Hyundai protects buyers who lose their jobs; December's another disaster for car sales; "solar Prius" may be a crock; and sit down for a beer with Wayne, Antuan, and Brian.
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• Ford Park Assist: See it in action.
• CNET's Tech Car of the Year announcement is imminent
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• Have we hit a wall on tech in our cars?
It's White House or bust for Detroit, will Intel go into the car battery business? Mercedes puts two displays in the dashboard, and we drive the 2009 Acura TL.
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• Vote for Tech Car of the Year
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• TomTom online routing in early beta
• Study report on how cell phones are distracting, no matter what
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- 370z,
- tomtom,
- cell phone distraction,
- detroit bailout
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The real Porsche Panamera is unveiled,2008 is going down as the worst car year in a generation, another navigation device gets an Internet connection, and we pass on the Lexus RX400h.
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• TeleNav Shotgun connected GPS
• Tiger calls it quits with GM
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LA Auto Show a mix of highlights and doom, Green Car of the Year, your cell phone becomes a traffic probe, Chrysler offers a "Web Edition".
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• Nissan 370Z has rev-matching manual gearbox
• Billion dollar deal to create places for EV's to plug in?
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Hyundai is said to be sniffing around Chrysler, a new Web site blows whistle on short yellow lights, Porsche is more bank than car company, and a ride in the polarizing Ford Flex.
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• Cooley's 2009 Ford Flex video
• Short yellow lights Web site
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GM, BMW have a lousy week; Dash Navigation pulls the plug on it's device; Delphi is convinced we want in-car Internet; and a romp in the tire smoking Chevy Cobalt SS.
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• Delphi gets interested in putting Internet in lots of cars
• Dash pulls the plug on its connected nav device
• AT&T CruiseCast sat TV for cars
• Audi A4 3.2 Quattro road test
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- autonet,
- cruisecast,
- smartgauge,
- cobalt ss,
- dash express
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Big hybrids are dying an ugly death, GM and Chrysler not married yet, a look at the new Nissan Z, and a ride in the Lexus IS-F.
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• The buttony madness of the Porsche Panamera
• Cheapest car in America. Period.
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- HD radio,
- electric MINI,
- 2009 Acura RL
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Brian Cooley has a fleet of late '60s cars so he's well aware that great motoring exists happily in the absence of silicon--car technology only impresses him when it's great.
Wayne Cunningham On the cutting edge of tech coverage, Wayne began his journalism career writing about the Web in 1995. Although he has covered many areas of technology, he considers the Car Tech beat the best yet.
Antuan Goodwin gained most of his automotive knowledge the old fashioned way, by turning wrenches in a driveway. From drivetrain tech and performance to car audio installs and cabin tech, if it's on wheels, Antuan is knowledgeable.
