Friday, July 15, 2011

A High Quality Automotive Podcast That's Also Satisfying

How do you define quality? Well, J.D. Power and Strategic Vision are bickering over what quality means and their lists of quality car brands are very different.

Should hybrid cars get kicked out of the HOV lanes? California is considering doing just that, arguing that hybrid technology is longer that unique.

A people moving box from Brooks & Bone

This weekend is Carmageddon in the Los Angeles area. Last week, we talked about flying cars being the solution. This week JetBlue is offering flights from one side of the city to the other for about the price of a gallon of gas, $4.


Most cars are style over substance, but two recent car design school grads have gone utility over style to create concepts for moving people around in urban areas. It's a box.

Distracted driving has become cause celeb for the U.S. Department of Transportation, and now Syracuse, N.Y. and Hartford, Conn., are both cracking down and doing lots of education. And it's working.

Groupon has offered deals on driving schools, car parts, auto detailing and now actual cars. A Detroit dealer is offering a $500 Groupon for $199, but those who buy, are locked in to that dealer.

Another bargain trend are penny bidding sites. One bidder nabbed a $31,000 Camaro for $5.28. Really.


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