Posts Tagged ‘GwynethPaltrow’

Forbes lists top 10 family cars

Saturday, July 5th, 2008
As the self-appointed family car reviewer for Autoblog, I have some opinions on the topic. If money were no object, my nomination for the ultimate family car would be split between the Mercedes-Benz R-Class and the BMW 5 Series wagon. But the R-Class entry price is $42k, and the Bimmer's is close to......

VW design chief wants a return to ‘basics’

Thursday, June 26th, 2008
If you look back over the years, Volkswagens have been steadily marching toward the gaudy. We're not talking K.D.F Wagen amazingness, but chromey, buck-toothed, overwrought fussiness. Walter Da'Silva is out to change all that by realigning Volkswagen design with its past. That doesn't mean that ever......

Beijing 2008: Volkswagen Lavida meets its home audience

Monday, April 21st, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the VW Lavida for ChinaShanghai Volkswagen developed the new VW Lavida in China, for China. Now it's made its big debut before the home-market audience in Beijing. Stylistically, the made-in-China design looks oddly dated, quite frankly. The petal-shaped head- and......

VW Rabbit is the new top-researched car on Gaywheels.com

Thursday, April 10th, 2008
This quarter, the Volkswagen Rabbit knocks the Toyota Yaris out of the top spot on Gaywheels.com's list of top-researched cars. The Yaris, which had hung on to the numero uno spot for the last twelve months, dropped to third place as the VeeDub managed to snag the second spot as well with the hardto......

Anybody want to win a Mario themed VW Beetle?

Friday, March 28th, 2008
Earlier this month, it was revealed that Mario Kart would continue its succession up the ranks of Nintendo gaming systems with the Wii version appearing on April 27. As we said before, we're more interested in realistic driving simulators, but when we found out that a real car would be given away du......

Hybrids and the 'metrospiritual' segment

Friday, March 24th, 2006
Best Syndications has posted an article on how hybrid vehicles are part of the demographic category Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) or "metrospiritual. " (Pictured is actress Gwyneth Paltrow, considered by many to be a member of said category).The writer goes on to argue that hybrids......