A common consensus among automotive analysts (and most importantly customers) is Honda’s recent styling direction have been seen as too conservative. Still regarded as a builder of mechanically sound and liveable vehicles, Honda is being affected by the same pattern that Ford Motor Company encountered in the late 1920s with the Model T. An [...]
Automoblog main man Chris sent me an interesting email over the weekend. I looked at the pictures, and my first thought was of a guy who had a motorized barstool at a hot rod run I attended once, long ago. A non-gearhead friend of mine asked, in total shock, “Can you motorize something like that?” [...]
So I bounced this to Main Man Chris the other day, mainly as a joke, and Chris did his own take on the might Moskvitch. But it got me to thinking about a lot of weird, Soviet related car stuff, and, more importantly, how it relates to being a gearhead in general. But first, let’s [...]
While most minivan commercials drone on about side-impact crash test ratings, extended warranties, and fuel economy, Toyota is taking a different approach with the 2011 Toyota Sienna. Actors Brian Huskey and Rachael Drummond gangsta rap their way around the all-new Sienna, “rollin’ with my posse in the HOV.” Too bad it’s an internet-only video. Check [...]
We all like to personalize our vehicles, a little mascot hanging from the rear view mirror, bumper sticker, perhaps a spray job; but some people just take the whole theme to an extreme, spending huge amounts of cash on turning regular cars into monstrous beasts on four wheels. Any modifications made to your vehicle should [...]
Alright, so after much driving, it has come to my attention that you, the general public, need a little lesson in driving safety and etiquette. I’m sure more than one of you scoffed and laughed at the title of this piece, wondering why you (the best driver in the world) would need a reason to [...]
Many a teenage boy has asked just this question — and you might not think it’s relevant or even worth talking about. But it plays such an important role in car-buying situations that it must be discussed. There’s no denying it; the curb appeal of a car is part of the buying process. And if [...]
The Day I Fell in Love…
Do you remember the first time you fell in love? I do. She was a steel beauty straight out of Detroit. I wasn’t too keen on the color, a grandma green shade that my friends make fun of me for, but I wasn’t ashamed; ok- at first I was. My first love was a 1984 [...]