By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

Between the spring of 1964 and its introduction at the New York World’s Fair and Memorial Day and the Indy 500 where it was the pace car the launch of Mustang was the talk of the town. Not just in Detroit but in every town across America.

By Al Vinikour
MotorwayAmerica.com

For the past week we’ve been test-driving the new 2010 Ford Fusion and it brought to mind two advertising slogans the company used years ago — Mr, This is Ford Country…and Ford Has a Better Idea. They’re kind of catchy and more than ever applicable.

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

All you have to do is look at the numbers — 355 horsepower and 350 pound-feet of torque — and you know it can go fast in a hurry.

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

The menacing cobra emblem on the grille and front fender is a warning, akin to the “smoking can be hazardous to your health” admonition on the side of a cigarette pack.
Just as lighted tobacco can lead to problems, the 2010 Ford Shelby GT500 Cobra can rise up and strike creating big problems with either law enforcement or a tree looming around the next curve in the road.

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

The Chrysler Corp. has been nailed to the wall in recent times, lambasted for inferior products, very few truly fuel-efficient cars, and very little new and cutting-edge vehicles in the pipeline. Much of the criticism is, frankly, well deserved.


But this does not mean that Chrysler is currently devoid of worthwhile vehicles.

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

When we first witnessed the Chevrolet Camaro concept at the Detroit Auto Show a few years ago, we were disappointed. Frankly it looked as if someone had clipped together the front end of a Cadillac CTS and the backend of a Corvette; although it did have Camaro like flat sides. It certainly didn’t look like the line up of ‘69’s they had rolled out as part of the show as they tried to convince us the new Camaro had roots.

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

The iconic American sports car has sold on average more than 30,000 copies a year for most of the 21st Century. An all new iteration in 2005 spurred sales for 2005 and 2006 to an average 34,000 annually.

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

When we read the news that General Motors was going to increase production of the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox and its platform mate, the GMC Terrain, by 40,000 units a year because of brisk sales we were driving an Equinox. It helped us understand why GM is expanding production at its Canadian plant.  

By Al Vinikour
MotorwayAmerica.com

For the past week I drove a lot of miles putting a 2010 Cadillac SRX through its paces. It’s a completely new, second generation luxury crossover vehicle.

The first generation covered the years 2004-2009 and as nice a vehicle as it was its most annoying feature was it’s third-row seat. At the press preview in 2003 we were told the third row seat would “allow three couples to go to the opera or country club in style and in the same vehicle.” My first question to myself was, “What couple would want to crawl into the third row wearing a tuxedo and evening dress?” And exiting would be completely unladylike to say the least…even for the guy!

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

When we first saw one of the latest Buick LaCrosse television ads, we thought how outrageous.

As the LaCrosse comes to a stoplight on a busy city street, it draws a crowd of curious and obviously admiring onlookers as the voice over intones, “It’s not the new Lexus. It’s not the new BMW. It’s not the new Audi. What it is, is impossible to resist. It’s the new class of world class.”

General Motors, we thought, is climbing out on another of its infamous “the-goods-don’t-match-the-hype” limbs.