Posts By: Tim Healey

By on February 21, 2022

Today is President’s Day in America and Family Day in Canada, and so we, and our corporate masters, are taking the day off.

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By on February 16, 2022

Carscoops is reporting that following spy shots that suggested the Porsche Panamera is in line for a facelift, new snaps might indicate that a full redesign is on the way.

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By on February 11, 2022

Whether the truckers who’ve shut down parts of Ottawa, Canada and the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Canada, are winning the debate over vaccine mandates or not, I suspect they aren’t winning the hearts and minds of some people they might otherwise be able to convince to support them.

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By on February 9, 2022

GM

The New York Times often gets unfairly criticized, usually by readers who have their own political biases (right and left), but sometimes the criticism lobbed its way is not only very fair, but accurate.

And when it comes to autonomous driving, the vaunted Times has stepped in it, big time.

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By on February 9, 2022

As a lifelong Snow Belter, I’ve long considered myself a fairly good snow driver – and I’ve long understood the need for winter tires, even over all-seasons in some cases. A recent trip to the ski town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, courtesy of Bridgestone, confirmed some of what I already knew – and taught me some new things in the process.

For example, one can be a pretty good snow driver, and yet be pretty far from excellent. More on that in a bit. (Read More…)

By on February 4, 2022

Tesla and its boss, Elon Musk, stepped in it again this week.

As we reported the other day, Tesla faced a recall of 54,000 vehicles because the company had programmed its Full-Self Driving software to allow rolling stops.

When the Associated Press’s Tom Krisher wrote a pretty straightforward news story describing the recall, Elon Musk called him a “lobbyist” while replying to a tweet.

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By on January 28, 2022

You’ve probably seen them, especially if you live in a big city. Three-wheeled vehicles that straddle the line between car and motorcycle that often travel in packs, driven mostly by men in their 30s and 40s. Adult toys of the non-sexual variety. Can-Am Spyders. Morgan 3 Wheelers. And Polaris Slingshots. I was loaned one of […]

By on January 26, 2022

Ford loves to dig from the well of history when it comes to naming various versions of its Mustang performance coupe. We all know that. Perhaps, though, that inadvertently puts pressure on each edition to live up to expectations set by past models sharing a moniker. Expectations that may have been set decades ago. Fortunately […]

By on January 17, 2022

Irina Qiwi/Shutterstock.comIt’s Martin Luther King Day, and it’s a holiday for American employees working for our corporate overlords, so we’re going to take the day and take a nice little break.

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By on January 14, 2022

Bridgestone Blizzak WS90

We’re pleased to announce the winner of our Bridgestone Winter Tire Giveaway.

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By on January 13, 2022

Honda

The teaser game continues.

Honda has sent the automotive press two teaser images of the next-generation HR-V small crossover.

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By on January 12, 2022

BELL KA PANG

You guys remember that winter-tire giveaway we ran last month? Yeah? Well, one of you won — and have not replied to several emails informing you that’s the case.

I suspect the email went to spam.

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By on January 12, 2022

  I took a few days off in December for a vacation, flying out to New Mexico just in the nick of time to avoid the rise of the Omicron variant of COVID. I’d need a rental car to get from the airport in El Paso, Texas, to Las Cruces – and to tool around […]

By on January 11, 2022

Honda

The North American International Auto Show, aka the Detroit Auto Show, isn’t taking place in January anymore. It’s set for a move to September.

But that didn’t stop the traditional North American Car and Truck of the Year award ceremony from taking place at Cobo Center Huntington Place this morning.

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By on January 10, 2022

DriveTribe, a social-media site that was focused on the automotive industry and car enthusiasm, has shut down.

The cause: The semiconductor chip shortage.

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