At the ITS World Congress in Detroit,
At the ITS World Congress in Detroit, +***** is showing a police intercepter with a Tesla-style 12-inch touch screen display. Coming soon to civilian Fords??
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Ford Adds 12-inch Touch Screen to Police Interceptors
One of the more obscure items I’ve encountered at the ITS World Congress in Detroit during the last few days was the Ford Police Interceptor sedan in the lobby. What looked like a plain white Taurus on steelies had an interior change that Ford hasn’t previously talked about, a 12.1-inch touchscreen display in the center console.
Looking much like a smaller version of the display in the Tesla Model S, for this application, it is designed as an alternative to ruggedized laptops most police vehicles are equipped with. The computer driving the display can toggle between Windows and Android is capable of running all the apps typically used by police on patrol.
In the event of an accident, this setup poses much less risk to the driver than a laptop mounted in the car. The system costs roughly the same as the ruggedized laptops that police agencies typically use and is now in production for the both the Taurus-based PI sedan and the Explorer-based PI utility.
Now that Ford has done this for the cop vehicles, how long before we see something like this implemented in Ford’s civilian vehicles?
+General Motors CEO Mary Barra jus announced that 2017 +Cadillac cts will be the first car with V2V …
+General Motors CEO Mary Barra jus announced that 2017 +Cadillac cts will be the first car with V2V technology and the new +Cadillac flagship at the same time will debut semi-autonomous super-cruise capability ?
My thoughts on the look of the new 2016
My thoughts on the look of the new 2016 +Mazda USA MX-5?
Am I the Only One Not Loving This?
Let me preface this by saying that I know as well as anyone that adequately capturing a sculpted three-dimensional object like a car in a static two-dimensional medium like a photograph can be extremely difficult. That said, I’m just not digging the face of the new 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata.
Last night, Mazda finally revealed the all-new next generation MX-5 Miata and while there appears to be much to love about this roadster, the front end is leaving me cold. This is a problem with many cars including the new 2015 Ford Mustang. I was fortunate enough to actually see a full-size model of the new Mustang in the studio months before I saw photos of it, but others that saw photos first didn’t car for much of the styling until they saw it at an auto show or on the road.
For 25 years, I’ve loved the clean, simple design of Miata which began life by taking inspiration from classic British roadsters like the Lotus Elan. The shape has aged extraordinarily well over time. The new edition is the biggest visual departure yet from the original formula.
From behind and in profile, I think it works great. I actually see quite a bit of inspiration from the Honda S2000 which also looks better in the metal than photos. The steeply sloping nose looks great from the side. But moving around the front, the headlights in particular just don’t seem to look right.
Mazda has been even more stingy with technical details than we were at Ford when we revealed the new Mustang last December. However, the European press release does say the new MX-5 is 100 kg (~220 pounds) lighter than the current model. How much of the weight savings survives to the U.S. model remains to be seen, but at least Mazda has been on the right track with all of its recent introductions.
Since I wasn’t in Monterey for the big reveal last night, I’ll reserve judgement until I actually see the new MX-5 in person. The worst case scenario is that I’ll still hate the face but I’ll never see it from the driver seat which is ultimately the only angle that really matters.
The Buick Regal is an under-appreciated if somewhat pricey premium midsize sedan
The Buick Regal is an under-appreciated if somewhat pricey premium midsize sedan
It certainly is worthy of consideration if you're looking for a sedan with autobahn DNA.?
Here's a bit of news I hadn't seen reported anywhere, Apple CarPlay looks like it won't be appearing in any new cars until sometime in 2015
Here's a bit of news I hadn't seen reported anywhere, Apple CarPlay looks like it won't be appearing in any new cars until sometime in 2015?
Sirius XM vs. Apple’s CarPlay: A (Delayed) Battle Royal?
2015 Buick Regal GS AWD Review
It’s been more than four years since I last drove a Buick Regal and while it hasn’t changed all that much mechanically, the evolutionary updates to this midsize sedan have generally if not universally been a good thing. As I familiarize myself with the vehicles on the market today for my day job as an industry analyst, I got to spend several days with the performance pinnacle of the current Buick lineup, the 2015 Regal GS with all-wheel-drive and the operative word is smoothness.
When you assemble movie clips out of context you can create amazing trailers
When you assemble movie clips out of context you can create amazing trailers
A lot of terrible movies have great trailers. Here someone takes a great movie and creates a new great trailer that totally misrepresents the film.?
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