Entries from October 2009

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

The Daihatsu Deca Deca Is Boxy Boxy

You know, it is a little disturbing, just how many new vehicles and concept designs are jumping on the bandwagon of the current trend. You know it. Let’s call it the “hey, let’s design a vehicle that looks like a geometric figure” trend — it doesn’t quite roll off the tongue, but it [...]

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

The Saab 9-4X Concept Won’t Make You Sob

The Saab 9-4X concept is one of many, many, many crossover SUVs unveiled last year at NAIAS. I figure that by the time it got its launch, every crossover was pretty much starting to taste like beans, but come on, man! This is a Saab!
The concept is expected to look quite a lot [...]

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

What the Heck Is the Tata Nano?!

So, the Tata Nano. It sounds kind of like a bad bout of baby talk, but apparently it is a much anticipated car — a “one lakh,” at that. The anticipation came mainly from the New Delhi Auto Expo. It is being touted as a car for the people, and that is [...]

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Ford and UAW contract changes begin to leak out!

When you think about it – UAW is a union that really takes care of their employees and since they have been in negotiations with Ford – their contract details have really been kept under lock and key.  Not anymore folks!  Finally, their contract details are leaking out slowly but surely and they are good [...]

Friday, October 16th, 2009

GM market share will grow in October: Finally!

We all know that with GM going bankrupt, it has been a really, really tough year for them.  Well folks, if you have been a fan of GM, it is good to finally put on some good news for them and let you know that GM’s market share is finally going up!  According to the [...]

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

The Peugeot BB1 Concept: It’s Something New

Back at the motor show in Frankfurt, the Peugeot BB1 concept was thought to be one of the most intriguing surprises there. Although it is a mere two and a half meters long, it is somehow able to seat four people, and as befitting the times, it is an all electric vehicle.
The purpose of [...]

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

The Trabant nT Concept: What Is This?

For some reason, I do not want to like this car. I feel like I probably should not like this car. And, in fact, I do not like this car. I love this car.
To me, the Herpa Miniaturmodelle GmbH company is pretty obscure. It sort of sounds like an STD or [...]