Did you hear the one about the Ram 1500 diesel beating Ford’s aluminum-bodied F-150 for the 2015 Green Truck of the Year Award? “The Ram 1500 EcoDiesel exemplifies what a ‘green’ truck should be,” said Ron Cogan, […]
Olympia is a small capital city located at the southern edge of the Puget Sound in Washington state. On the west side of downtown is a boardwalk and marina. This is a tranquil place, with a panoramic view of […]
“Now, there was one difference between Mason and me. Mason always thought of the Rambler as a supplement to the Nash and Hudson lines. That if he could have Nash and Hudson dealers selling Ramblers […]
The Truth About Cars Managing Editor Derek Kreindler (2014) recently pointed out that new Cadillac boss Johan De Nysschen is repeating what he did at his previous gig with Infiniti — moving the brand’s headquarters and changing […]
(UPDATED 12/15/2022) Volkswagen Group’s global design chief Walter de Silva is worried that optimizing aerodynamics in order to meet tightening emissions standards could hurt aesthetics and branding. In an Automotive News question-and-answer piece, he complained […]
The third-generation Dodge Challenger has always run a distant third in sales to the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro, arguably because of it is the most extreme caricature of a pony car. The chunky, almost […]
Except for relatively rare moments of downsizing, the dominant tendency in the American auto industry is toward bigger, glitzier and more powerful vehicles. Each time a car adds poundage, the automaker — usually with the […]
Question-of-the-day features can often result in banal flame wars. That’s why I was pleasantly surprised that a “red meat” question by The Truth About Cars — is regulation ruining car design — generated a fairly […]
In the April edition of Collectible Automobile (2014), Patrick R. Foster noted that Saab was the last European automaker outside Warsaw Pact countries to produce two-stroke engines. The Swedish automaker switched to a modern four-stroke […]
We have previously discussed how the relentless pressure for content at 24/7 automotive websites can lead to basic errors (go here). A more subtle but common problem is cut-and-spin journalism. This is where a harried […]
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