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Lieberman Focuses on Ford

I know, I know; there's been a lot of Ford and GM bashing on this site as of late. All of it deserved. As long as car companies make crap cars– and tha…

Robert Farago Jul 05, 2006

Chrysler Finds the Key to Patriotism

With all the talk in these parts about what it means to be an American automobile manufacturer, I couldn't resist Chrysler's press release about arranging so…

Robert Farago Jun 26, 2006

Volkswagen Phaeton Found on the Moon!

This weekend, a conspiracy of VeeDub owners will assemble in Roswell, New Mexico for the seventh annual New Beetle “2K Car Show Weekend." According to…

Robert Farago Jun 22, 2006

Lieberman Stays Focused

Jonny Lieberman thinks SUV's should look like they're ready to win World War II or go to the moon. Shrugging off that da-da-esque assertion, we schmooze abou…

Robert Farago Jun 20, 2006

KBB: The Coolest Cars Under $18k

The original idea: interview Jack Nerad about the type of cars parents buy for their teens. When I finally got kbb.com's Executive Editor on the blower, he i…

Robert Farago Jun 18, 2006

Dunlop: Art or Science?

I'm always amazed at how easily automotive PR folk slip into jargon-laden sound bites. I guess when your work involves something that doesn't appear on civil…

Robert Farago Jun 16, 2006

Lieberman Checks In

Our thanks to Redwing Studios for repulsing and rebuilding TTAC after the Romanians tried to turn our site into phish food (don't ask). And also to you for r…

Robert Farago Jun 01, 2006

Henrik Fisker Checks In [Pt. 2]

And so it's time to ask Mr. Fisker the obvious question: what's the ugliest car in the world? Although the former Ford design jeffe and current coachbuilder…

Robert Farago May 25, 2006

Henrik Fisker Checks In [Pt. 1]

Once upon a time, wealthy people didn't just pop down to their local Ferrari dealer, pick-up an Enzo and ask for their change in F430's. They commissioned a…

Robert Farago May 24, 2006

Silver Auctions: Mad Money for Muscle

TTAC writer Terry Parkhurst suggested I give Mitch Silver of Silver Collector Car Auctions a call. Mitch's mob aren't the biggest of the big, but they've dev…

Robert Farago May 21, 2006

Drop Top Or Die

openairtours.com has a second-by-second counter marking down the moments until the next time 200 convertibles hit the road in Wisconsin. TTAC respects that…

Robert Farago May 18, 2006

Driversed.com [podcast]

All I remember about my driver's ed class was a film (remember film?) about a nerdy mid-Westerner who performed all these ridiculous pre-flight checks ('Ligh…

Robert Farago May 17, 2006

Mann Hummel Symposer [podcast]

TTAC receives a great deal of excrutiatingly boring PR copy on a daily basis. When I caught sight of this sexy PR prose poem, I had to know more: 'The purely…

Robert Farago May 16, 2006

Ray Wert Checks In [podcast]

Ray Wert is a member in good standing of the so-called 'Swedish Mafia': the new breed of internet-based automotive journalists who write what they think and…

Robert Farago May 15, 2006

Meet Jonny Lieberman

In the run-up to our June re-launch, The Truth About Cars is proud to present a new feature: the TTAC Daily Podcast. The 10-minute recordings will feature in…

Robert Farago May 14, 2006

Low Marks for Hi Tech

Our main man Daniel Howes of the Detroit News recently asked 'what the Hell happened to mass customization"? Mass customization means building a product to a…

Robert Farago Jan 12, 2005