I’ll freely admit that I’ve never been a huge fan of Asian automotive design. Most automobiles from the Far East employ either a fairly straightforward, utilitarian appeal, or a proportionally exaggerated style reminiscent of Japanese SD (”Super Deformed”) caricature. But I’d like to think that even the common observer would have the same [...]

Last week, my dad and I were getting together to grab some dinner when he mentioned that our community gas station was switching to a 10% Ethanol blend, colloquially known as E10. “Guess I won’t be getting gas there anymore,” he lamented.
Not that any of us have gotten gas at our once-convenient community station [...]

What was I just saying the other day about design — about how there’s no way I can see it becoming a lost art, despite what the disillusioned Philippe Starck may think?
Today, my pro-design argument received more support in the form of Peter DeLorenzo’s latest rant at AutoExtremist.com. Peter talks about how, despite all [...]