Manufacturing buzz
“Google’s not in business to give you the truth, it’s in business to give what you think is relevant,” Michael Fertik, ReputationDefender founder, via
This post is due, in part, to the majestic Byron Hurd. Oh, and Jack Baruth, Zerin Dube, Derek Kreindler, and the rest of the S:S:L crew. And Suzanne Denbow. We were sitting [...]
My take on the Cadillac CTS-V challenge
I’m sorry: I mistook what Cadillac was trying to do here in what became known as the “#JalopnikVsGM Challenge.”
Apparently, it was “May the Best Car Win.” I was under the impression that Bob Lutz, as an amateur, would be racing against other amateurs to find the best time among the amateurs.
By that metric, Michael Cooper, [...]
Silence of the brands
Some major car brands, like Oldsmobile, Plymouth, Pontiac, Daewoo, Rover, and Isuzu died in my lifetime. Here in North America, so did (stupid) made-up ones like Passport, Geo, Asüna, Merkur, and Eagle.
You’d think automakers would learn their lesson, but no. Of course not. In the last 20 years, Honda created Acura; Toyota, Lexus and Scion; [...]
Coupés have two doors
I think my problem, herein known as the problem, lies between connotation and denotation. Denotation is the literal meaning of the word, connotation refers to the associations or emotional connections of the word that have developed over time.
For instance, “I’m feeling gay” meant, “I’m feeling happy” in 1950, but will earn you all sorts of [...]
Read more »Comment: Beware of ‘Journalists’
This was scrawled into my dayplanner a month or so ago, and had forgotten about it until now. Enjoy.
I’m in business class, behind one of the top auto writers in the country. He’s got a brochure and booklet for the 2009 Mazda 6 on his tray table, beside his laptop, typing his story.
It’s an appalling [...]
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