Toyota reveals NS4 hybrid sedan in Detroit (photos)
Is the NS4 sedan the next Prius? In addition to the concept, Toyota also revealed the Prius c ("city"), a lower priced and shorter (by…
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Detroit: This Car Stole the Show…
Then murmurs and a flurry of action to our right. It was the car returning to its mirrored pedestal at the booth after a dramatic…
Cool Stuff from Detroit Auto Show: Concepts, Models (red dresses, red flowers) … and Cars too!
What's a car show without models? Thanks to some red dresses, and red flowers, Porsche gets best in show for it's non-911 models.
Detroit Auto Show: 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL Roadster (photos)
I'm not so sure Jobs would be convinced of the design aesthetic of the new SL. It's teutonic, yes. Most definitely chunky, and solid looking.…
A secret recipe, a legendary chocolatier and truffle treasures
If life is like a box of chocolates, what then is the exhaustive legend that one often finds in these boxes of chocolates?
Detroit Auto Show: 2013 Ford Fusion a winner (photos)
If you showed me this new 2013 Fusion a few years back I would've thought it impossible for Ford to produce such a lovely piece.…
North American Car of the Year: Hyundai Elantra #NAIAS
This morning at the Detroit Auto Show, the Hyundai Elantra was named 2011 North American Car of the Year, beating out the Ford Focus and…
On the ground report from the Detroit Auto Show #NAIAS (photos)
The only chill appears to be the weather. Brisk it is. As you can see in these photos from our night walk, I was (overly)…
Get Your Zin On: ZAP Wine Festival coming to San Francisco
This is the 21st anniversary of this festival honoring said grape with three incredible days of wining, dining, tasting, and partying, starting January 27. Team…
Minimalist wine marketing in action
First, they butter you up. Heed! Once you make a purchase you're slowly enshrined into the cult. You receive mysterious letters. They woo you with…