The Motor Muse
Pardon the “trending” first half of the title and its weird juxtaposition with its second half. I’ll get to that in a minute. To clarify, the Russian invasion of Ukraine won’t result in cheap hydrogen raining down. A chance of H-bombs may be more likely. Or Tesla imploding… well, that might happen for entirely unrelated […]
As the saying goes, “Shoot for the moon, and even if you miss it, you will land among the stars”. If reports from South Korea are true, the Kia Stinger is flying wide of its moon-shot goal. And plans are afoot to abort, not just this generation, but the whole concept of a rear-wheel-drive enthusiast-pandering sedan. Say […]
If there is one thing the Wuhan Wheeze taught us, is that we are crap at predicting the future. First, we all thought that we were going to die, but we didn’t. Then, we anticipated an economic meltdown, but it soared on the good graces of money printers. Lastly, everyone thought there will be a surplus […]
To paraphrase a quote from Mahatma Gandhi – ‘I like electric cars, I do not like electric car advocates.’ I’m sorry, but there is just something insufferably sanctimonious about electric car fans. It is as though they are better than you. Well, they aren’t. There remains a price to pay for one. On the forecourt […]
Though enthusiasts decry the death of enthusiast sedans and sports cars, times have never been better for off-road fans. Every year since the debut of the 2017 Jeep Wrangler, we have welcomed an all-new Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen, and the return of the Land Rover Defender and Ford Bronco. But that’s not all. This week itself will […]
On any other occasion, I would take industry gossip with a heavy helping of salt. Dead Sea levels of salt. But when CAR Magazine’s Georg Kacher gets a scoop, I’d tend to listen. His latest exclusive claims that the Volkswagen Group is planning to sell Bugatti to Rimac. Not only does it sound audacious but […]
There is an often-quoted curse that goes something like this: “May you live in interesting times”. That sounds encouraging, but it is not. The implication being that “interesting times” are often tumultuous and filled with uncertainty. If your business is the automotive one, we are certainly living through such times as nobody is certain where […]
Pardon the “click-bait” title, and don’t be alarmed. Your Tesla isn’t planning to mow down schoolchildren and Elon Musk won’t be CEO of Space anytime soon. Don’t listen to that type of hysterical fearmongering. The most harm your Tesla can do is redefine the meaning of a “drive-in movie” with a semi-truck. From a health […]
Nothing gets performance junkies excited over nothing than releasing a “motorsports concept”. Producing a motorsports concept is merely a “beer keg solution”. It is there for audiences to get its beer goggles on in hopes that its mundane product will be met with less apathy. Cynical writers such as yours truly are doubtful of its […]
There will be no doubt that those nostalgic for the days when petrol was cheaper than milk and emissions was something that happens unexpectedly while you are asleep, will be ecstatic to hear headlines of oil prices plunging into negative territory. Come May, with the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures falling 321 […]