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{Wheels.5.3474}: Joseph Kang {jsk} Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:56:14 EST (1 line)

Ha! Amazing!

{Wheels.5.3475}: Doug White {dwhite} Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:06:17 EST (3 lines)

Acura/Honda gets the last laugh over Ford when it comes down to corporate
profit:loss, though.  Losing face at an auto show (over a tiny, niche
market) isn't so bad.  Lose the battle, win the war.

{Wheels.5.3476}: Alex {alex} Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:43:57 EST (HTML)

{Wheels.5.3477}: Jil {rabbit} Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:52:04 EST (20 lines)

I think there's an error in calling the GT's engine an EcoBoost, even
if that is the company's name for it. "Twin turbo V6" sounds
sinister. "EcoBoost V6" sounds like a Fusion.

I'm writing a story on the aluminum F-150 even as we speak. Canadian
figures (which now use the five-cycle test similar to the U.S.) are
coming in about 1.0 L/100 km lower than the estimated five-cycle 2014
numbers.

Like any turbo, the EcoBoost is fine if your foot is light. I'm a
judge in the Canadian Truck King Challenge, where we use data
recorders as we're driving empty, hauling, and towing. Fuel economy
goes out the window with a load in anything.

Here's what we got in the heavy-duty trucks we tested last fall:
"http://canadiantruckkingchallenge.ca/wp-
content/uploads/2015/01/CTKC_2015_Report_Summary.pdf"

Here's the site. A little tough to navigate but you get the idea.
http://canadiantruckkingchallenge.ca/

{Wheels.5.3478}: Doug White {dwhite} Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:03:41 EST (1 line)

"five-cycle test?"  Wazzat?

{Wheels.5.3479}: Jil {rabbit} Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:45:32 EST (5 lines)

City and highway, plus extra tests that account for rapid
acceleration, air conditioning use, and cold weather.

"http://metronews.ca/drive/1018023/is-your-new-car-actually-less-fuel-
efficient-its-all-in-how-they-test-it/"

{Wheels.5.3480}: Joseph Kang {jsk} Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:00:45 EST (4 lines)

Interesting. I had no idea one of their duties was to gather intel and
comments from people that look at the cars, too.

"http://www.autoblog.com/2015/01/16/auto-show-models-get-1000-day-wrangle-information/"

{Wheels.5.3481}: Joseph Kang {jsk} Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:17:05 EST (4 lines)

Interesting bit of commentary from Chris Harris about the financial
future of automotive journalism.

"http://jalopnik.com/how-money-is-not-made-in-autojournlism-1679747807"

{Wheels.5.3482}: Jil {rabbit} Sat, 17 Jan 2015 06:54:58 EST (9 lines)

Yes, it's getting tougher. My salary's going to drop this year ...
sigh.

On the other hand, a lot of people could do much better if they'd
drop their tunnel vision. The freelancers think they can only write
about cars, for one publication. I write for as many as I can, and I
write about anything I can sell. If I go on a press junket, I sell a
travel piece on the place I went, for example. I'm always busy,
because I branch out.

{Wheels.5.3483}: Doug White {dwhite} Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:45:57 EST (2 lines)

Branch out into espionage and black ops on those junkets, since a lot of
foreign governments already believe that's what journalists are.  Heh.

{Wheels.5.3484}: Alex {alex} Sat, 17 Jan 2015 13:31:45 EST (HTML)

{Wheels.5.3485}: Joseph Kang {jsk} Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:21:57 EST (1 line)

Glad to see you're enjoying the new car.

{Wheels.5.3486}: Joseph Kang {jsk} Tue, 03 Feb 2015 12:34:21 EST (4 lines)

If only they'd tone down that roof spoiler. Very nice to see that Ford
is bringing this to the US this time.

"http://www.autoblog.com/2015/02/03/2016-ford-focus-rs-official/"

{Wheels.5.3487}: Jil {rabbit} Sat, 07 Feb 2015 09:07:57 EST (1 line)

Yes, it should be fun.

{Wheels.5.3488}: Joseph Kang {jsk} Sun, 08 Feb 2015 20:32:01 EST (2 lines)

I'm surprised it's going to have AWD. I assumed it would be FWD like
the ST.

{Wheels.5.3489}: Jil {rabbit} Mon, 09 Feb 2015 07:02:43 EST (1 line)

Better traction!

{Wheels.5.3490}: Joseph Kang {jsk} Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:32:05 EST (5 lines)

Totally! I just thought they would take the less expensive route of
FWD to keep the sticker price down. But, with AWD, it's much more
likely to get cross-shopped with the WRX, right? It might even get
some WRX shoppers who are unhappy that Subaru no longer offer a
hatchback version of the WRX.

{Wheels.5.3491}: Jil {rabbit} Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:45:16 EST (7 lines)

These guys came out last summer to do a promo for a TV show they were
trying to shop around. I doubt anything's going to come of it,
but ... the guy with the gold Cadillac is my husband. My Studebaker
and '47 Cadillac are in there too.

"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1592653901/cave-men-tv-all-
about-custom-caves-and-radical-car?ref=video"

{Wheels.5.3492}: Joseph Kang {jsk} Mon, 16 Feb 2015 12:13:46 EST (2 lines)

Me thinks they are not going to reach their goal without a major PR
push. Only $38 CAD out of the asked for $17K CAD with 23 days to go. :(

{Wheels.5.3493}: Jil {rabbit} Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:30:34 EST (5 lines)

I doubt they will. And that's just money for him to shop it around. I
think it's dead in the water.

The funny thing is that while the host is pretty bouncy and
articulate in person, I was surprised at how wooden he is on camera.

{Wheels.5.3494}: Joseph Kang {jsk} Mon, 16 Feb 2015 15:45:59 EST (2 lines)

That's a shame. I haven't had a chance to watch the video yet. I will
when I get home from work. I'd love to see your cars!

{Wheels.5.3495}: Joseph Kang {jsk} Thu, 26 Feb 2015 13:11:18 EST (10 lines)

Wow! Ernest (Ernie) Hemmings passed away!

"An Illinois parts dealer who created an institution in the world of
automotive history, Ernest Robert Hemmings, the father of Hemmings
Motor News, died early today at the age of 89. Ernie, as he liked to
be called, was living in a nursing home in his hometown of Quincy,
Illinois. He had been in fading health of late and died peacefully in
his sleep, his son, Trent Hemmings, told us."

"http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/02/26/ernest-hemmings-1926-2015/"

{Wheels.5.3496}: Jil {rabbit} Fri, 27 Feb 2015 07:54:21 EST (2 lines)

I didn't know he was still around. Sad news but it sounds like he had
quite the life.

{Wheels.5.3497}: Joseph Kang {jsk} Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:37:58 EST (1 line)

I have to admit I was surprised that he was still alive, too.

{Wheels.5.3498}: Joseph Kang {jsk} Mon, 02 Mar 2015 18:00:30 EST (4 lines)

I'll be surprised if the estate (aka wagon) comes to North America.
Regardless, I'd love to own the estate version.

"http://www.autoblog.com/2015/02/27/mercedes-introduces-details-c450-amg-4matic/"

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