At this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, where billionaires and corporate titans rubbed shoulders with the politicians they have bought or for whom they have provided succor, the “very stable genius” known as 73-year-old President Donald Trump aimed his ire at a 17-year-old young woman named Greta Thunberg. Those who offer warnings about climate …
Moneyed Millennials take note: the latest chapter in the Lincoln Revival Story
I am quite certain you recall the brilliance of the now-departed Lincoln MKC, and who could forget the MKX, the MKT and the MKXYZ. Okay, that last one never existed. But in recent years, Ford Motor’s ever-aspiring premium brand of warmed-over Fords included small, medium and large SUVs (sport-utility vehicles) – the MKC, MKX and …
VW Beetle: casualty of a throwaway culture
The last new Volkswagen Beetle I can ever expect to drive turned out to be a $30,225 Coupe Wolfsburg Edition. A lovely little two-door. Well appointed and lively, it occurred to me when I returned it that I could make a case that the demise of the Bug has a lot to do with our …
A tale of two diesels: Mazda vs. VW
The Volkswagen Group and Mazda Motor were, a decade ago, triumphantly touting clean diesel technology that would in VW’s case eventually devolve into scandal, while for Mazda it proved merely an embarrassment. Both told us in 2009-2010 that smart engine controls and clever hardware would make it possible for drivers to buy a small, low-emissions …
January 31, 2020 | Commentary, First on the Grid Like Comments (0) |
Hummer EV: a risky successor to the Alpha Male Hummer of the 2000s
The Hummer brand that General Motors took to market in 2002 – and later killed in bankruptcy less than a decade later — was born in an executive washroom at the company’s headquarters in downtown Detroit, Mich. There, GM’s then-head of market research and forecasting, Mike DiGiovanni, bumped into marketing chief Ron Zarella and the …
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