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Smart ass.
The state of Georgia can't catch a car break. It loses on
Saturn,
BMW, and
Mercedes-Benz, then saw its
Ford and GM plants get shuttered. And now
Kia's plant is on hold. Remind us not to ride with Britney Spears anywhere in the state, please?
Since we've already
invoked Britney's name, can we wonder openly for a second why her driving and parenting skills are a bigger news story than the new government in Iraq? Than the election in New Orleans? Than the incredible second-season death spiral of
Reno 911?
Miami may be tops in road rage, but they'll never compete with real
Rage.
Honda's doing it all: building plants, adding capacity, replacing the Insight and boosting sales. We're trying to think of a "we make it simple" joke but nothing....just air....
Step aside, Mick and Keith:
AutoPacific says that once again,
Lexus is giving the most satisfaction in the new-car business. And
Hyundai's no stranger to good feelings from buyers, either, but it's just a little easier to imagine roadies ushering concert babes into an LS than into a
Tiburon.
And finally, TheCarConnection salutes the state of Texas for considering a move to
80-mph speed limits, where appropriate. In a show of solidarity, we'll do doughnuts around the state capitols of our choice until they too submit.
Viva Brock Yates!
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Smart’s on-again, off-again relationship with America seems to be off again—at least, by the sentiments in what purports to be a billboard found on the side of the road near Johannesburg, South Africa. Blog
Neandernews posted this pic of the billboard, which points out that the
smart fortwo uses “German engineering, Swiss innovation, American nothing.” Save your angry cards and letters for the affable Dieter Zetsche, will you?
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Miami drivers flip out into road rage way more often than those in Seattle or Atlanta. Or so a new survey from AutoVantage says, contrary to TCC’s personal observations on the Perimeter and on A1A. The auto club commissioned its first road-rage survey and found that the rudest cities for drivers are Miami, Phoenix,
New York, L.A. and Boston. The last three, well, no surprise, right? Among the cities with a smidge of politesse behind the wheel were Atlanta (we’re guessing it’s due to Ted Turner’s leftover meds), Seattle (massive switch to decaf), St. Louis (free beer at every stoplight), Nashville (traffic cops built like Wynonna Judd), and Minneapolis (mellifluous Prince music all day, all night). Missing the cut in any notable way were the lovely citizens of Philadelphia and
Detroit, New New Orleans (otherwise known as Houston), and San Frandiego. Road ragers are inspired, again no surprise, by being in a rush: survey respondents told AutoVantage they were “in a rush to get somewhere” and were “stressed out” and finally, “get the &*(^% out of my way, *#&$)&.”
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As if the child of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline didn’t have bad celebrity-child karma already on its shoulders! Now apparently little Sean Preston Spears has mom’s driving habits to survive. Earlier this year paparazzi snapped Spears behind the wheel with infant in lap, unbelted. Her media-savvy response? She did it to save him from said paparazzi. Now the same lenses have spied Spears driving in her
MINI Cooper Convertible, with Sean Preston in the back seat—in a front-facing child chair. The sleazier
New York papers (no, not the Times, you imp!) splashed pictures of the scene on Page 1. And aside from Britney’s questionable fashion (hair in Edna Turnblad curlers, no less), her choice of seat positions left some question as to whether she was belting in Sean Preston properly. Federal guidelines say children under a year and 20 pounds must be in a back seat facing backwards, but Spears’ publicist cites California law that permits children under 6 and 60 pounds be in the back seat, direction unspecified. Any CHPer on the scene could have ticketed Spears for the seat—we’ll leave it to you to write your Congressperson as to why she can’t be arrested for stealing Madonna’s tongue.
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When Bill
Ford Jr. wasn’t being chastised by an irate stockholder during the company’s recent annual shareholders meeting in Delaware, he took time to acknowledge soon-to-be-retiring
Ford President James Padilla (shown here, on left).
Padilla will retire July 1. He thanked him for his 36 years of service to the automaker and wished him well in retirement and that he hoped he got everything he deserved. Well, courtesy of the Securities and Exchange Commission, we now know what he deserves…or at least what
Ford Motor Co. will give him.
According to the filing, he’s going to be a consultant to
Ford Motor Co. for the next year and a handsomely paid one at that. He’ll get $592,080, which will be paid at the beginning of each quarter. That’s a check for $148,020 sitting in the mailbox. Additionally, he “will be eligible for two executive vehicles under the Executive Evaluation Vehicle Program.”
He will also “be provided a laptop computer, software, a docking station with monitor, printer, fax machine and wireless support, email, internet connection, and phone service for use during the term of the agreement.” He’ll also get “the same post-retirement benefits, such as health care and life insurance on the same terms and conditions as other Company salaried employees retiring at the same time,” the filing said.
On the down side, no more using the company jet to get around the country. So if you’re checking in at the Spirit Airline counter and the guy standing behind you looks an awful lot like Padilla, it just may very well be…
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