Autoblog Podcast #1
We're excited to bring everyone the very first Autoblog podcast. This week we talk to Stu Smith of Ford Motor Co. about the importance of the auto show circuit on the automakers. We also hear some terrific first car stories from our Weblogs Inc brethren including Jason Calacanis' 1973 Mustang. Sit back, click and enjoy.
- AWD Magnum test Now that the all-wheel drive Magnums and 300s are hitting the streets and winter weather is coming, I thought it would be prudent to give a link to the first AWD test I've seen. The DCX system gives a ...
- More hybrids = less batteries USA Today is reporting that automakers like Ford might find it hard in the next few years to find the expensive battery packs required to fuel hybrid cars like the new Escape. The expensive power pack ...
- Autoguy discusses Peak Oil and how it could impact our precious babies And by precious babies I mean our cars. We try and stay away from being political at Autoblog but there's no arguing that fossil fuels of any kind run out and some say oil could start a decline soon, ...
- Lavish new ways to sell cars Ed Garsten over at the Detroit News takes a deeper look into the trend of alternative sales pitches by manufacturers. A few weeks back we posted a story about the Black Eyed Peas playing a concert to ...
- Is the USA ready for China's invasion? Since yesterday was when automakers reported October monthly sales, all that's in the news today is how the Asian manufacturers gained share and the Domestics lost share. It's inevitable. When there a ...
- GM plus SEMA equals specialty concepts GM is stocking their booths full of specialty concepts for this years SEMA show in Las Vegas. Some of the show stoppers in 2004 include the Cobalt 272 shown in the picture, Colorado SS complete w ...
- GM, Ford cut inventory, hopefully incentives The US consumer seems immune to the current pile of incentives that automakers have doled out on their last of the 04's, and dealers are pushing back from the money-losing race. GM anno ...
- Anaheim show gets some exposure Every year I'm amazed at how many of the country's auto shows are getting to debut new models. Before only Detroit premiered the biggest and baddest. Then it Chicago started to debut more and more car ...
- Hands free not safer Cell phone addicts, automakers and lawmakers are scratching their heads. For the past few years they've all been advocating the use of hands free cell phones to stem the tide of 2,600 annual deaths li ...
- St. Louis man builds engine that runs on vapor After reading this story my mind was blown. I'm not a mechanic, but Bill Cain is. He's been rebuilding cars since he was a teenager. Recently he built an engine for a 1970 Plymouth Fury that recycled ...
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