Truck Stop at the Beach
Every Thursday down at Main on Main, Paq Productions gets down hoe-down style with their Truck Stop at the Beach parties. An extension of their White Trash parties in Hollywood, there’s nothing but greasy food, greasy people, greasy strippers, and beer! Where else can you get a beer, a shot, and some chicken wings for [...]
Watch the Oscars?
If you did, you probably noticed the commercial domination of automotive sponsorships and therefore, car commercials. In the lead were Audi – with its new small-sized SUV Q5, Hyundai – with its Assurance+ program and the launch of the new Genesis Coupe, and Toyota – with the new crossover meets wagon-esque Venza (they’re all over [...]
Bring on the deals and the diesels.
It’s hard to miss all the deals … EVERYWHERE. Now, BMW has joined the rest of ‘em offering to pay your first 2 payments on your lease/purchase on 2008 + 2009 models (1 series, 3 series, 5 series, 6 series, and X6). The big boys in Germany have not decided to extend the promotion, so [...]
The battle is over, for now.
After 77 years of reigning supreme, GM has lost its ongoing battle with Toyota for the title of the world’s largest automaker. We may not notice it here, where sales in southern California of the Chevy Silverado are higher than anywhere else in the country (weird, I know), but it’s apparent in most cities in [...]
LA Auto Show: Mercedes Unveils New myCOMAND
Mercedes, known for unappetizing on-board nav grpahics, has finally upped the ante. At the LA Auto Show, they unveiled to the media their new myCOMAND system, with a completely internet-based (high-speed WiFi) computer system. Soon, MB drives can surf the web and view current Google maps, through an extremely sophisticated, graphically pleasing interface. The downside: [...]
Big Three Auto CEO’s Fly Private Jets to Washington Pleading for Bailout
This one makes my buzz boil over. Gotta say I’m amazed. appalled. aghast. awed. OUTRAGED!
Here’s an excerpt from tomorrow’s Washington Post:
There are 24 daily nonstop flights from Detroit to the Washington area. Richard Wagoner, Alan Mulally and Robert Nardelli probably should have taken one of them.
Instead, the chief executives of the Big Three automakers opted [...]
Despite Prop 8…Gay Day @ LA Auto Show
While the country seems intolerant of same-sex marriage and adoption, GM proudly recognizes diversity, offering a single day dedicated to the gay community at this year’s International LA Auto Show. GM will be pimp’ing out its major brands: Chevy, Saturn, Cadillac and Saab.
And of course, in LA gay style, they’ll start off with brunch, onto [...]
Lamborghini of O.C. Takes a Bow
Lamborghini Orange County, the world’s largest Lamborghini dealer, has closed.
Denying rumors that the financial/credit freeze contributed to major problems for the dealer and citing other economic woes such as the housing market’s impact on the sale of ultra-exotic vehicles, Lamborghini OC says they’ve locked the doors due to their own business decisions. The dealership alone [...]
Start your engines: LA Auto Show Nov. 21-30
It seems last year’s show was just around the corner … but here we are again. And it’s not just with a new President-elect of course, the Los Angeles International Auto Show will serve as the platform for major auto manufacturers to unveil some of their latest goods … including Ford’s all-new 2010 Mustang. [...]
We Should Feel Honored: New FerrariUnveiled in Santa Monica
While home foreclosures are higher than any time before us in history, MAJOR trouble on Wall St. and unemployment at 6.1%, our league of supercar manufacturers just won’t let up, and neither will their buyers.
Ferrari has developed one gorgeous baby, the California: a hard-top convertible, powered by an all-new 460 hp 4.3-liter V8 engine in [...]
All-new Z4 to debut in LA
BMW North America will use the upcoming late November Los Angeles International Auto Show to unveil its all-new Z4 roadster. In addition to sporting BMW latest design cues, this little bad boy will be unique as the first hard-top convertible in this model’s history.
In addition to this debut, BMW will launch 3 new models in [...]
New Caddy Coming to LA!!
For those of you who like/love the new Cadillac CTS (2008 MotorTrend Car of the Year), hold on tight, because the production 2-door coupe will be unveiled in less than 3 months at the November LA Auto Show. The CTS has been so successful in terms of both design and sales, that Cadillac gave the [...]
Michigan back on its game?
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Toyota, watch out. Michigan is mad and they’re striking back with a vengeance. For at least a decade, US automakers have focused heavily (to say the least) on gas-guzzling SUVs and lost focus on their original bread ‘n butter: CARS. The return of the Michigan 3 started a few months ago with the Cadillac [...]
1st GT-R Delivered in U.S. (Los Angeles, of course)
Just about every major automotive brand has a supercar. Mercedes has the SLR McLaren (soon to be no more), Audi has the R8, Lexus is soon to have the LF-A, Acura is about to bring back the NSX, and now Nissan joins the rest of ‘em with the GT-R. Nissan aside, the GT-R is one [...]
Iron Man Hits LA Hard
Iron Man was the top grossing movie in LA and internationally … it’s impressive opening positions itself as the 2nd highest opening of a non-sequel and grabs it the 10th place award for top 10 premiers of all time. As final figures are still calculated, the film brought in $104 million at home and $96 [...]
Tesla Motors Now Open in LA
Tesla Motors has opened its first dealership in LA … on the corner of Sepulveda and Santa Monica Blvd in West LA. The $2 million, 10,000 square foot dealership will function more like a factory store … think Niketown, not just there to sell but to build brand awareness, loyalty and awe.
For those of you [...]
Rockstar Games – Midnight Club: LA
The makers of Grand Theft Auto (soon to release version 4) has announced its upcoming Midnight Club: Los Angeles, the newest in the Midnight Club series, with a slew of new features. Coming to a PS3 and Xbox 360 near you on September 9th, Rockstar Games will be offering an enormous selection of customizable vehicles, [...]
Long Beach Champ Car series bids a dieu
Downtown Long Beach said goodbye yesterday to the Champ Car series … a historic 25-year-old event that set the pavement for the San Jose Champ Car series (1989) and even NASCAR.
Why did it end? The merging of the IRL/IndyCar Series and the Champ Car series, a 12 year long deal. Will Power (not kidding) [...]
New BMW 135i Commercial Starts in Downtown
The buzz in LA is BMW’s new 135i coupe and its new commercial featured driving Downtown. Check it out, it’s a stud … just won AutoSpies‘ 2008 Car of the Year. The beginning features the picturesque skyscrapers of the Downtown skyline …
If you’re interested in seeing more on the all-new BMW 1-Series … watch [...]
Constantly Inflating Auto Prices
The buzz in LA today is the constant inflation of vehicle prices. South Bay BMW has one of the first, all-new M3 sedans in the US and it’s $70k! [what a beauty] Sure it’s fully loaded, but come on, for an M3 sedan? This means that the M3 convertible is going to top off at [...]
LA Times Rips New Baby BMW
The buzz in LA today is the BMW 1-Series, an all new model (to the U.S.). It’s the first of its size in the luxury segment here. Soon to be followed by the Audi A1/Q3 and the Mercedes CLC .
It’s cute, it’s small, it’s fast and it’s not that expensive. But LA Times’ Highway section [...]
