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Cars and Car Design

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    What I Learned While Driving a Clunker in L.A.

    In our new column, First Person, L.A. writers tackle the good, the bad and the funny about life as they know it. Three years ago, I became the proud owner of a 1988 Toyota Corolla with 240,000 miles on it, approximately 40 dents -- I stopped counting -- and a broken cassette player. Times were tou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Tesla's $130,000 Roadster Could Become Giant Paperweight if Battery Dies

    So you paid nearly $130,000 for your new, environmentally friendly, Ed Begley Jr.-orgasm-machine known as the Tesla Roadster: Al Gore will be stopping by any minute to give you an autographed driving glove. But while you're waiting for the ex-vice president to congratulate you for saving the planet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    Grandson Shot Trying to Save Grandpa During North Hollywood Robbery, LAPD Says

    Updated at the bottom with two suspects arrested. The story changed after our first report (the victim was the grandson, not son), and our headline changed soon after to reflect that. First posted at 6:05 a.m. Jan. 10. A man was killed when he tried to defend his father during a robbery in North Ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    Honda Civic Hybrid Only Gets 30 Miles Per Gallon? L.A.'s Heather Peters Sues ... The Right Way

    So you bought an ugly, slab-sided Honda Civic hybrid thinking it would, despite its Danny DeVito looks, become the next "it" car for the eco hipsters. Wrong again, ethanol breath. Turns out earlier models of the Civic hybrid came with way less gas mileage than advertised -- 30 versus 50 -- as a re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Winning the Future: Car Thieves Prefer Domestic Makes for First Time Since 2002

    ​President Obama should be damn proud of the 2010 car-theft report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau, craftily titled "Hot Wheels": Nationally--and for the first time since 2002--thieves preferred domestic makes over foreign brands. Ford took three spots, Dodge two and Chevrolet held o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Bill Rosendahl's Questions About the AEG Stadium Linked To Majestic Lobbyist John Ek

    Bill Rosendahl​Councilman Bill Rosendahl made headlines last month with his long list of questions about the AEG football stadium proposal for downtown. Rosendahl got into arcane details of the project's financing, its potential to interfere with conventions, the parking, and a host of other conce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Somebody Stole Guy Fieri's Lamborghini

    Food Network/Alan PoulinGuy Fieri​ Ah, the perils of fame, money and expensive cars. And no, sorry, this is not a Charlie Sheen story. Food Network star Guy Fieri (Minute to Win It, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives) had his $200,000-plus Lamborghini sports car stolen, and not just ripped off by an ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 3, 2011

    Supercars: When Too Much Is Almost Enough

    Food Network/Alan PoulinGuy Fieri​ Ah, the perils of fame, money and expensive cars. And no, sorry, this is not a Charlie Sheen story. Food Network star Guy Fieri (Minute to Win It, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives) had his $200,000-plus Lamborghini sports car stolen, and not just ripped off by an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Drive-By Paintball Gang Launches Yellow 'Shooting Spree' on Unsuspecting Pedestrians in Burbank

    Creative NerdsPaintballs to the face in Burbank​The neighborhood hooligans must have been getting restless out in Burbank last week. In a span of two days, they launched a whopping 11 paintball-gun attacks on innocent sidewalk people in the Hillside and Valley areas of the suburban city [Burba ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 11, 2010

    NHRA: Sixty Years of Thunder

    Creative NerdsPaintballs to the face in Burbank​The neighborhood hooligans must have been getting restless out in Burbank last week. In a span of two days, they launched a whopping 11 paintball-gun attacks on innocent sidewalk people in the Hillside and Valley areas of the suburban city [Burba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Hot Chicks Don't Get Tix? Mercedes Driven By Moms Top List Of Most-Ticketed Cars

    imagevenue.comIf memory serves, this is Britney Spears famously stepping out of a Paris Hilton's Mercedes SL -- and into the Brazil-wax hall of fame.​Hot chicks don't get tix, right? Maybe. Jerks in douche-mobiles (the always-leased Audi A4, the self-important Mini or the self-righteous Prius) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Dodgers Outfielder Manny Ramirez Donates Rare Porsche To Charity

    ​An online charity auction of Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez's 1994 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.6 will begin on Friday. Proceeds from the auction will benefit ThinkCure!, which funds research to cure cancer and Maryvale, a Rosemead resident placement home for girls. ThinkCure!, a non-p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Top 10 'Green Cars' Announced: Which One Is Your Roadside Status Symbol?

