There are few automotive industry things more frustrating than the Geneva Auto Show. That's the show where we get to see all of the cars that are being built for Europe, and won't be exported here. It's like waking up on Christmas morning and being told that your family converted to Judaism overnight.
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Be thankful that "they don't make them like they used to"

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check out what happens to the passenger compartments in the 1959 and 2009 (0:45 to 1:15 on the video)

Bless you, automotive engineers, for what you've done to protect passengers in lighter and lighter cars. Now get to work on figuring out how to protect people outside of the cars in

I've started looking for a new car, since ours is approaching senescence. I'd really like something a little larger than a hatchback, but I don't want a full-size 4-door station wagon. Apparently, a 2-door coupe based wagon used to be a category called a shooting brake.One of the coolest examples was the Aston Martin DB5 version, which I suppose ( Read more... )