Car companies have been resurrecting iconic car names one after the other—the latest being Ford’s Bronco. Previous efforts include the Thunderbird reboot and from General Motors, the GTO, Impala, and (current) Camaro, also resurrected in the early 2000s. But why aren’t new icons being made? The short answer: Iconic cars can’t be made anymore because […]
If MPGs Were Really the Reason
Gas mileage has been a kind of fetish object for the government officials these past 40-something years. But is it really about gas mileage? Or is gas mileage just the excuse for something else—something even more sinister than a handful of people contravening what buyers want, as expressed by their willingness to buy? Let’s consider a couple of things […]
Automotive Pre-emption
• June 30, 2020 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, BAC, Breathalyzers, DUI/DWI, Eric Peters, IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE, NHTSA, Technology
New cars do lots of things cars didn’t do in the past, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Convenience has its merits. But what about pre-emption? Cars once did as they were told by their owners and no more. If you didn’t want the doors to lock or the lights to come on, they didn’t […]
The Thousand Dollar Windshield
• June 23, 2020 • 2 Comment • Auto Industry, Eric Peters, INSURANCE, Insurance Companies, SAFETY, Technology, TRAFFIC STOP
Most people don’t know this — yet — but replacing a new car’s windshield can cost as much as a new transmission used to cost. Sometimes, more. Because it’s not just glass you’re replacing. Embedded in the glass — part of the “assembly” is safety technology. It’s usually part of the rearview mirror, technically, but […]
The Weirdmobile
One of the best reasons to go to an old car show isn’t so much because the cars are ancient but because they are weird — relative to the same, as they are today. Weird under the hood, especially, which is sometimes under the trunk. One such oddball is the Chevrolet Corvair, which GM built as a kind […]
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