    Number one.​Remember when Escalades, Navigators and Hummers were all the rage? Dubs (20-inch-plus wheels), loud exhaust and bass music, right? Doesn't that seem like a million years ago? Today to be a true player in L.A., more modest hybrids are the status symbols to have. Kelly Blue Book on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Toyota Suffers Another Blow As SUV Deemed A 'Safety Risk'

    ToyotaLexus GX in L.A.​Toyota's having a bad 2010. A week after learning that 200 lawsuits over so-called "sudden acceleration" and other alleged Toyota defects would be heard here in Los Angeles, the carmaker's North American leaders in Torrance woke up to the headline that Consumer Reports m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Toyota Suspends Sales Of SUV That Failed 'Consumer Reports' Test

    Toyota​Toyota late Tuesday announced it was suspending sales of its 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV after Consumer Reports magazine reported it was prone to rolling over and declared the vehicle a "Don't Buy: Safety Risk." "We are taking the situation with the GX 460 very seriously and are determined t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    More Food in Cars: Sonic Drive-In Opens in Duarte

    If you get hungry on Monday and are driving anywhere near Duarte, Sonic Drive-In officially opens its new store in that town at 6 a.m. Cherry limeades, extra-long chili cheese Coneys, whatever. The new Duarte location is the closest of the chain's drive-ins to the actual city of Los Angeles, so live ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Home Invaders Flee In Porsche

    2001 Porsche 911 Turbo.​For nearly 45 years the Porsche 911 has been everyman's object of desire in the U.S., an exotic and sometimes super car for a fraction of the cost of a Ferrari. Despite its quirky, rear-engined configuration and back seats that could only comfortably accommodate Oompa-L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Industry Titans To Discuss Fossil Fuel Alternatives For Auto Industry

    Ahead of this week's Los Angeles International Auto Show, a select group of industry titans is gathering at the Hammer Museum in Westwood Tuesday to discuss alternative fuels and new technologies for the auto industry. Scheduled attendees include Henrik Fisker, CEO of Fisker Automotive, John Krafci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Production Of Cool, All-Electric Car Coming To L.A. Area; Ed Begley Jr. Proud

    It looks like production of the 2011 Tesla Model S is coming to Los Angeles County. The District Weekly in Long Beach and the Downey Patriot report that Tesla is setting up shop for the new, moderately priced sedan at a former NASA facility in Downey. "We're very close to being able to make an offi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Has L.A.'s Auto Show Overshadowed Detroit and Tokyo?

    In the wake of the bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler, a downsized Detroit auto show that saw the likes of Nissan, Porsche and Mitsubishi pull out, and a Tokyo auto show subsequently passed up by the Detroit three automakers, is L.A.'s own annual showcase next the place to be for the auto w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 29, 2009

    CANOGA PARK IS DEAD

    In the wake of the bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler, a downsized Detroit auto show that saw the likes of Nissan, Porsche and Mitsubishi pull out, and a Tokyo auto show subsequently passed up by the Detroit three automakers, is L.A.'s own annual showcase next the place to be for the auto w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 20, 2009

    Auto Design Discussion

    In the wake of the bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler, a downsized Detroit auto show that saw the likes of Nissan, Porsche and Mitsubishi pull out, and a Tokyo auto show subsequently passed up by the Detroit three automakers, is L.A.'s own annual showcase next the place to be for the auto w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2009

    Car Exhibit

    In the wake of the bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler, a downsized Detroit auto show that saw the likes of Nissan, Porsche and Mitsubishi pull out, and a Tokyo auto show subsequently passed up by the Detroit three automakers, is L.A.'s own annual showcase next the place to be for the auto w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2009

