What is it with AutoWeek and Cadillac? After giving the new DTS a free pass, the weekly car mag French kisses Cadillac s performance-tuned luxobarge, the STS-V. Promises Kept the cover headline proudly proclaims. For years GM said it would battle BMW s Best. Now it Does. The eagle-eyed lawyerly-types amongst you will…
Normally, we read James Healey's car reviews in USA Today to watch him struggle to take a crap car out for a positive spin. This time out, it's the other way 'round: Healey is trying to hate a vehicle he loves. It's all about the anti-gas guzzler temper of our times, and the fact that the new Dodge Ram Mega Cab is…
They don't call the New York Times the Gray Lady for Nothing. We suspect the newspaper's copy editors invented the phrase "dull but worthy" — and then went back into creative hibernation. So when we encountered "Electric Cars are Still Showing A Pulse" (almost as much of a groaner as our headline), we were prepared for a…
Ricky Martin owns seven cars. Automotive enthusiasts interested in establishing the singer's sexual orientation will be disappointed to learn we can't tell you which cars he stables (VW Beetle? Audi TT?). But we can tell you that the She Bangs guy (whatever that means) feels guilty about his collection. You needn't…
In an alternative universe, GM stood-up to the Canadian Auto Workers (instead of signing a deal that guaranteed jobs, raised pay and increased pension contributions by $179m). GM eventually won the subsequent strike by threatening to permanently shutter Canadian plants and move their operations stateside. The move set …
General Motors is purchasing an unspecified number of new G350 Gulfstream executive jets. "We're adding the jets to our fleet within the next six months," confirms GM Spokesman John McDonald. "It's part of our fleet reduction and renewal plan, moving from 11 aircraft to seven." McDonald declined to break down the airplane …
There comes a moment in every car geek's life when he or she realizes they know far too much about automobiles. We experienced our moment of auto-actualization during Top Gear, when we could identify obscure vehicles from a glimpse of a swage line or fender crease. I imagine the anal rentents who assembled this…
"Speeding fines could be a thing of the past" proclaims Australia's Sunday Mail. All you have to do is drive a car that interfaces with street signs that "talk" to your car and "order it" to slow down. Oh, that's OK then. Well it is for the 200 or so delegates attending the Smart Demo 2005 conference on "Intelligent…
We never fail to be amused by automobile magazines and websites that struggle to maintain a critical edge without offending current or potential advertisers. This time out, AutoWeek's Bob Gritzinger is charged with the delicate task of telling the world that the 545i sucks, without telling them it sucks. In "weDrive…
We turn to Kirk Stingle, uber-salesman for Inskip Porsche of Rhode Island. According to Captain Kirk, the Cayman is not a 911-killer. "A buyer who goes for a new 911 buys it to say he's got a 911. From an ego standpoint, he's got to have the best of the best." Even so, Kirk admits the Cayman's got a lot of people…
