2009 smart fortwo

“Never buy a French car unless you in fact live in France,” I remember a journalist writing during the ‘80s, when Renaults and Peugeots were tossing parts, reliability, and market share like shucked snail shells. This echoed in my head as I went online last year, swiped $99 off my debit card, and ordered a German-engineered, French-built, Smart ForTwo. They were a sight in Paris, Florence, and Rome when I traveled there and I wanted to take some Euro va-ca home. One year later, here I am – in very-middle-America Indianapolis – driving a French car. [...]

Top 10 Most Researched Vehicles – 1st Quarter 2009

River Edge, NJ – Gays and lesbians continue to do their homework when it comes to buying cars and the Volkswagen Rabbit and Eos remain at the top of their list when searching on Gaywheels.com, the sole source of information specifically targeted to and about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) car-shoppers. Today, Gaywheels.com announced its list of the Top 10 Most-Researched Vehicles during the first quarter of 2009. [...]

Top 5 New Cars- 2009 NY Auto Show

It has been over a week since I crawled out of the aging Javitz Center in NYC to see the light of day after attending the NY Auto show during press day. Sure, the auto show sounds glamorous but trust me, it is exhausting. You may not believe this but I didn’t get to spend any quality time with a vehicle until the afternoon of the second day. It is a competition to get in the cars, photograph them and even videotape them. And EVERYONE is trying to do this. One ESPECIALLY friendly colleague from Edmunds.com got ally pissy because, gasp!, I actually sat in the front seat of a car when he was trying to film. Sorry sunshine, I didn’t get the memo that you had a closed set. And for the record, if you ever slam a door in my face like that again, I will take you out. You know who you are. [...]