    No Sign of BMW Dealership on Flattened Wilshire Space

    "Build it and they will come." Maybe, but first you have to build the thing. As it is, finds Curbed L.A., all that a local BMW dealership has dug is "two bald construction spots on Wilshire Blvd." A planned dealership's emergence near La Brea Avenue has sputtered in the face of the perfect storm: Co ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 5, 2009

    Auto Art

    "Build it and they will come." Maybe, but first you have to build the thing. As it is, finds Curbed L.A., all that a local BMW dealership has dug is "two bald construction spots on Wilshire Blvd." A planned dealership's emergence near La Brea Avenue has sputtered in the face of the perfect storm: Co ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 29, 2009

    Comedy PIck

    "Build it and they will come." Maybe, but first you have to build the thing. As it is, finds Curbed L.A., all that a local BMW dealership has dug is "two bald construction spots on Wilshire Blvd." A planned dealership's emergence near La Brea Avenue has sputtered in the face of the perfect storm: Co ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 14, 2008

    Bang the Drum Loudly

    "Build it and they will come." Maybe, but first you have to build the thing. As it is, finds Curbed L.A., all that a local BMW dealership has dug is "two bald construction spots on Wilshire Blvd." A planned dealership's emergence near La Brea Avenue has sputtered in the face of the perfect storm: Co ... More >>

  • News

    June 21, 2007

    The Priciest Corner in L.A.

    A ban on turning right — on the green, no less — baffles and enrages motorists

  • Columns

    July 27, 2006

    Four Electric Seconds

    A ban on turning right — on the green, no less — baffles and enrages motorists

  • News

    July 13, 2006

    Who's Resurrecting the Electric Car?

    Forget those poky little golf cars — the battery-powered muscle car is just around the corner

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    6 Highs and Lows of American Automobilia

    Forget those poky little golf cars — the battery-powered muscle car is just around the corner

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2006

    6 Highs and Lows of American Automobilia

    Forget those poky little golf cars — the battery-powered muscle car is just around the corner

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Best of L.A. 2005: Mirrors Car Show Girls

    Forget those poky little golf cars — the battery-powered muscle car is just around the corner

  • News

    May 13, 2004

    The Capital of Car Design

    L.A. is, once again, where the action is

  • News

    May 13, 2004

    The Alficionado

    A man and his (other) car

  • News

    May 13, 2004

    Photo Essay

    A man and his (other) car

  • News

    May 13, 2004

    From the Red Car to the Hummer

    An automotive timeline

  • Columns

    April 22, 2004

    Pops

    An automotive timeline

  • Columns

    January 15, 2004

    Babes in Hummerland

    An automotive timeline

  • News

    September 4, 2003

    Hummer Bummer

    Going for a test drive the day after explosions rip through a dealership

  • News

    September 4, 2003

    Inside the ELF

    Meet the public face of radical environmentalism

  • Columns

    July 31, 2003

    What Would Satan Drive?

    Meet the public face of radical environmentalism

  • Columns

    January 16, 2003

    Brave New Year

    Meet the public face of radical environmentalism

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    Dreaming About Big Cars and Tax Cuts

    Bush’s economic plan for Lamborghini owners

  • News

    August 8, 2002

    Out of Gas

    Auto industry cancels plans to kill anti-global-warming bill at ballot box

  • Film+TV

    March 14, 2002

    The Hired Hand

    Auto industry cancels plans to kill anti-global-warming bill at ballot box

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    The Hired Hand

    Alejandro Iñárritu revs up the boss’s BMW

  • Columns

    February 1, 2001

    Luxury SUV Comes to Complete Stop

    Alejandro Iñárritu revs up the boss’s BMW

  • News

    June 29, 2000

    Letters

    Alejandro Iñárritu revs up the boss’s BMW

  • News

    June 1, 2000

    Tough Driving

    SUV owners: Park it — right now, before I hurt you

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