My irreverent epiphanies on everything about cars
The 2021 Chevy Equinox posing at Ponderosa Point, Bryce Canyon, Utah. ©Hersch Kunte According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, Equinox descends from aequus, the Latin word for "equal," and nox, the Latin word for "night"—a fitting history for a word that describes days of the year when the daytime and nighttime are equal in length. That is probably what the... Continue Reading →
The Canoo Lifestyle Vehicle ©canoo.com How many of you remember the movie "Little Miss Sunshine" about a family trying to get their daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their air-cooled VW Type 2 also affectionately known as the Microbus or even the hippie-mobile. The yellow bus which starred... Continue Reading →
The Apocalypse ready Nissan RE-LEAF ©Nissan Motor Corp If you want to sell a profitable number of electric cars you would want to make the car in a size and style that is popular with consumers. And it has to be relatively affordable. Yes, Jaguar, Mercedes, and Audi have got the memo and have made... Continue Reading →
This goes in the rants column. Most people go to a car show to check out cars so they get a head start on car shopping and be able to see all their possible choices under one roof. But car aficionados like me go to car shows because we love to see the latest 'n'... Continue Reading →
Dashcams had their moment of glory when a bunch of them installed in the cars by their drivers captured the Chelyabinsk meteor streaking across the Russian sky and crashing into the Ural mountains back in February 2013. If you can think of the best reason why you need one, this is it. But other than... Continue Reading →
Today, I am introducing a new series called "Rants and Raves". Frequently, I come across something in the auto-dom that drives me bat-shit crazy or leave me scratching my head wondering why didn't I think of it before. So here is the first June 8, 2020 edition of "Rants & Raves". The stupendous honor of... Continue Reading →
The EV ZED70 ©zeroautomotive I am tired of being teased about the arrival of a true-blue electric pickup. Move aside Bollinger, Rivian, GM, Ford, Tesla. The EV truck I want is this electric conversion of the Series 70 Toyota LandCruiser. Now, what is this Series 70 LandCruiser? The Series 70 is the 1984 generation of... Continue Reading →
In the future when folks of our generation will be in the ground, historians will look back at the year 2020 as the year of the Coronavirus aka COVID-19. Just as the evil terrorist organization, ISIS ruined the acronym so much that many organizations had to change their name to avoid any negative associations, similarly... Continue Reading →
When I was a kid, one of my favorite past-times during road trips was to recognize and recite the names of the cars we pass. Thank the Almighty that I had to remember names like Deville, Eldorado, Continental and not ATS, XTS, CT6, MK yada yada yada. Growing up, I knew Cadillacs as a DeVille,... Continue Reading →
After a sixty-seven year run, JLR hit pause on the iconic Land Rover 110 production so that they could bring the car into the 21st century. The 2020 edition was introduced to the world at the 2019 Frankfurt Auto Show. And now that everyone has finished slobbering over the new Defender, it is my turn... Continue Reading →
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