SUPREME COURT’S E15
RAISING THE ethanol percentage in gasoline from today’s E10 (10-percent ethanol) to E15 (hence a 50-percent larger dose) now has a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. See http://goo.gl/YKjND for details. Not … Continue reading
TURBO FOOT?
THERE’S AN element of deception lurking in smaller turbocharged engines that are replacing larger normally aspirated engines. There’s also good solid logic—and even legitimate consumer choice—in this quest for enhanced … Continue reading
CONNECTED CARS?
I SENSE that I may be preaching to the (car enthusiast) choir here, but haven’t we had enough with cars connected to social networks and the like? Automakers seem to … Continue reading
NISSAN TAXI—TAKE 2
SHOULD THE government trust an automaker and its future intentions? Should an automaker be offered an exclusive deal based on these plans? This time around, the answers appear to be “no.” … Continue reading
AIRSTREAM TRAVEL TRAILERS
AIRSTREAM TRAILERS are iconic elements of transportation design. More than several years ago, I attended a gathering of Airstream and other travel trailers in Newport Beach, California. This photographic gallery … Continue reading
BETTER HIGH-BEAMS
TOYOTA ALREADY has improved high-beam lighting available on its European and Japanese models. I hope the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration honors this company’s recent petition to allow such systems in … Continue reading
BRAZILIAN CARS
A RECENT report from the Associated Press titled “Cars Made in Brazil Are Deadly” makes for fascinating reading (http://goo.gl/A1bKq). In particular, typical of the BRIC (Brazil/Russia/India/China) group of quickly developing … Continue reading
MERCEDES-BENZ GLK250 BLUETEC
DIESELS AND Daimler-Benz go way back. In fact, the world’s first passenger car powered by Rudolf Diesel’s compression-ignition engine was the 1936 Mercedes-Benz 260D. The newly introduced GLK250 BlueTEC 4Matic … Continue reading
E30 NONSENSE
WHEN WILL this ethanol fuel nonsense cease? We already have 10-percent ethanol “extending” our gasoline; that is, the gasoline is really E10. And then there’s E85 (85-percent ethanol/15-percent gasoline). It … Continue reading
CHINESE PLATES
THE CHINESE have been entrepreneurs for millennia; they’ve been communists for less than 64 years. This is confirmed by recent happenings concerning Chinese license plates for automobiles. I add my … Continue reading
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