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Cars and Car Design

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Straight Outta Santa Ana: EV Sportscar Pioneer

    One in an occasional series reviewing consumer vehicles that are powered by water, natural gas, electricity, hybrid motors, high-efficiency gasoline engines or some other alternative source.I remember when the first Mazda Miata hit American shores in 1989, I wondered to myself why it was a gas- as o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    [VIDEO:] Ever See a $379,700 Lamborghini Aventador on Fire?

    What is believed to be the first fire incident involving a Lamborghini Aventador happened on a test drive this past weekend in the southbound lanes of the San Joaquin Hills toll road (Route 73) past El Toro Road in Aliso Viejo. The fire broke out in the left rear wheel well area before fully engulf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Peppy Kia Rio Ex Kicks Off Greener Car Reviews

    Today we begin here at Navelgazing's "Ride Me" lot one in an occasional--and someday, perhaps, weekly--series on consumer vehicles powered by water, natural gas, electricity, hybrid motors, high-efficiency gasoline engines, my tears or other alternative sources.Kicking things off is the peppy litt ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 8, 2012
  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Prius Driver Self Important and Self Loving

    ​Police received a call at 10:38 a.m. Friday that a man was masturbating while driving a Toyota Prius at Irvine Boulevard and Browning Avenue in Tustin.Gentlemen (and Danica Patrick), start your en-jokes . . .

  • Columns

    January 12, 2012

    Diss-Abled

    [Hey, You!] The horrible traffic off Newport Boulevard heading into Costa Mesa creates another jerk

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2011
  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Dennis Koire, OC Homicide No. 54: Succumbs to Injuries From Valentine's Day 2010 Shooting

    Courtesy of OCDAPasquel Raul Loera​Fifty-year-old Dennis Koire was in a coma for the 13 months after he was shot in the head on Feb. 14, 2010. The Westminster man succumbed to his injuries this past March.In announcing the death penalty will be sought for Pasqual Raul Loera, who is also accused of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2011

    OC Auto Show

    Anaheim Convention Center

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    [UPDATED with Pre-Trial Bickering:] Federal Judge in Santa Ana Sets Trial For First of Hundreds of Lawsuits Against Toyota

    ​UPDATE, SEPT. 9, 2:10 P.M: Earlier this week, Toyota and the lawyers representing the people suing Toyota in several unexpected-acceleration cases, presented court papers showing their disagreements on specifics of the trial. The two parties disagree on how many of the then Toyota-drive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    [UPDATED with Pre-Trial Bickering:] Federal Judge in Santa Ana Sets Trial For First of Hundreds of Lawsuits Against Toyota

    ​UPDATE, SEPT. 9, 2:10 P.M: Earlier this week, Toyota and the lawyers representing the people suing Toyota in several unexpected-acceleration cases, presented court papers showing their disagreements on specifics of the trial. The two parties disagree on how many of the then Toyota-drive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Hybrid Cars Lose Special Carpool Lane Privileges

    dmv.ca.govCalifornians who drive hybrid cars will face a rude awakening tomorrow when they lose their special carpool lane privileges.​Since 2005, thousands of hybrid vehicles have been granted access to the carpool lane, even if there was only one person inside. Lawmakers OK'd the move as an ince ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Federal Judge in Santa Ana Sets Trial For First of Hundreds of Lawsuits Against Toyota In February 2013

    ​A Santa Ana-based federal judge has picked the bellwether case in the slew of freak-acceleration lawsuits lodged against Toyota. The trial, which will undoubtedly influence the litigation of the other cases, is set to start on Feb. 19, 2013, according to a timetable housed on the court' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Reginald Watson Sajonas of Anaheim Found Shot-to-Death on Freeway

    Reginald Sajonas​An Anaheim man was one of two victims found shot to death in an SUV on the 405 freeway in Long Beach Saturday night.Reginald Watson Sajonas, 37, of Anaheim, and Derek Alexander Pouono, 36, of Long Beach, were the lone occupants of the Honda Pilot discovered around 9:30 p.m. on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Owner Reunited With '73 Chevy Camaro Stolen in Santa Ana ... 27 Years Ago

    ​Robert Andrews reported his 1973 Chevrolet Camaro stolen in his hometown of Santa Ana on July 31, 1983.On Tuesday, the Nevada transplant was reunited with his sweet ride . . .. . . in West Los Angeles.

