Track Gas Mileage with Milemarker
I’ve never been very good at keeping track of gas mileage for my personal vehicles, but I’ve always wanted to. A new website called Mymilemarker.com promises to take the drudgery out of computing your...
Author: Jeff James
About.com: 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan Reviewed
photo: © The Chrysler Group We’ve just posted a review of the all-new 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan over at the About.com Minivans site. Written by my About.com colleague Aaron Gold (who heads up About.com...
Wheel Talk: Corvette C6 Z51 vs. Cayman S
photo: © Calvin Cheng A nice comparison article over at Wheel Talk pits a C6 Z51 Corvette against a Porsche Cayman S. The comparison is written by Calvin Cheng, and does an admirable job...
Google Unveils Hybrid Car Initiative
Internet search behemoth Google unveiled a new initiative last week designed to raise awareness of plug-in hybrids and “vehicle-to-grid” technology. The currrent program involves a number of conventional hybrids (specifically 4 Toyota Priuses and 2...
Zip Zaps Camaro Bumblebee Arrives
I was strolling through a local Radio Shack recently and came across the new Zip Zaps Micro RC car of the Bumblee Camaro from the upcoming Transformers film. The squashed image above this post...
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2007 Subaru Outback 2.5XT Road Test
photo: © Jeff James Late last year I had the good fortune to spend a week behind the wheel of a 2007 Subaru Outback 2.5 XT. I live in Northern Colorado, so the Outback’s combination...
2007 Detroit Auto Show: Holden Efijy
With the flurry of new product introductions and concept vehicles being unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show this year, standing out from the crowd can take something special. I came across that something special...
2007 Detroit Auto Show:
A Visit to COBO
photo: © Jeff James Held every January at the COBO Exhibition Center in downtown Detroit, the Detroit Auto Show attracts thousands of journalists, automakers, suppliers and other auto enthusiasts from all over the globe to Motown...
Lotus Elise to Join DARPA Urban Challenge
Sponsored by the US Department of Defense via the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge event featured a number of robotic vehicles autonomously navigating a 131.2 mile road course. A modified Volkswagen...
About.com: 2007 Honda Accord EX-L Road Test
The Toyota Camry and Honda Accord have been battling for the top spot on the sedan sales charts for the last decade or so. (Note that I didn’t say “best-selling vehicle” — the Ford...
