Archive for February 2006

Chris Bangle Gets Vindication

MotoringFile Sections: Uncategorized Feb 28th, 2006 8 Comments

[ Once-reviled BMW look now widely imitated ] TheStar.com

Okay…I hate to gloat about this, but everyone I talked to about flame surfacing six years ago hated it. Yet I predicted that it would be widely copied in the years ahead and would set a new standard in automotive design. So to anyone and everyone who told me I was crazy at the time…. ahem… I told you so.

Hummer Can't Buy a Song

MotoringFile Sections: Uncategorized Feb 28th, 2006 No Comments

[ Humming out of tune ] Journal Gazzette

Ah yes, but the Who are always ready to sell-out if no one else will.

XXX

MotoringFile Sections: Uncategorized Feb 21st, 2006 7 Comments

So here it is. The day I’ve been looking forward to and dreading at the same time: I’m officially thirty.

(posted 20 minutes before my actual birth-day starts, but you get the idea)

VW.com GTI Configurator Blows My Mind

MotoringFile Sections: Uncategorized Feb 17th, 2006 8 Comments

Remember that ad agency that won a ton of awards while working with MINI? They’ve moved on to VW and are rocking the house with a crazy new GTI configurator. Go build one and click on “watch your joyride”. Seriously, do it right now.

The Best Automotive Website Yet

MotoringFile Sections: Uncategorized Feb 15th, 2006 1 Comment

Now this is immersion:

[ The Porsche 911 Turbo Masterwerk ] Porsche.com

The Raconteurs - Rockin' it DOS style

MotoringFile Sections: Uncategorized Feb 4th, 2006 3 Comments

Jack White’s new band “the Raconteurs” not only has a couple of great songs floating out there in the far reaches of cyberspace… they also have one of the most interesting band sites I’ve seen in a bit. Check it.

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