Buick: Diesel is a Must.
Posted: October 24, 2011 Filed under: INDUSTRY TALK | Tags: American, Astra, Auto, Buick, Cruze, Diesel, ecotec, General, GM, Industry, Mind, motor, Motors, Opel, Over, Problem, turbo, Verano 4 Comments »
Buick Verano
I was watching an Edmunds video on Youtube where they tested the new Buick Verano, a Chevy Cruze in makeup and a cocktail dress. Overall they liked how smoothly it rode and all of the effort Buick had put into making the car as quite and serene as possible in the cabin. All of this seemed great until they voiced their complaints about GM’s engine choice for the car, the shouty and strained Ecotec Inline 4. Evidently it will ruin your relaxation anytime you decide to accelerate with a loud, unrefined groan. It is sad that with most Buicks there seems to be one large flaw somewhere in the design of each of their cars, but I believe there is an easy solution for many of their problems. Read the rest of this entry »
Why Lincoln is in serious trouble
Posted: August 17, 2011 Filed under: INDUSTRY TALK | Tags: action, Auto, bad, be, business, Car, Cars, course, dealer, demise, difficulties, done, failing, Ford, Lincoln, Luxury, Mind, MKS, MKT, MKX, MKZ, motor, Navigator, of, Over, Problem, Sales, should, Town, What, woes 2 Comments »
Is a joke
Ford has made some great improvements over the past few years, however they have still not gotten it through their heads that Lincoln, their “luxury” division, is in need of a serious overhaul. Ford killed the Mercury brand last year, a great move in my opinion because Mercury was 100% pointless in the market. Lincoln is in a similar situation though, a luxury brand that doesn’t have many relevant cars. The auto industry is rapidly globalizing, and with that comes standards in each segment, as of right now Lincoln meets none of them in the luxury segment. Read the rest of this entry »
To the PD: Please stop driving trucks.
Posted: July 18, 2011 Filed under: AUTOMOTIVE INSIGHTS, INDUSTRY TALK | Tags: 9C1, Caprice, Chevy, Cops, Crown Victoria, Interceptor, Mind over motor, Patrol, Police Car, Police Interceptor, PPV, Problem, Suburban, Tahoe 1 Comment »
Chevy Tahoe PPV. Photo courtesy of cars.blogs.ca
Everyone knows that safe driving saves lives, but the police departments across the country need to do a bit better. Since GM started offering their full-framed SUVs in a police-spec type, a lot of local deparments have begun outfitting them as undercover vehicles. I see them often, and every time I see one, I think to myself, “Wait a minute…that’s just not safe.” Read the rest of this entry »
On the Subject of Hypocrisy: Honda.
Posted: May 24, 2011 Filed under: INDUSTRY TALK | Tags: Acura, Civic, Civic Si, CR-Z, Honda, Honda boring, Insights, Japan, Mind over motor, NSX, Problem, S2000 Leave a comment »Just in the past two or three years, Honda has lost its mojo. The S2000, once a respected, yet affordable roadster, suffered from the axe after the 2010 model year. Since then, the last non-Civic ‘sporty’ Honda has hit the skids. All we have now is the much-maligned CR-Z—a car that has as much compromises as it does electrons running around in its engine compartment. Read the rest of this entry »
