Automobile Blog
Rusty Blackwell
|
Posted August 14 2009 08:31 AM by Rusty Blackwell
The Volkswagen Jetta TDI is currently the least expensive diesel-powered car in the United States. Diesel take rates---according to Dr. Johannes-Joerg Rueger, the senior VP of diesel engineering at Robert Bosch GmbH---are...
Read full blog
|
Filed under: Green, Rusty Blackwell, Other Manufacturers, Diesels
|
Comments (8)
|
Posted June 12 2009 12:08 PM by Rusty Blackwell
In central Italy, modern Mini Coopers are mid-size and pizza is supposed to come with crispy, even slightly charred, crust. It is here that the Bridgestone tire company opened a state-of-the-art, 346-acre proving ground in...
Read full blog
|
Filed under: Tech Talk, Rusty Blackwell, Other Manufacturers
|
Comments (1)
|
Posted February 10 2009 08:26 AM by Rusty Blackwell
The sad state of the economy has recently caused several manufacturers to cancel some exciting pending models, such as the Pontiac G8 Sport Truck and the Lexus LF-A supercar. But these makers would have even more egg on...
Read full blog
|
Filed under: Antique & Classic Cars, Rusty Blackwell, Chrysler
|
Comments (1)
|
Posted January 14 2009 06:57 AM by Rusty Blackwell
As if we needed further evidence that Hyundai's new Genesis is taking the market by storm, the vehicle picked up another honor--Car of the Year--yesterday at the thirteenth annual Urban Wheel Awards, held at the Detroit...
Read full blog
|
Filed under: Car News, Rusty Blackwell, Hyundai, Sedans
|
Comments (0)
|
Posted January 12 2009 07:40 AM by Rusty Blackwell
Late last summer, on the heels of the formal unveiling of the Chevrolet Volt, Chrysler showed off three electric vehicles developed by its ENVI (short for ENVIronmental) department: a Chrysler Town & Country, a Jeep...
Read full blog
|
Filed under: Auto Shows, Rusty Blackwell, Chrysler, Electric
|
Comments (1)
|
Posted January 11 2009 03:25 PM by Rusty Blackwell
Even though 2008 was “a pretty good year” for Subaru (it had its highest market share in the U.S. in more than twenty years), the company still managed an underwhelming press conference at the 2009 Detroit show. For most...
Read full blog
|
Filed under: Auto Shows, Rusty Blackwell, Subaru
|
Comments (1)
|
Posted January 11 2009 12:56 PM by Rusty Blackwell
Unlike the smashing Detroit-show debuts that Jeep vehicles have enjoyed in the past, the Jeep Patriot EV was unveiled with the simple pulling away of a sheet. Not very inventive, but Chrysler’s auto-show budget has...
Read full blog
|
Filed under: Auto Shows, Rusty Blackwell, Chrysler
|
Comments (0)
|
Posted November 6 2008 08:56 AM by Rusty Blackwell
Ferrari, that hallowed Italian supercar manufacturer, is using a version of Chrysler’s MyGig in its hot new $200,000, 453-hp California hardtop convertible. Don’t believe us? See for yourself.
Read full blog
|
Filed under: Gear, Rusty Blackwell, Ferrari, Exotic Cars
|
Comments (2)
British car nuts raise money for children’s charities
3M makes a clay-mazing difference in the appearance of my 1967 MGB
|
Posted September 9 2008 05:13 AM by Rusty Blackwell
The last time I played with clay was during art class in elementary school. I remember it clearly, because I smooshed a big chunk of yellow clay in Heidi BeGole’s hair, Mrs. Alford made me sit out in the hallway, and I...
Read full blog
|
Filed under: Gear, Rusty Blackwell, Other Manufacturers, Coupes
|
Comments (0)
|
Posted August 12 2008 10:18 AM by Rusty Blackwell
In sharp contrast to the spotless, grandiose public museums of some other car manufacturers, Nissan’s DNA Garage is tucked in a corner of the Zama Operational Center behind the rather nondescript closed doors of a...
Read full blog
|
Filed under: Antique & Classic Cars, Rusty Blackwell, Nissan
|
Comments (0)
|
Posted July 9 2008 09:33 AM by Automobile Staff
It's official. Tony Stewart, without question one of the best all-around racing drivers active today, ended months of speculation by formally announcing that he'll leave Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of the 2008 NASCAR...
Read full blog
|
Filed under: Motorsports, Rusty Blackwell, Toyota
|
Comments (0)
|
Posted July 9 2008 09:24 AM by Rusty Blackwell
Mid-July temperatures in Denver often reach well into the 90s, which means that the surface temperature of the Bandimere Speedway drag strip can exceed 140 degrees. This is a big issue for the 7000-hp, nitromethane-powered...
Read full blog
|
Filed under: Motorsports, Rusty Blackwell, Chrysler
|
Comments (0)
|
|
|