Engineers: CAFE Won't Be Easy

Wards has published a survey of 1,100 automotive engineers (I am sure I was one respondent) which highlights the trade-offs required to meet...

The Mighty Have Fallen

Wow. Consumer Reports, formerly certified fanboys of Honda, have utterly dogged the 2012 Civic .  It isn't recommended.   Too boring, ...

The Truth About 60MPG

There is furious lobbying going on, as the automakers and the greens try to sway the Obama administration on future CAFE standards.  The gre...

Tuesday Night Cruisers

A few pics from Woodward Ave as the sun was setting.

The Ritchie Boys At Holocaust Memorial Center

One of the Detroit area's hidden gems (well, it isn't that hidden) is the Holocaust Memorial Center . A fascinating, if grim, museu...

The MONOTYPE Car

Designer Fernando Ocana has published a Master's of Art project for an urban vehicle he calls MONOFORM. A 3-person compact city car, h...

Green Vehicles RIP

Another one gone, another one gone, another one bites the dust. Green Vehicles of Salinas CA has closed its doors. They were trying to dev...