Dec 17, 2003
Follow This Sad Sorid Saga Here On TACH; Kara Wetzel writing for Dow Jones reported that DaimlerChrysler as expected, pulled out of its Dodge brand sponsorship of the Lingerie Bowl amid heightened media attention and dealer upset. The event, featuring models in underwear playing tackle football, became a distraction th ... Continue reading
New Car Review: 2004 Jaguar S-Type 3.0
Dec 17, 2003
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS Few names in the auto industry are as celebrated as Jaguar. It started business as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, making motorcycle sidecars, and, later, custom bodies for production cars. But these were affordable middle-class cars, not the bespoke, exclusive marques for whi ... Continue reading
Dec 13, 2003
Why the green hyperlinks? Well for almost eight years the ownership of The Auto Channel has been trying to convince the big automotive advertisers that there is an undeniable branding benefit to running banners and sponsorship identification that would be integrated into our massive library of content. Quite frankly we ... Continue reading
2004 Car Review: 2004 Audi S4 Sedan
Dec 11, 2003
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS If you believe a couple of Japanese automakers, rally replica sports sedans are the latest and greatest development in high-performance cars. If you were to ask Audi about that, the answer would probably be something like ``What took them so long to figure that out?'' Audi sold its ... Continue reading
New Car News: Internet Use by New Car Dealers Climbs to 92 Percent, According to New Survey
Dec 10, 2003
December 10, 12:25 pm ET MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 10 -- The Internet presence of U.S. franchised new car and truck dealers has reached an all-time high this year, according to new survey research from the National Automobile Dealers Association's (NADA) Industry Analysis Division. NADA's annual survey of Internet utilization ... Continue reading
Dec 9, 2003
http://www.lingeriebowl.com/main.htm CLICK4 Lingerie Bowl Brought To You By Dodge(No One Under 18 Allowed) AUBURN HILLS, Mich. December 9, 2003; The WSJ reported that DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group Monday tried to distance itself from a Super Bowl Sunday football game to be played by women in lingerie, after comin ... Continue reading
Fat Blondes On Wheels To Make 2004 Debut - Public Invited To The Award Dance
Dec 8, 2003
Milton Snide Announced that Fat Blondes On Wheels will become the flagship publication for the Special Person ON Wheels Series . The next titles to be featured will be Large Boned Albinos on Wheels followed by Crew Cut Jokers on Wheels. Indivdual cars will be features each month or so. Mr. Snide is well known for his S ... Continue reading
Car Review: 2004 Cadillac SRX-V8 Review
Dec 8, 2003
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS In response to a changing marketplace, Cadillac has changed tremendously over the past decade. Nearly the definition of American luxury automobiles through the 1950s and `60s, Cadillacs became out of style with younger buyers by the early 1990s. Cadillac responded with more Europea ... Continue reading
Dateline NBC hidden camera investigation reveals deception at some dealerships
Dec 5, 2003
http://www.msnbc.com/news/1001205.asp CLICK4MSNBC DATELINE REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK By Lea Thompson NBC NEWS Dec. 5, 2003; Americans spend more than $650 billion a year on new cars — and they probably spend way too much. Chances are you’ve been there, sitting across from a smiling car salesman, sweating out the ... Continue reading
Nov 23, 2003
Listen in to a no holds barred, tell it like it realy is conversation that took place on the November 21, 2003 AutoLab program. ... Continue reading
Letter From Europe: Maurice Leggett Passes...Car Guy Extraordinaire
Nov 20, 2003
Letter from Europe By Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief November 20, 2003; There are car buffs, auto racing buffs and people who regard 4 wheels simply as ways of getting from A to B. Then there are the ultimate fans. One of these very special people was my greatest mate, Maurice Leggett who passed away earlier today ... Continue reading
Cars for Tall People A Shortcut to Discovering Headroom
Nov 14, 2003
Cars for Tall People – A Shortcut to Discovering Headroom Its one thing to look at pretty pictures of cars…the wind rushing through the drivers hair as he takes curves on the PCH at “don’t try this yourself…professional driver on a closed and controlled course” speeds. It’s ano ... Continue reading
Reflections on SEMA, APPEX and Oh Yeah Motorsports
Nov 13, 2003
Whew . . . Finally back from SEMA/AAPEX and the NHRA Finals . . . My bet is everyone had a great show, but 95% believe as I do that it is just getting TOO BIG. To those of you that I saw, it was great to see you . . . to those of you that I missed, my apologies, as it was not intentional. I felt a lot like a politician ... Continue reading
Review: 2004 Honda Civic Hybrid CVT
Nov 13, 2003
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS Transportation futurists are predicting that the automotive future belongs to electricity, with hydrogen fuel cells providing that power. Perhaps. But even the most optimistic observers don't expect commercial use of fuel cells before 2010. Until then expect to see more internal co ... Continue reading
Review: 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart Darwinism
Nov 11, 2003
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