As I peruse my Google Reader feeds and scan the headlines of automotive websites today, I'm left with a disturbing question. Why the hell should anyone care that 50 cent was in a car accident and why is this being published anywhere?
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Built in 1959, excavated in 2005 after 2 decades of slowly sinking into the ground at Put in Bay, 98,000 original miles on the clock
In album Keith's '59 bus (7 photos)
Distant cousins
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Twenty-odd years ago after I finally earned my engineering degree, I decided to treat myself after five years of driving an old GMC S15 back and forth to school every semester.
After debating whether to go for a new Miata, I put an order down for what was at the time the quickest Mustang available, the 5.0 LX notchback. It had all the go-fast goodies of the GT minus the extra dead weight of the body kit and with far superior body rigidity. My first 'Stang served me well for nearly 8 years until getting Max in an out a car seat in the rear just became too much hassle.
#mustang #ford
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Mark Rechtin of Automotive News has a good opinion piecce today about the decidedly mediocre coverage given to the production launch of the +Tesla Motors Model S last Friday. Aside from +Motor Trend Magazine's Frank Markus who had a longer drive a day earlier and I believe one one other journalist, no one on Friday had more than 10 minutes in the car.
That's barely enough for a cursory evaluation and on a prescribed course it doesn't tell you much except the basics of maybe acceleration and braking. While Frank's evaluation was generally positive no one can seriously provide a proper review yet. With over 100 media in attendance, there also nothing exclusive about anyone else's report so calling it that is bogus. We've got more media outlets than ever out there and unfortunately most of them have little to be proud of.
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When journalism becomes shilling
SAN JOSE, Calif. — George Orwell said, “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.” So what does it mean when a car company carefully orchest…
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+Motor Trend Magazine pits the brand-new 2013 +Ford Motor Company Escape against it's competitors in the compact CUV segment from +Mazda USA, +Volkswagen USA, +Kia Motors and +Honda. Check out the article to see which came out on top.
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Ford Escape vs. Honda CR-V vs. Kia Sportage vs. Mazda CX-5 vs. Volkswagen Tiguan – 2012/2013 Compact Crossover SUV Comparison – Motor Trend
In the 15-some years that have passed since the launch of the first-generation Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V things have changed tremendously. Read on to learn more on the Volkswagen Tiguan, Kia Sportage…
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I hereby solemnely promise to never use the phrase "double down" in any story I write unless it's about how to play black jack. In fact if I'm writing a story about an executive that uses that ridiculous phrase about something their company is doing, I will not quote them, but I will publicly berate them for doing so.
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or is it the other way around?
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This is a prime example of why remix culture is so cool and so important. The ability to build something new like this out of an existing work could easily be outlawed if big corporate media had its way.
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There are many matters on which I disagree with Judge Richard Posner but when it comes to patents I hope a lot more judges follow his lead and start telling Apple where to stick their lawsuits.
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Apple v. Motorola: Judge Posner dismisses entire patent case, no injunctions to be issued
In US federal court this evening, Judge Richard Posner just ruled that the case of Apple v. Motorola will be dismissed in its entirety. The case, in which Apple alleged Motorola was in violation of……
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