Posts Tagged ‘automotive journalism’
Britain's Channel 4 reports that GM will be making an announcement related to the Chevy Volt when the curtain lifts on the 2008 edition of the Modial de l'Automobile, better known around here as the Paris Motor Show. Channel 4 reports that we can expect to see the U.S. production-spec Volt on displa......
Autocar ranks 100 top F1 drivers of all time
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Autocar has listed the top 100 Formula 1 drivers of all time, as declared by British motorsport journalist Alan Henry. We won't spoil the top-of-the-list surprise for you, but of course, as with all of these things, some of the placings could be a little controversial. At least until one realizes t......
RIP: Paul Frère, 1917-2008
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
We're saddened to report the passing of Paul Frère, veteran racer and revered elder statesman of automotive journalism.Frère was born on January 30, 1917 in Belgium. As a racing driver, Frère competed in Formula One between 1952 and 1956, and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1960 behind the wheel o......
Toyota Tundra named Motor Trend 2008 Truck of the Year
Sunday, October 7th, 2007
click image for more pics from our own review of the 2007 Toyota Tundra Motor Trend awarded its 2008 Truck of the Year award, the last of its three yearly awards, to the Toyota Tundra today. New for the 2007 model year, the Tundra beat out the Chevy Silverado HD, GMC Sierra HD and Ford's line of F-2......
BREAKING: Jason Vines resigns from Chrysler LLC
Saturday, September 29th, 2007
For as long as this young blog can remember, Jason Vines has been the official voice of Chrysler. Though he began at Chrysler back in 1983, Vines' professional career has seen him receive paychecks at both Nissan and Ford before returning to Chrysler in 2003 to become Vice President-Communications. ......
Pickuptruck.com hosts Heavy Duty Truck Shootout to end all shootouts
Monday, April 30th, 2007
Mike Levine from PickupTruck.com is our go-to guy for truck news. His brain is like the bed of a Ford F-450 filled with the esoteric details of heavy duty diesel pickups and 3/4-ton gassers. Plus, he's from the old school of automotive journalism and has made a successful transition to the web, whic......
New York Auto Show: Meet your media professionals at the Jalopnik 2.33 Party
Saturday, February 17th, 2007
Davey Johnson models the Jalopnik uniform – a Husker Du shirt and full facial hairWe spent a nice night on the town in NYC after the first press day of the 2007 New York Auto Show came to a close on Wednesday. We wined and dined, walked for miles and finally ended up at the Manhattan Car Club whe......
Brock Yates returning to new and improved Car & Driver?
Friday, October 13th, 2006
Winding Road is reporting that Brock Yates, the godfather of automotive journalism in the U.S., may be returning to the pages of Car & Driver. Many of you might remember that Yates was allegedly forced to abandon his column in C&D because of a shakeup taking place at the most popular automot......
RR of the Day: 1967 Chevy Camaro RS/SS
Sunday, September 10th, 2006
Kicking off Camaro Week for our RR of the Day feature's is Flickr member Kyler's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS/SS. Not only does this car exist in the upper echelon of Camaro annals, it also happened to be the subject of the very first piece of automotive journalism I ever penned, so it gets extra points fro......
Top Gear’s Richard Hammond in critical condition
Saturday, August 5th, 2006
It's been a shocking day in the world of automotive journalism as we receive the terribly upsetting news that BBC Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond lies in a Leeds hospital in critical condition. Hammond was airlifted to the hospital following a terrifying crash at the wheel of a jet-powered car wh......