Just after reading the latest story about a famous golfer whose behind-the-wheel driving has turned out to be not quite up to par, I had a dream in which William Blake appeared to me and dictated the following.
Steve Parker | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business
Another "Hail Mary" from GM? Or the real thing? Starting today and running through November, General Motors is offering buyers of their Core Four bra...
Marshall Fine | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment
The Toronto International Film Festival suffers from its own success. There are too many damned commercials before the start of each film.
Nathan Hegedus | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living
Unless you were backing up Janis Joplin in a secret jam session, or at least at, you know, actually at Woodstock, please, shut up.
Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business
Disappearing ingenuity, poor design and dreadful marketing is to blame for Detroit's troubles, not the poor schlep who toils on the assembly-line for eight hours a day.
Steve Parker | Posted 08.15.2009 | Business
GM doesn't have the kind of partnership and help which Chrysler will be getting from Fiat and Washington is on-hand only to protect the public's huge investment in the company.
Steve Parker | Posted 08.10.2009 | Business
Is it possible for a 77-year old to do a complete 180-degree turn from his life experience and philosophy? After all, among Lutz's major claims to fame are green-lighting the Dodge Viper and the Plymouth Prowler faux hot rod.
Steve Parker | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business
General Motors must drop their Buick and GMC divisions. And do it now. The number of people already put out of work by the Amazingly-Shrinking Genera...
Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2009 | Business
Pontiac was chosen as the "easiest" to kill since it was cut from GM's self-defined herd of four "core brands," Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick.
wired.com | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green
Motor Trend, citing an unnamed "well-placed source," says GM brass have approved the project and want it on the road by the end of 2011, assuming the ...
Matthew DeBord | Posted 05.14.2009 | Style
In fact, the urgent demand to do something about global warming may bring about a second Golden Age in auto design.
Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.02.2009 | World
Viola Spolin's improvisation is a way for individuals to participate fully and authentically in the solving of problems.
Steve Parker | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business
In yet another sign of these perilous automotive times, GM has closed its High Performance Vehicle Operations unit.
Steve Parker | Posted 03.21.2009 | Business
Incidentally, GM got another $4 billion Tuesday after turning in their plan. Were you ever rewarded that much just for doing your homework?
Steve Parker | Posted 02.17.2009 | Business
I never liked the look of the Bush limo. It was too massive and appeared to be a truck that had started out as a tank. Obama's new limo looks more like an actual car, albeit a very big and heavy one.
HuffPost | Posted 02.15.2009 | Style
It's been reported in the past that President Obama's new limousine will make its debut on inauguration day , but yesterday the Secret Service releas...
EcoGeek | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green
EcoGeek's Hank Green went to the North American International Auto Show and found all kinds of good stuff. One of our favorites here at HuffPost is th...
Wall Street Journal | Posted 02.05.2009 | Business
General Motors Corp., on a mission to expand its lineup to include more fuel-efficient offerings, will introduce a new Cadillac crossover at the Detro...
Steve Parker | Posted 01.28.2009 | Business
Since every automotive enthusiast publication runs some sort of "Best of" list, I'm listing those I think are Detroit's "Most Significant" for 2008 and 2009, and some early available news on 2010 models.
Steve Parker | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business
GM is selling off, one-by-one, piece-by-piece, memory-by-memory, the GM Heritage Collection. Finding out felt like I'd taken a punch to the gut.
Steve Parker | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business
Now that they have our attention, the Detroit Three, in plans submitted to Congress Tuesday, increased their appeals for federal loans from $25 billion to $34 billion.
Steve Parker | Posted 11.02.2008 | Business
They say "start out bad news with a joke," so: In Peter Gent's "North Dallas Forty," a football coach is talking with the team owner's son about his f...
Steve Parker | Posted 09.27.2008 | Business
Should Chrysler, or two of the car-makers or even all three go bust, then, this time, the American people will pay the price, both literally and figuratively.
Steve Parker | Posted 08.13.2008 | Style
Whoever wins the upcoming election will apparently ride to the White House in a brand-new whip, with rear-wheel (or even all-wheel) drive and a marine-cooled diesel engine.
Steve Parker | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business
John McCain visited a GM factory and said if cars like the Volt, a plug-in gas/electric hybrid GM is developing, really do make it to market (still a question mark), "hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created." He's wrong.
James Heffernan | Posted 12.05.2009 | Sports