Auto journalists are getting kicked by their brethren and ignored in at least one case by their sources. . . . The Truth About Cars Edward Niedermeyer says “the pimpatorial game is becoming more subtle and cites the participation of Jean Jennings and her Automobile Magazine staff in one of Ford’s sock puppet TV commercials…. Continue Reading
Category Archives: Passing Scene
Summer’s Slow News Days
Journalism’s “silly season” of lazy hazy “dog days” brings less news and leaves more time and space to be filled with quirks, quacks and quiddities: The new no battery mechanical system being developed in England, the Flyrbrid, successfully powered this race car at LeMans this year. The Detroit Bureau tells of “a British-designed ‘flybrid’” that… Continue Reading
How Tos For The Auto Industry
“Getting Your Ass Kicked By A Really Nice Guy,” penned by David Koretz for MediaPost, uses http://www.craigslist.org versus www.AutoTrader.com as a cautionary about what happens to a company when a guy who thinks completely differently comes along. Koretz says it should “scare the hell” out of publishers when “intrepid entrepreneurs figure out how to displace… Continue Reading
What A Launch!
BC Honda launched the 2012 Honda Civic in downtown Vancouver, B.C. with this eye-catching whimsical display of the new model as a prize emerging from a gigantic cereal box. Vancouver photographer Maurice Li was on hand to snap what became the photo of the week on the official blog of Pan Pacific Vancouver. Truly… Continue Reading
Passing Scene: Banned Commercials, Royal Wedding, Interesting Stats
Maureen McDonald sent along this Dodge TV spot discovered possibly while doing research for The Sirens of Chrome book a year or so back. It features perky models and was banned from the air she says, back in the quaint ’69 – ’70 season. Click on the image to play the commercial. Wooden Horse News… Continue Reading