It's A Guy Thing

Consider this:

General Motors

• G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., chairman and CEO
• Frederick A. Henderson, president and COO
• Robert A. Lutz, vice chairman, Global Product Development
• Ray G. Young, executive vice president and CFO
• Thomas G. Stephens, executive vice president, Global Powertrain and Global Quality

Ford Motor Company

• William Clay Ford, Jr., executive chairman
• Alan Mulally, president and CEO
• Michael Bannister, executive vice president, chairman and CEO, Ford Motor Credit Company
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Driven Archives

The Mini Conspiracy
In yet another example of unsubtle product placement, BMW has announced that Vivendi Games has integrated the Mini Cooper S into the driving sequences of Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy video game. Jason Bourne uses a Cooper S in the chase sequences, though the game also features "hand-to-hand combat, evasions, and dramatic escapes."   – View More

Latin Lovers
SEAT, VW’s Spanish subsidiary has teamed up with the U.K.’s largest lingerie and adult goods chain, Ann Summers, to supply vehicles for its growing band of female part planners. The party girls, er, planners drive around England to “arrange fun-packed adult-themed evenings for females only.” – View More

When Men Were Men
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the introduction of Ford’s Model T. Over 15 million of the low-cost cars were produced between October 1, 1908 and May 26, 1927, a number of which went on to racing success. In celebration, Ford is entering a restored Model T-Montier in the Le Mans Classic 2008. – View More

Not So New
We are all getting older. Time is passing us by. Proof of these statements comes in the form of a release from Volkswagen marking the 10th anniversary of the New Beetle. The anniversary will be marked at Europe’s fifth annual "New Beetle Sunshine Tour" that features a drive along the Baltic Sea coastline. – View More

Black Gold
Volkswagen has won the international “Golden Drop of Oil 2008” award for its 90-kW TSI engine and 7-speed DSG gearbox combination. The prize is awarded annually by the German automobile club Kraftfahrer-Schutz e. V. (KS) for technical developments in passenger cars that make "a significant contribution towards reducing fuel consumption and safeguarding the environment." – View More

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The Simple Secret of Success
While it seems as though things are rather bleak in Detroit, it strikes me that there is no reason to think that things can’t get better in a not-too-long period of time.

Which some of you might consider analogous to whistling past a graveyard.

But if we look to the...Read More...