Book Review: Car Guys vs. Bean Counters

Jog Lutz, love him or hate him is solitary of my heroes. I distinguish a lot in life of similarities amid him and myself.

Driven: 2012 VW Beetle Turbo

It's to finish now. The long awaited replacement representing the Volkswagen New Beetle is to finish hitting dealer lots.

Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix raises $200,000 for charity

Being a Pittsburgh based car guy and racing fan. I brag around the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix all the way through the day. Not single look after I fair cars and participate in the trial, but I furthermore fulfil as a associate of the Car Show Committee.

The most famous car in the world. Herbie

 Herbie

There's a batch of top film and television car lists. And Herbie the be keen on Bug is for eternity on so as to register. Some say so as to the Batmobile or James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 are digit single and the on the whole famous. But I think in fact the digit single is nothing other than Herbie.

Herbie

 Herbie

The hammer has precisely fallen on Herbie by the side of the Gooding & Company martin Scottsdale. I've been patiently awaiting this single. Bidding on track slow down by the side of $30,000. And unhurriedly crept up, struggling to progress to $50,000 beforehand bidding to conclude ended with the side in $60,000.

Picks from the Pittsburgh World of Wheels

the Pittsburgh World of Wheels

Fritz Holzer from RPM Hot Rods showed his 1954 GMC pickup which made its introduction by the side of the be evidence for. It's refreshing to comprehend a GMC as disparate to the more unexceptional Chevrolet trucks of this vintage. This truck oozes cool.

Volkswagen setting records

Volkswagen setting records

Volkswagen is nix stranger to setting records. Come about it sales volume records or having a car swim across the English channel or the Panama Canal. Here's a new-fangled humanity disc notch in support of the belt.

Jerry Seinfeld working on a car show?

Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Adam Carolla, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld. These are precisely a only some of the names of large instant Hollywood car guys. Rumors are swirling so as to Jerry Seinfeld is working on a new-fangled be evidence for revolving around cars and a little of his comedic contacts.

51st annual Pittsburgh World of Wheels

It's to facilitate stage of day again kiddies. The start of the car fair season in Pittsburgh. The 51st once a year Pittsburgh World of Wheels begins this Friday, January 25th. We'll be jacket the event in specify in argument you can't nominate it. This day, stormy rod legend Gene Winfield will be on administer performing a chop on a solitary auspicious person's car.

Tesla Model S. The best car.

Tesla Model S

In some news out of left field. The folks from Consumer Reports have come out an announced that the Tesla Model S is bar none, the BEST car they have ever tested. Interesting because of the fact that it is a full electric car. But that's also one of the biggest reasons why CR says it's the best. Styling is uniquely Tesla, and looks like nothing else on the road. Inside, a 17 inch touch screen panel controls just about everything in the car. Now how it is better than say a VW Jetta TDI?

Well, I'm not convinced other than you can take the Jetta on long road trips. The Model S can market say Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Longer trips are potential credit to a interact of supercharged charging stations to facilitate can charge the battery from barren to semi chock-full in around a semi hour. However, expect a chock-full charge to take 12 hours using customary 240 volt interior stimulating. That can be slice down with an voluntary stallion from Tesla to facilitate takes around 5 hours to revive.

Sticker set a price representing the Model S comes in next to a brawny $90,000 collapse or take a link hundred bucks. And lets mug it. Frankly, it's not a Prius, and that's why we like it. Even though we still have a preference our cars to suck swap gossip, not electricity.