Ten most significant import cars, 2008 and beyond
Happy New Year! We've had the pleasure of helping to create and now write and and moderate this automotive blog beginning in June, 2008, and so far i...
Happy New Year! We've had the pleasure of helping to create and now write and and moderate this automotive blog beginning in June, 2008, and so far i...
Steve Parker | Posted 11.30.2008 | Business
How anxious are the Detroit Three carmakers to make sales? My wife and I were at the Los Angeles Auto Show last night, "Black Friday," at the Los Ang...
Steve Parker | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business
At this year's Los Angeles Auto Show, the 205-mile per hour, $100,000, 2009 Corvette ZR1 is relegated to the very rear of the Chevrolet exhibit, like the "adults only" section in video stores.
Steve Parker | Posted 11.22.2008 | Business
In a major win for all consumers, Democrats in the House of Representatives voted Thursday to put Rep. Henry Waxman of California in charge of a key p...
Steve Parker | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business
Many of the people and companies we saw at SEMA last week may very well be out of a job or out of business by next year's show.
Steve Parker | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business
The LA Auto Show is now officially the first big extravaganza on the national car calendar. It opens Friday, November 21st and runs through Sunday, November 30th at the LA Convention Center.
Josie Garthwaite | Posted 10.24.2008 | Green
The EPA has just published... The 2009 Fuel Economy Guide. Hybrids swept the top four spots this time, with the 2009 Toyota Prius ranking as the most fuel efficient car.
Steve Parker | Posted 10.07.2008 | Green
This post was written originally for the Santa Monica Daily Press newspaper (www.smdp.com) so please excuse the few Southern California references ......
Steve Parker | Posted 08.15.2008 | Green
GM is promoting the non-existent Chevrolet Volt, telling Olympics viewers it will be manufactured in 2010, but that's not definite. They say its gasoline powers a "generator" which keeps on-board batteries juiced-up.
TreeHugger.com | Posted 08.06.2008 | Green
5 Fuel-Saving Technologies In the long run, the internal combustion engine (ICE) is on the way out and electric motors are on the way in, but ICEs hav...
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Steve Parker | Posted 12.31.2008 | Business