It looks like the world financial crisis is sending a strong message to car makers around the planet– get your pricing right or we’ll go elsewhere.  But is that the entire story?  US auto giants GM and Chrysler are repeating its bottom line horrors of the early 70’s oil crunch. But it’s amazing to hear that Audi, Benz, even ...

Car buffs can’t seem to get their car off the archetypal penis mentality.  The more power you can get, the more you can impress your friends and neighbors.  I am amazed at all those after market gadgets advertised to bring out more horsepower and ever higher speeds.  Makes me wonder if all that is needed. Certainly, not in the ...

No doubt you’d love to drive that Porsche, Rolls or Ferrari.  Maybe even a notch lower like a Lexus, Benz or BMW.  But let’s face it, unless you inherit a fortune, win the lotto, or somehow get to become the CEO and be driven by a stretched limousine, those cars will remain a dream. So what’s really the best car for you?  I ...

Obsessed with speed?  I am. I don’t own any supercar and they will most likely remain forever in my dreams unless I win the lotto jackpot. But I love to read about them.  I can’t afford to buy Guinness book of records every year, so the net is a great place to hang around and see them coming in and out. Over the last 10 years, ...

I just realized that the fastest production car in the world is a short, stubby and rather bulky-looking car that's not even wedge-shaped - said to slice through the wind. It looks very conventional in every way, with windshield wipers that create turbulence on the windshield at high speeds.  The fastest production car in the world ...

It used to be that the McLaren F1 Street was the most expensive car in the world.  At slight over $ 1 million, in the mid 90s.  Now, it’s the Bugatti Veyron at $1.5 Million.  In between that time, there have been record makers but mostly from auction houses that sold rare and historic vintage cars to tycoons who have nothing better ...

You can browse the net and a quick Google search will return pages about the 100 or so most beautiful cars in the world.  They are mostly from a bygone era like the early Ferraris and Jaguars, mostly European and a handful of American luxury cars, and very few modern ones. What struck me was the vote going to the latest Jaguar XK and ...