Bob Seger: 2011 Tour Dates
Bob “Like A Rock” Seger is touring in 2011, but you won’t see him shilling for Chevy. Seger currently drives a Nissan, Ford, and Porsche.
Category: News
See The USA In A Chevrolet – Using Patriotism to Sell Cars
GM calls on the cast of Glee to sell Volts and Cruzes, recalling Campbell-Ewald’s 1952 ad campaign. Despite market share below 20%, GM insists that “Chevy runs deep.”
The Japanese Are “VIPing” American Cars
Some Japanese car enthusiasts are into something called VIP, which usually involves taking a perfectly decent luxury car and ruining it with massive wheels, zero ground clearance, and gobs of negative camber. They got their little hands on the Seville!
Ram Tradesman: Trucks are for Doing Work
Hemi V8 power at a V6 work truck price.
The unjustifiably forgotten Nissan 200SX
Every 15 year old male with a learner’s permit considers its successor, the 240SX, God’s gift to motoring. Maybe that’s okay. Maybe the 200SX is too good and too rare for pizza-faced wannabe drift kings.
Why does the Impala exist?
It’s freshly 2011 as I write this, and the Impala’s replacement has been pushed back to 2014. 2014! By then we’ll have flying cars and iPhones that translate dog barks into words. I’ll be 32 years old. Hopefully by then they’ll invent a pill that lets my hair grow back.
2011 Superbowl Car Commercials
Instead of staying home for the Big Game last night I went out for some noodles. Bah humbug. I guess I’m unamerican. Here’s the car commercials from this year’s Superbowl.
Less Congestion, Longer Commutes?
St Louis enjoys low traffic congestion, ranked 3rd best among 31 metro areas, but Herbie Markwort of Next STL notes that while congestion is indeed low, St Louisans spend more time driving than ever, partly due to urban sprawl.
Saab dealers now selling Spyker
According to Saab Central, a few Saab dealers are now operating as combined Saab-Spyker franchises. When you’re tired of replacing ignition cassettes on your 900, you can trade it in for a $230,000 Spyker C8 Spyder. That should leave you a balance due of only $227,000.
How NOT to park your car in a blizzard.
“NO NO NO.. I said Parallel…. not vertical… Parallel!!!!”
A caption contest over at NICOClub explains how a Mercury Milan found itself pointed face down, ass up. Feel free to join in and get creative.