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Ford knows what consumers want.

November 16, 2009

The Ford Ka is a sub-compact, reminiscent of Asia’s offerings for the American small-car market. Yet while Ford is an American automotive company, the Ka won’t be coming to U.S. shores, as Ford CEO Alan Mulally recently noted.
Our view is that Fiesta is about the smallest vehicle that we think will be a real success [...]

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iPhone 3G S: wonder toy.

June 22, 2009
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What’s most interesting about the iPhone feature chart posted earlier today by The iPhone Blog isn’t the evolution of the iPhone since 2007, but that the chart makes the 3G S stand out over the other models by its evolutionary leap. That’s not to say that we think the 3G S is hugely innovative, but [...]

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Let Detroit die.

November 12, 2008

As fans of machines, we’re inevitable drawn to vehicular transportation, which is why we were crazy enough to buy a 25-year old DeLorean despite already owning two other vehicles. (We won’t chalk the DeLorean up as anti-green though – we’re reusing old stuff!) We also used to own a 2005 Ford Mustang GT, which was [...]

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Bicyclist scum.

December 17, 2007

I hate bicyclists in San Francisco. I’m not sure if I hate them more than San Francisco bus drivers, but I hate them nonetheless. As it is, I’m glad Aelel blogged about it on her new site, as I’ve been too lazy to throw something together about the topic myself. I’ll assume my comment to [...]

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Mobile musicianing makes road trips rock.

October 3, 2006

At the Download Festival last weekend, among the druggies and hippies and fanboys, I saw an assortment of new Volkswagens for some sort of promo. It turns out that Volkswagen has a limited-time deal where they’re packaging new 2007 models with custom guitars, as Jalopnik now reports.
I make no claims that the custom guitar is [...]

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