Sunday, October 16, 2011 Blackwood Sighting The Lincoln Blackwood was a white elephant for Lincoln. A car that did well as a concept but flopped bad in production. I saw this one the...
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Ford Quietly Kills Off Hybrid Escape? Ford has announced that the next Escape, based on the European Kuga , will come with 3 flavors of I4 engines, 1.6L Ecoboost (GTDI), 2.0L Ecb...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 SUVs Less Dangerous To Others* A new study by the IIHS shows that SUVs which strike cars of a similar weight are now not more dangerous than other types of vehicles. Thi...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Gear reviews My Sad HP Tale I decided to replace my stuttering old Dell Optiplex desktop (Core 2 circa 2008) with a new desktop. I saw a very good deal on Woot!--an HP...
Monday, September 19, 2011 The I3 Is The New I4? Ford has unveiled a GTDI (gasoline turbocharged direct injection) 3 cylinder engine, which they brand Ecoboost. The 1.0L inline 3 will powe...
Thursday, September 15, 2011 HEVs: Make Some Noise The industry is busy trying to decide what noise HEVs and BEVs should make when running in electric mode. My humble proposal is here.