Bill Ford, AdAge chide GM over 230 MPG Chevrolet Volt MPG projection

VW Voluntarily Recalls 13,500 Vehicles Over DSG Transmission Woes Recalls   VW of America says a small number of Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, GTI, and Eos models built between September 2008 and August 2009 may have faulty DSG transmissions and has recalled 2009 and some 2010 [...]

Engine Mechanics Were Much Better Looking In World War II Planelopnik   [An attractive male and female engine mechanic working on an R-1830 engine from a C-47 cargo plane at the Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California in October, 1942. Photo via Shorpy] [...]

Epic 275-Classic Car Junkyard Collection Headed To Auction Auctions   If you're anywhere near Palmya, Nebraska this weekend, you should plan to hit the estate auction of John Armbrust. Over the past 50 years he collected more than 275 vehicles, and they're all for sale. [...]

Chinese Astronauts Endorse Premiumness, Holistic Safety Of Volvo China   Four taikonauts will be "convoyed" in stretch S80 sedans, which they chose for reasons of safety, quality, and "nonostentatiousness." They can put a man on the moon (pending) but they can't write a [...]

Bonneville-It-Yourself: Ten High Speed Venues For The Frugal And Stupid Bonneville Speed Week   Only Bonneville is Bonneville. But where do you go if you have a hunger for speed but not the time, money, or character for Speed Week? Provided you're very stupid, here's ten places to speed on the [...]

Porsche Offices Raided On Suspicion Of VW Stock Manipulation Industry News   Porsche's Stuttgart offices were raided by prosecutors brandishing search warrants and hunting for evidence Porsche manipulated VW stock prices in support of their attempted takeover. Seems like [...]