Finally got our photos posted for the 2007 Houston Auto Show. The Volvo XC90 Sport was there like we hoped so we got to crawl all over it. We like it, although with the silver interior bits instead of wood trim, the interior doesn’t quite feel like a $51,000 interior. We also looked at the [read more]
Jan 302007
When we showed up to look at the Touareg (pronounced TOUR-egg, according to www.volkswagen.de), our salesman couldn’t help but tell us about the diesel model they had. The owner was driving it around so it had 3500 miles on it and they’d be willing to knock about $8000 off the price tag. Curious about it, [read more]
Chris and I had only looked at the Touareg at auto shows, but after trying to fold down the seats at the 2006 show, I decided that the Touareg was archaic and not worth my time. I don’t actually remember anything else about the vehicle besides folding the back seats down. But today I found [read more]
Jan 172007
Chris and I will be going and taking the cameras like usual. At first I wanted to skip it since I’ve pretty much decided on what my next car will be, but it’s a good chance to sit in everything one last time. I’ll try to sit in the Lincoln MKX with an open mind [read more]
Have you seen the Lexus ad? It involves some guy in a nice house playing piano; I think he’s playing the theme from Mission Impossible. But I don’t get it… What does Mission Impossible (or Hawaii Five-0 or whatever theme it is) have to do with Lexus? And where are the cars? Now, GM, on [read more]
Jan 142007
Why are electric motors called motors while gasoline motors are called engines? And what about outboard motors, which have engines in them? Dave Hermance, Executive Engineer at the Toyota Technical Center, explained it this way when interviewed by the History Channel for it’s program Modern Marvels: DH: “In the automotive industry, a motor is an [read more]
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