  • Columns

    October 7, 2010

    Parking Wars

    [Hey, You!] Big-ass car, even bigger sense of entitlement

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    2010 OC Auto Show is Electrifying

    ​As with past OC Auto Shows, the 2010 version allows visitors to check out the newest GMCs, Fords, Buicks, Chevys and Toyotas without being hassled by pushy salesmen.Those who enter the Anaheim Convention Center Thursday through Sunday can also be among the first people in the nation to drive the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 23, 2010

    Cruisin' for a Cure

    OC Fairgrounds

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2010

    Formula Drift

    Downtown Long Beach

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Car "Restorer" Gets Jail, Probation, Restitution Order for Ripping Off Charity

    ​A 60-year-old Costa Mesa man pleaded guilty today to two felony counts of grand theft and was sentenced to 270 days in jail and three years probation in a bizarre cases involving a Ford Mustang collector's car he promised to restore for a drug and alcohol rehabilitation nonprofit for women, inclu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    "Steven Seagal Lawman" Quote of the Week

    ​After a deputy in another Parish County, La., sheriff's cruiser gives the exact location of a possible home burglary:"Lose this siren as soon as we get close so he don't hear us coming. [To cameraman riding in the back seat of his unmarked SUV:] We've got a burglary-in-progress and we're right th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    What Do Futuristic Cars, Hooters Girls and 18-Foot-Tall Autobot "Bumblebee" Have in Common?

    "Futuristic concept cars, eye-popping exotics, pre-production models, interactive ride and drives and the latest alternative fuel options" are promised at the OC Auto Show, which opens for a four-day run at Anaheim Convention Center this afternoon. Swell. When will our flying Jetsons cars roll ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2009

    Rumble and Rock

    Downtown Anaheim

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2009

    Hootenanny

    Oak Canyon Ranch

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    To Do This Weekend 5/22 - 5/24

    Singing Jailbirds: The Musical, Fri., May 22 thru Sun., May 31, 8 p.m.The new production titled, Upton Sinclair's Singing Jailbirds: The Musical, will feature a large cast of performers. The story is set in 1920's San Pedro, the Port Town of Los Angeles amid the demonstrations of union activists du ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 25, 2008

    Mike Pace

    Brea Improv

  • Calendar

    December 25, 2008

    Classic Car Show

    Brea Improv

  • Music

    July 5, 2007

    American to the Bone, Daddy

    Hootenanny Fest goes 'Yee-Hah!' for cars, girls and roots music

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2006

    Popcorn and Greenhouse Gases (non Al Gore edition)

    Hot on the heels of last night's Orange County Film Society's premier of Chris Paine's Who Killed the Electric Car?– a documentary that makes the "compelling case: that oil companies, automakers, lawmakers, consumers and the media killed a workable solution to air pollution, global warming, so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2006

    Lamborghini's on the Wall

    Don't know if you caught last Saturday's LA Times story on millionaire Richard Moriarty bolting a Lamborghini he paid $60,000 for 10 years ago to the wall of his $2 million, Newport Beach oceanfront estate. If Moriarty does, as he threatened to near the end of the article and have tire tread marks p ... More >>

  • Columns

    May 4, 2006

    Hey, You!

    To Gas or Not to Gas

  • Food

    February 23, 2006
  • Culture

    February 2, 2006

    This Week in Demolition Derby Losers

    'Stripped AAA: Abandoned Automobiles of America'

  • Unknown

    July 7, 2005

    Beeming

    'Stripped AAA: Abandoned Automobiles of America'

  • Columns

    November 25, 2004

    Pardon My Lunch

    'Stripped AAA: Abandoned Automobiles of America'

  • Culture

    September 30, 2004

    All Up In Your Grill

    Strut stakes claim to the last word in high-priced grills and car accessories

  • Columns

    March 11, 2004

    TIWJD

    Strut stakes claim to the last word in high-priced grills and car accessories

  • Columns

    February 12, 2004

    Hot-Rod Home

    Strut stakes claim to the last word in high-priced grills and car accessories

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    German Healthcare, Santa Ana Politics

    Strut stakes claim to the last word in high-priced grills and car accessories

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    German Healthcare, Santa Ana Politics

    Strut stakes claim to the last word in high-priced grills and car accessories

  • Features

    October 30, 2003

    Real Men Make Furniture

    Strut stakes claim to the last word in high-priced grills and car accessories

  • Features

    May 15, 2003

    Dude, Wheres My Electric Car!?!

    Can one activist fight off Detroit, Japan, Big Oil and the Bush administration to keep EVs alive?

  • News

    November 21, 2002

    Squirrel Masher 5000!

    Saudi Arabia really wants you to buy this car

  • Columns

    November 14, 2002

    Flipper Off

    Saudi Arabia really wants you to buy this car

  • Columns

    May 9, 2002

    Letters

    Saudi Arabia really wants you to buy this car

  • Features

    February 14, 2002

    Bombshell!

    Extraordinary Miss April Atomics very ordinary life

  • Columns

    November 15, 2001

    Man Bites Snake

    Extraordinary Miss April Atomics very ordinary life

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    Heal the SUV

    Ford's partnership with Heal the Bay not as weird as it sounds

  • Columns

    November 4, 1999

    Letters

    Ford's partnership with Heal the Bay not as weird as it sounds

  • Supplement

    December 17, 1998

    The $1.2 Million Holiday!

    . . . And the gifts you'll actually get!

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