsored…
I was all set last night at the MGM Grand Casino in beautifully wet n' cold downtown Detroit — all of us auto writers were finished with our gun-slingin'
