Oddball Update

I shouldn’t have given the impression that today totally sucked — there was one pretty cool thing that happened.

I received an interesting letter from GM corporate last week. Apparently Pontiac would like to inform owners of 2005-06 GTOs with manual transmissions that, if driven aggressively, the LS2 engine in their vehicles will consume a small amount of oil.

Year One, source of restoration and performance parts for classic Firebirds, has teamed up with Burt Reynolds to create a new series of limited-edition Bandit Trans Ams.

Dude, can someone please assure me that these AutoWeek photos of the 2008 Subaru Impreza and Impreza WRX are an April Fool’s Day joke? Please? …Please?

I recently blogged offhandedly about Ford’s stodgy new crossover replacement for the Windstar, their new Ford Flex, which was less than aptly named in my opinion. Apparently, auto industry critic Peter D.

Glancing back at my “Maseratisti” post from the other day, I got to wondering what seven cars I would choose to stash away in a warehouse if I had the money and space that Apple’s uncle Preecha does.

I’ve mentioned Apple’s uncle Preecha before.

During the last few weeks I’ve spent in Thailand, I’ve kept up with things making news back home in the United States.

When you venture to countries in Asia, you typically find that English has invaded popular culture, if only in some small way. Here, English words, phrases or acronyms are everywhere, particularly on cars.

Pontiac’s not the only car company making headlines today. Ford has announced that they majorly screwed up by abandoning the brand equity they’d built up (and then torn down, naturally) in the Taurus nameplate.