Why does TTAC roll its eyes at every proclamation of change, rebirth and renewal from automakers, particularly of the Detroit-based variety? To put it in a single French phrase, dèjá vu. In an industry as cyclical as the automaking game, the latest downturn always takes place within recent memory of the last downturn. As a result, the promises of reinvention and renewed focus are still ringing in our ears by the time each new PR offensive rolls out. One can only hear so many pleas and promises before they all start running together, creating the permanent, inescapable sense that we’ve been here before and it didn’t work out. No better evidence for this phenomenon exists than this series of videos from the 1988 edition of GM’s perennial campaign of renewal (especially in part two). The music may have changed, but the beat goes on.
golden2husky - Derek, is the feeling of start-stop pretty much the same as in a hybrid? I pretty quickly got used to it in my car. The motor does not do a great job of...
Summicron - Na, Larry Keikkenen talkin atcha here. Dere was some fellah name like such taught school down in Manistique a while back dere. Him went out...
golden2husky - I agree. There was a sense of grace and elegance that came with the Jags of not too long ago. I remember all the problems of 20 years ago; I had to learn...
golden2husky - A coworker just took delivery of a new JGC with the top interior. I only spent 10 minutes with it but it was beautiful. I have not been in the latest RR,...
mshenzi - The ANC was founded around the turn of the 20th century by mission-educated Africans who most definitely were not communists– they aimed for English-style...
28-Cars-Later - You are correct that all variants of the Ju-87 and the main bomber type Ju-88A were powered by Jumo engines, however the Ju-88 was a...
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cartoon - I must say–TTAC is an almost irelevant car site.
golden2husky - If Porsche wanted to show just how efficient the car could have been in the hands of drivers,...
golden2husky - Top Gear did just that…they drove a Prius as fast as they could around a track and...
golden2husky - Derek, is the feeling of start-stop pretty much the same as in a hybrid? I pretty quickly got used to it in my car. The motor does not do a great job of...
Summicron - Na, Larry Keikkenen talkin atcha here. Dere was some fellah name like such taught school down in Manistique a while back dere. Him went out...
golden2husky - I agree. There was a sense of grace and elegance that came with the Jags of not too long ago. I remember all the problems of 20 years ago; I had to learn...
golden2husky - A coworker just took delivery of a new JGC with the top interior. I only spent 10 minutes with it but it was beautiful. I have not been in the latest RR,...
mshenzi - The ANC was founded around the turn of the 20th century by mission-educated Africans who most definitely were not communists– they aimed for English-style...
28-Cars-Later - You are correct that all variants of the Ju-87 and the main bomber type Ju-88A were powered by Jumo engines, however the Ju-88 was a...
28-Cars-Later - William Faulkner is that you?