Monthly Archives: November 2008
To Save Itself, Should Chrysler become Jeep?
Chrysler has been swirling in the automotive press as concern rises that one or more of the domestic auto makers will be failing soon.
First African American Female Design Chief for General Motors
African-Americans are really scoring wins lately.
2009 Nissan GT-R Wins Automobile of the Year Award
(ANN ARBOR, Mich.—November, 2008) —AUTOMOBILE Magazine, America’s leading automotive lifestyle publication and part of Source Interlink Media, LLC, a subsidiary of media and marketing services company Source Interlink…
Auto Company Advertising Budgets Slashed in a Bid to Save Money
When it comes to car advertising in this depressed economy is it time to bring back “Cal Worthington and his dog Spot?”
Hyundai Genesis to get Prada treatment for Seoul Auto Show
The sun is setting in the west over the Pacific Ocean near La Jolla, California. Bianca and her friend Beatrix are sitting out by a pool drinking Margaritas. What do these collagen enhanced denizens of one of the…
Toyota unveils Auto Accident Prevention Systems at World Congress
November, 2008 – New York, NY – Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America (TEMA) announced additional details of its presentation and demonstration activities for the 15th…
“Hypermiling” is the Latest Automotive Term Added to Oxford English Dictionary
What is Hypermiling, you ask? Is it a speed just beyond “hyperspace” is the universe of “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century?” Or is it what happens when a 1984 Honda Accord passes the million mark on the odometer—for the…
SEMA 2008 Electric F-150
The moment American consumers have been waiting for has arrived: the electric Ford F-150.
2008 SEMA had a Car or Truck for Everyone
True car performance buffs love the SEMA Show. That is where the auto industry, specifically the specialty equipment market, shows off its wares and car converters are given a platform to show what they can do to…
Stop-Start Technology to Save Fuel, Become Standard in Future Cars
Stop-Start is a system that shuts the engine off when the

