Smells Like Teen. . .
Over at autoextemist.com, my colleague Peter DeLorenzo often rails against what he considers the democratization of luxury. The point being that in the automotive world, there once was a notion of what luxury meant, and that tended to have more than a little something to do with the notion of exclusivity, not everybody. One of […]
Smoke and Mirrors
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Pressing Composites
When we think 4,000-ton hydraulic presses, making sheet metal body panels comes to mind. Which, clearly, is old thinking. This Schuler upstroke short-stroke press has with a clamping surface of 142 x 94 inches is installed at the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) facility in Detroit, where it will be used to develop […]
Peak ICE?
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Pirelli, McLaren & Nanotech
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On (Ford) Edge
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On the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox
To say that the Equinox crossover is important to Chevrolet is to vastly understate the case. The compact CUV arrived on the scene in model year 2005 with a standard 185-hp, 3.4-liter V6 engine mated to a five-speed automatic transmission. Then there was a second generation in 2010, this time with two powertrains available: the […]
On the Changes at Ford
A quick word on the promotion of Jim Hackett to the position of president and CEO of the Ford Motor Company, who is replacing Mark Fields, less than a week after the company announced that it would be reducing its white collar headcount in North America and the Asia-Pacific region, presumably a move that Fields […]
OBD-II and the Zombie Apocalypse
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OBD-II and the Zombie Apocalypse
New Product Announcements
