Two recurring themes were rolling off the lips of seemingly auto exec during Day One of the 2008 LA Auto show : the bleak state of global auto industry, along with a steady stream of commitments to building greener cars.
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It’s a little hard to judge the mood here at SEMA. Some of the parties have drawn desultory crowds and the lines for restaurants and taxis are definitely shorter. But there have been plenty of folk trudging the show halls…
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7:00 AM — Chevron breakfast at the Venetian. Got the download on fuel additives that can help clean deposits from injectors, valves, and fuel sending units that usually suffer from bad or cheap fuel. Especially…
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What follows are the collected Blackberry notes I made from my first full day from the floor of the Las Vegas Show convention center. They are short because I have fat thumbs, and they’re not very deep because neither am…
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SEMA does not have the gravitas of a traditional auto show like Geneva or Frankfurt. SEMA is about making a splash, showing off; it’s a neon-lit homage to automotive braggadocio. And that’s a good thing, because it’s what…
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This my eighth trip to the Specialty Equipment Manufacturer Association (SEMA) show. That may sound like a lot, but I assure you, it’s nothing compared to some industry diehards. A buddy of mine is on his 22nd SEMA — and…
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First thing I did at SEMA yesterday was walk on to the show floor and check our custom Ford Flex was really there. You see, last time I saw it the interior looked like an explosion in a computer factory: wires dangling…
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Remember that scene in the movie “Jurassic Park when the tour guests got to watch a fat cow being lowered into a highly protected cage? Remember how the dangerous reptiles inside the cage — the ones that tore the giant…
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I’ve been to all the big European shows a bunch of times, but these two companies have eluded my notice until this year’s Paris show. PGO Automobiles , of Saint Christo lez Ales, near Nimes in the south of France and…
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During the Paris show I had a chance to sit down briefly with Wolfgang Hatz, head of powertrain development at Audi and Stephan Reil, quattro Gmbh’s technology development boss. With a freshly minted 2010 S4 just meters…
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