Honda NAIAS Display: Bringing Back the Fit
Acura NAIAS Display: Bringing Nothing to the Table
Honda’s display was, in a word, freaking spectacular. Okay, so that’s two words, but I stand by my statement. Immediately upon entering the Honda NAIAS realm, we were greeted by the FCEV Concept, which was unveiled at the 2013 LA Auto Show. The FCEV is the brand’s next-gen fuel cell car and has a 2015 […]
Nissan NAIAS Display: What’s That Smell?
Porsche wasn’t the only booth with a strange smell this year in Detroit. The Nissan NAIAS display was ripe with the brand’s signature Scent of the Future, and it, uh, didn’t smell too good. Now, to be fair, the scent didn’t reek. It was flowery, just really potent. It smelled like I was a bee […]
General Motors NAIAS Display: Meeting the Car and Truck of the Year
Although we were most excited to get to see the Car and Truck of the Year (Corvette Stingray and Silverado, respectively) at the Chevy NAIAS display, we first made our way through Buick’s and GMC’s offerings. Buick’s five models stood on display at the Buick booth, but the one I found the most entertaining was […]
Mazda NAIAS Display, Volvo NAIAS Display, and Even More Displays (Oh My!)
Marci and I could see the General Motors display up ahead and were incredibly eager to finally see the Corvette Stingray in the flesh, so we felt rushed going through the next few booths. A highlight of the Mazda NAIAS display was the shiny, red MAZDA3. We couldn’t get inside as we were fenced off, […]
Lincoln NAIAS Display: Creepy Whispering Is Creepy
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Lincoln these days (and I don’t blame you if you are), the luxury automaker is attempting to rebrand itself, using art and creativity to breathe life into the seemingly ancient brand. The Lincoln NAIAS display, however, might have taken this a little too far. Check out my […]
NAIAS Luxury Car Seats: My Definitive Ranking of Places You Put Your Butt
While checking out all the action at NAIAS, it occurred to me that on an editor’s salary, I’d probably never afford a Benz or Bentley of my own. In fact, this trip was full of a lot of firsts for me, as I had never sat in a majority of the luxury (and other awesome) […]
Ford NAIAS Display: Wait, This Is, Like, Half the Building
Ford’s display at NAIAS was most definitely the largest, and noticeably so. Just the sight of it was overwhelming, especially after we’d already spent four hours on our feet with heavy equipment on our backs in the unreasonably hot showrooms. (For real, my pits were like the Everglades.) We started by checking out the Ford […]
Porsche NAIAS Display: Is That Cinnamon I Smell?
Ready to eat the next unsuspecting floor model we saw, Marci and I agreed that Porsche should probably be our last stop before lunch because, and don’t quote me on this, I don’t think resorting to cannibalism on your first business trip is the best way to represent your company. It didn’t help, however, that […]
Volkswagen NAIAS Display: Golf R, Dune, and a Secret Dungeon?
After having spent too much time in Kialand with the babbling photographer, Marci and I felt rushed. Plus it was nearly three o’clock and our stomachs were grumbling for overpriced Cobo food, so we didn’t spend as much time looking at the people’s cars as we would have liked. There was even a secret dungeon display (okay, […]
Kia NAIAS Display: The One with the Creepy Old Man and the Hamster
The first part of Kia’s display visible to us was the luxury section. Kia is attempting to enter the luxury market within the next few years, and much to cynical Tim’s surprise, the luxury rebranding is actually going quite nicely. The Cadenza and the newly unveiled K900 both looked stately and sophisticated, the kind of […]
BMW NAIAS Display: Electrifying and Sleek
MINI NAIAS display existed too...
The BMW display was the first place that Marci and I spotted one of the “car janitors.” These people were dedicated to keeping the cars clean and shiny all day. There were honestly so many of them that for a while it seemed like they outnumbered all the gearheads there checking out the goodies from […]
Audi NAIAS Display: Our First Stop
When we first stepped inside NAIAS, I felt like I was getting off the subway for the first time in Manhattan. I’m sure Lewis and Clark felt similarly on their trip to the Pacific, although I am not quite certain how they made it sans smartphone. There was so much going on: cars and flashing […]
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
History and Information on the life saving organization.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an independent, nonprofit organization that was established in 1959 in Arlington, Virginia, by three major insurance agencies. Over fifty-plus years, the IIHS has evolved to become one of the nation’s leading nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the automotive industry and is increasingly committed to significantly decreasing […]
Hunter-Reay and Bell Added to SRT Motorsports Team for 2014
It has been announced by SRT Motorsports that Ryan Hunter-Reay and Rob Bell will be the latest drivers for the extended endurance races in the IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship 2014. Both Hunter-Reay and Bell are well-travelled and extremely talented drivers who will be looking to help the upstart SRT Motorsports team make a run […]
2014 Jeep Wrangler and Dodge Challenger Nab Best Resale Value Awards
There are ton of awards out there, but when Kelly Blue Book (KBB.com) hands some out, it’s worth taking notice. The acclaimed automotive authority (alliteration aside – see what we did there?) recently held its annual Best Resale Value Awards, and bragging rights have been given to Chrysler. Both the 2014 Jeep Wrangler and 2014 […]
Ram Truck Donates 3500 ST Crew Cab Heavy Duty 4×4 to Forgotten Harvest
The Ram Truck brand will, along with Case IH and New Holland Agriculture, donate equipment nearing a combined total value of $400,000 to Metro Detroit’s Forgotten Harvest food rescue organization. The donations will enable expansion of large-scale farming on Forgotten Harvest Farms, which harvests fruits and vegetables and donates them to local hunger-fighting groups. “In […]
Ford Tops YouGov Consumer Poll of for Buzz
Marketing research firm YouGov has released its mid-year Top US Buzz Rankings. The survey, which determines whether consumers view particular brands positively or negatively, found that Ford ranks highest among all companies included. YouGov’s pollsters speak to 5,000 Americans daily, asking respondents to rank any news they may have heard about a brand in the […]