It’s not a typo. Akio Toyoda is the grandson of Kiichiro Toyoda. Toyota, the name of the world’s largest carmaker currently embroiled in recalls and Congressional Hearings, stems from a family member’s belief in good luck.
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Just like happens ever year after the Super Bowl, the halftime show and the commercials following Super Bowl XLIV, are being evaluated as much as the game. About a dozen auto-related companies aired commercials, including Cars.com.
It’s hard to understand what motivates a father to buy his son a $360,000 Maybach for his 16th birthday. But rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has few equals when it comes to extravagance and bad taste.
My weekly driver test vehicles last week and this week may be the funniest-looking and most talked about cars on the road. Not too many, if any, cars are more unique than the 2010 Nissan Cube. But the more I drove it and the more I showed friends, the more everyone was won over.
Likewise, the [...]
David Letterman, comedian and late-night talk show host, is currently embattled in a sex scandal involving former employees. But like his former late-night counterpart Jay Leno, Letterman’s celebrity has catapulted his interest away from entertainment and into the automobile industry.
Maybe the Colorado man who offered his 1985 Maserati Biturbo to the “Clunkers For Cash” program in order to purchase a used Subaru Impreza knew exactly what he was doing.
Beyond showcasing cyclists’ skills the Tour de France is a three-week daily motorcade of cars, trucks, buses and motorhomes. Equipment trucks, team buses, race sponsors’ pristine Skodas and the tiniest Peugeot rentals, more than 1,000 official vehicles made the daily trip from the start to finish of each route from the start in Monaco.
If you like all things automotive and all things Monterey Peninsula, there’s no better mix than Monterey Auto Week. Despite its name, it’s actually a 10-day span of vintage cars shows, auctions, specialty racing and automotive memorabilia.
