We were moments away from President Cheney last week, it seems.
The Detroit News reports:
Credit Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally with saving the leader of the free world from self-immolation.
Mulally told journalists at the New York auto show that he intervened to prevent President Bush from plugging an electrical cord into the hydrogen tank of Ford's hydrogen-electric plug-in hybrid at the White House last week. Ford wanted to give the Commander-in-Chief an actual demonstration of the innovat
After a polite email exchange with Seal Beach environmental/electric car/anti-Bush activist Doug Korthof -- he was catching This Ticking Time Bum up on what he's been up to lately (lots more than us, that's fer sure) -- it occured to us that if the automakers are telling the truth, our heads will all explode right now: DUCK!
We kid.
No, what we wuz thinking wuz if automakers are being truthful that Californians just never embraced the barely advertised, sales un-pitched, tucked-on-the-corner-o
According to the for-profit Orange County Automobile Dealers Association, the top new retail car and truck registrations this year through May:
Toyota: 29.3%
GM: 12%
Honda: 11.5%
Ford: 9.7%
DaimlerChrysler: 6.3%
Nissan: 5.6%
According to the nonprofit Environmental Defense, the percentage of carbon dioxide--the main pollutant causing global warming--emitted by vehicles on the basis of brand through 2004 was:
GM (64.4 million vehicles): 31%
Ford (49.8 million): 26%
DaimlerChrysler (30.4
By Deborah Song
Rob Russell was all smiles posing for cameras in front of the racetrack with umbrella girls and trophy in hand. The 38-year-old purchasing manager for Kitchen and Connection might have placed third in the national championship race in Las Vegas, but his spruced up, sleek belt sander was no match for contenders at yesterday’s belt sanding race in Anaheim.
Inside a stuffy E.B. Bradley Company warehouse, 75 feet of wood panel was laid out for belt sanders to race on, two at a t
Sorry for not reporting as diligently on O.C. conservative yakmouth Hugh Hewitt as I did last year, but got a gem for you: yesterday, I do believe Baby Hewie said "tit" on the air!!!The context: Hewie was interviewing former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich near the 3 p.m. hour, mostly so the two could vent about President Barack Obama. The segment was a disaster from the start: listeners of KRLA-AM 870 didn't hear Gingrich's first two comments due to a curious station silence. They then talke
As part of bankruptcy proceedings today, Chrysler LLC says it wants to eliminate 789 of its 3,200 U.S. dealerships, including Union Dodge in Garden Grove and Urban Automotive Group in Foothill Ranch. In its motion filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, Chrysler said sales are too low at many dealers on its shitcan list.
Dealers can appeal--and they won't be lonely.
General Motors Corp. says it
"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 off the line?
