For years now, rumors have swirled that Apple was looking to get into the auto industry with their own vehicle, a so-called “iCar.” From where I’m sitting, however, they don’t need to do this because the auto industry already has an Apple of its own named “Tesla.” That’s right Apple and Tesla fans, shots fired, […]
One of the trickiest parts about looking at the auto industry, especially if you’re starting to think about your next vehicle, is figuring out all of the details regarding different models, terms, and specs. While the specifics of any given vehicle are complicated enough, simply working your way through the consideration of a Certified Pre-Owned […]
With gas prices hitting record highs and all signs indicating they might continue going up, a lot of people are looking for ways to boost fuel efficiency and skip the gas pump as much as possible. If you drive a hybrid, then the good news is that you’ve already taken the first step in boosting […]
I’ve got bad news, and I’ve got good news. The bad is that gas prices have reached record highs, and they’re likely to keep going up for a while. The good news is that each year brings us closer to everyone driving vehicles that don’t need gas in the first place. Until then, however, we’re […]
I’ll be honest with you: I get bored easily. One of the things I like to do when I’m bored, strange as it might seem, is look at vehicle specs to see what they have to offer – though maybe that doesn’t seem so strange since I write about cars for a living. The other […]
Remember when MTV played music videos and VH1 also played videos, but MTV was cool, and VH1 was the lame channel for your parents? Then MTV stopped playing videos and turned into Real World and Road Rules all the time–then some weird amalgamation of Real World/Road Rules that was really a game show? At which […]
Whilst chatting with a friend the other day, our conversation turned toward cars and the auto industry, specifically upcoming models and potential innovation. During this discussion, my friend asked a question that was, in the moment, rhetorical, and he quickly moved on to something else. It was only afterward, when looking back, that I had […]
At this point, it’s pretty clear that the race is on by auto manufacturers to have the leading all-electric pickup on the market. Electric Vehicles (EVs) are set to take over the industry, with every major manufacturer focusing on converting more and more of their lineup to electric models. One of the most recent big […]
With the recent return of the Ford Bronco, there’s been plenty of heated debate about whether the Bronco or the Jeep Wrangler is the better off-road SUV. For decades now, Jeep pretty well had that title locked down with very little real competition from the other big manufacturers. The Ford Bronco changed all of that, […]
Determining the most comfortable Buick seems like it should be a pretty simple feat, but the problem is that “comfort” is a pretty subjective term. In addition to that, there are lots of different ways we could define “comfort” and how it relates to a vehicle that you’re in. With quite a few different models […]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a woman goes to a car service center because she wants an oil change; the mechanic quotes her a fair price for it, but during the oil change he finds all kinds of other problems and things that need major repairs. In the end, she pays double or […]
Although it might be hard to imagine how that’s possible, it would seem that current testing for car safety – crash testing in particular – is, in fact, sexist. Or at least not designed with gender equity in mind, and the results are quite deadly. In the long list of things I never thought I […]
It’s the beginning of a new year, and as we bid a not so fond farewell to 2021, I prefer to focus more on the future and what it has to offer. In particular, I can’t help but be excited about the vehicles that are going to start hitting the road this year–at least in […]
That’s a great question and one that might seem initially simple to answer, though the reality is–as you might expect–a bit more complicated. It really depends on what we mean by “powerful,” and this is a term that gets thrown around a lot when discussing full-size trucks without always having a proper definition behind it. […]
Ever since the rise of marketing and advertising, brand names have become vitally important: a tremendous amount of time and money now goes into picking the name of a company or new product. That hasn’t always been the case, however, and many of the companies that we know are named after a person rather than […]
Although superheroes are what we should aspire to be, there’s no denying that the villains are often more interesting and compelling. This isn’t a coincidence; storytellers tend to make villains more appealing and “cool” as a reminder that there’s always a temptation to do the wrong thing. How well this works is, perhaps, up for […]
Although comic books, movies, and other tales are often named after their heroes, to me, it’s the villains of these stories that are more important. A hero is defined by his or her villain in much the same way that light is defined by the shadows and darkness at the edges of its illumination. Without […]
CurrHere we go again. The news cycle in the auto industry is an interesting creature: there are predictable peaks and valleys throughout different times of the year. As you’d expect, a lot of excitement each year tends to start bubbling in the weeks around the major auto shows, and the end and beginning of each […]
If you’re even mildly interested in the goings-on of the auto industry and the big companies within it, then you’ve likely heard about the partnership that was recently announced between Tesla and Hertz, one of the biggest rental car companies in the world. This is a major announcement for both of them, though for somewhat […]
For anyone who watches the auto industry, 2020 seemed like a strange and difficult year (it was for pretty much everyone) – but then 2021 said, “Hold my beer,” and went completely off the deep end. There was so much going on this year that it was hard to keep up – the auto industry […]
