Bird Chatter
2010s
Design Notes
Audi R8 : More beast than sports car
(EXPANDED 12/14/2022) An Audi R8 in the wild is an eye-opening event. Everything about the car is over-amped, from the child-eating grille to the showy display of V10 power just beneath the rear window. The […]
Editor's Note
Why we’ve been slow to offer comments
Lockstops (2019) concluded that Greens and leftists “are like a cancer.” 28-Cars-Later (2019b) suggested that mercenaries should be hired to “start popping the heads off” members of the European Union Commission. Why the vitriol? Because […]
Data Dive
CO2 emissions: Automakers still partying like it’s 1975
The U.S. automobile industry has shown admirable ingenuity in developing new technologies to reduce the greenhouse gases produced by its cars and trucks. The problem is that a religious devotion to bigger, glitzier and more […]
Media Analysis
The Truth About Cars should not enable violent talk
I recently came across Jack Baruth’s (2013) announcement of a new set of editorial policies at The Truth About Cars after editor Bartel Schmitt departed. One of the new policies was that there “will be […]
Quotes
You didn’t mess with spy photographer Jim Dunne
“’He could be really helpful, but he could also be hyper-competitive,’ added John McElroy, who often had Dunne on his TV show, Autoline:Detroit. ‘He was hyper-competitive and never wanted anyone muscling in on his gig,’ […]
Media Analysis
The Truth About Cars falsely stokes fears of private car ban
The headline was about as alarmist as you can get for an auto enthusiast website: “UK Parliament Committee Wants to Ban All Private Cars and Trucks by 2050.” Writer Ronnie Schreiber (2019) then proceeded to […]
Calendar
LeMay at Marymount hosts 42nd annual show
The LeMay Collections at Marymount are open year-round, but the best time to go is arguably on the day of its annual car show and auction. This year’s all-day event will be held on Saturday, […]
Bird Chatter
Quotes
Not everyone thinks offroading is grand
“Most of this offroading is laughable because it is just a vanity project. Look at the photo (in the story) – the Jeep could have driven around a puddle of water, but he went across […]