Autoblog Archive

  • Filed under: Recalls, Toyota, Autoline on Autoblog RUNAWAY TOYOTAS? WHAT ABOUT DRIVER ERROR? No one wants to touch it. Not Toyota, not NHTSA, not any politician. But the issue has to be raised. Driver error is most likely at the root of these sudden unintended acceleration incidents. Unintended acceleration is...

    Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy

    Filed under: Recalls, Toyota, Autoline on Autoblog RUNAWAY TOYOTAS? WHAT ABOUT DRIVER ERROR? No one wants to touch it. Not Toyota, not NHTSA, not any politician. But the issue has to be raised. Driver error is most likely at the root of these sudden unintended acceleration incidents. Unintended acceleration is...

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  • Filed under: Autoline on Autoblog COUNT THE POUNDS, NOT JUST THE PONIES Gearheads the world over have always talked in terms of horsepower. The bigger the number, the better we like it. The type of engine and its output are always one of the first statistics covered in any test...

    Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy

    Filed under: Autoline on Autoblog COUNT THE POUNDS, NOT JUST THE PONIES Gearheads the world over have always talked in terms of horsepower. The bigger the number, the better we like it. The type of engine and its output are always one of the first statistics covered in any test...

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  • Filed under: Autoline on Autoblog Will They Ever Stop Writing Regulations? Every single year, for almost 40 years, politicians and regulators have written piles of laws and regulations to control the automobile. And yet, there’s no end in sight. Right now they’re working on regulations that will take us out...

    Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy

    Filed under: Autoline on Autoblog Will They Ever Stop Writing Regulations? Every single year, for almost 40 years, politicians and regulators have written piles of laws and regulations to control the automobile. And yet, there’s no end in sight. Right now they’re working on regulations that will take us out...

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  • Filed under: GM, Autoline on Autoblog How GM Can Repay All the Taxpayer Money General Motors can be pretty ham-handed when it tries to manipulate public opinion. The latest gaffe involves the company’s newest advertising campaign, bragging to the public that it paid off its billion in government loans. Listening...

    Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy

    Filed under: GM, Autoline on Autoblog How GM Can Repay All the Taxpayer Money General Motors can be pretty ham-handed when it tries to manipulate public opinion. The latest gaffe involves the company’s newest advertising campaign, bragging to the public that it paid off its billion in government loans. Listening...

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  • Filed under: Autoline on Autoblog Ethanol Booming, Despite the Drawbacks Just a couple of years ago American-made corn ethanol was vilified in the media. It was blamed for soaring food prices, and for causing food riots in Mexico. The UN even accused the U.S. of depriving the world of food....

    Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy

    Filed under: Autoline on Autoblog Ethanol Booming, Despite the Drawbacks Just a couple of years ago American-made corn ethanol was vilified in the media. It was blamed for soaring food prices, and for causing food riots in Mexico. The UN even accused the U.S. of depriving the world of food....

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