Your Car Questions

Two weeks ago, Chrysler terminated its joint venture talks with Chery. This doesn’t stop Chrysler from talking to the Chinese. The talks go in two directions: One, Chrysler needs low cost cars, and the Chinese have them. Two, Chrysler is looking for a buyer, and a Chinese company may just have mercy and cash and [...]

From egmcartech.com: “For the record: Thanks to The Stig’s impressive turn behind the wheel, the Tesla Roadster gets a higher ranking in Top Gear’s performance board than a Porsche 911 GT3. Jeremy Clarkson, a die-hard ‘petrol head’ with a clear bias against green cars generally, said that it must be ’snowing in hell’ because he [...]

Question: How do you age a car ten years in five? Answer: release the world beating GT-R. Sure, cars have advanced considerably since the 350Z debuted in 2002, but after riding around in one a coupe months back the truth became self-evident: this dog no longer hunts. In fact, it felt like a 4th Gen Camaro -- all engine and odd squeaks. No one saw the writing on the wall as clearly as Nissan. Hence the brand spanking nouveau 370Z. But is it any good?

Autocar [UK] reports that Honda CEO Takeo Fukui slipped this little nugget into his end of year speech: the new NSX is toast. While the fact that Honda has also deep-sixed their plans to introduce the Acura brand to Japan in 2010 (reported by Bertel this morning), the death of the NSX will likely catch [...]

Hi Robert, I saw this letter to the editor in December 15th Automotive news and thought it might be of interest.  - Glenn To the Editor: Hey, Chrysler, remember me?  I’m the dealer who sold your K cars, your Omni Misers (that got in excess of 35 mpg - where are they now?). I stocked and sold [...]

Conservative talk show host Bill “I swear the nuns didn’t beat me” O’Reilly likes to rail on (and on and on) about America’s cultural degradation. In fact, it’s one of our country’s greatest strengths. Rappers who started by singing (well, shouting) the praises of capping cops end-up in Bentley-and-bling filled videos that make unbridled consumerism [...]

I know it’s a bit early in the day for a quote of the day, but I have to go test drive a XXXXXX for the TTAC Ten Worst Awards. Hopefully, Eddy will wake up from his birthday celebrations soon, equipped with enough functional brain cells to continue to feed the beast (that’s you) with [...]

Your faithful blogger is suffering this morning. A night of birthday celebration is currently proving that knowledge of moderation (and the mysteries of escrow) do not simply come with age. But compared to the hangover caused by a decade-long cheap credit binge, my suffering seems downright tolerable. Just ask GMAC. The Detroit News reports that [...]

The Zenvo ST1 hits 60 mph in 3 seconds flat and tops out at 233 mph, thanks to its 7 liter turbo- and supercharged V8. This “100 percent Danish,” 1104 hp, RWD beast is hand-built, and features a six-speed manual transmission and a hydraulic limited-slip differential.  Nobody knows what it costs.