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Where's the pride in driving? It seems that there's only a few of us left who regard driving as a persuit worthy of perfecting. It's not about clipping apexes or maintaining a dramatic slip angle; it's about care and dedication and, to a certain extent, ego...

  Went to the Audi performance driving event last Friday and I had an opportunity to drive the A4 3.2 Quattro on the infield track at California Speedway in Fontana as well as its competitors (328xi, IS250 AWD and C300 4Matic). Overall I have to say that I am not impressed by the new A4 at all. The interior material quality is no longer class leading, both the Lexus and Bimmer have better quality materials...

BMW is going to lease 500 electric Minis in New York, New Jersey, and California beginning early next year. Will a Mini without engine noise still be cool? According the the Green Car Advisor more than 9,000 people must think so as they are interested in leasing one - at $850 per month...

With James too busy in Mexico being a layabout, the onus falls on me to pimp his story. See, a while ago JR headed off to Korea where, after a million-hour flight, dehydrated and confused by location and time shifts (he was some 5-hours in the future), Kia could assault his weary senses with the new Kia Soul. Read the full review over on inside line.  My opinion: It's ugly, and that's probably what Kia needs...

Rising fuel costs and the credit crunch certainly have played their part in hurting GM, but they are hardly the root cause of all the trouble. Consider this passage from a Washington Post article: These problems began to surface about 15 years ago because regulators changed the accounting rules. In 1992, GM says, it took a $20 billion non-cash charge to recognize pension obligations...

 AR Index     368.97  -71.52  (-16.24%) Stocks of individual interest Toyota  69.15   -7.51 GM        3.36     -2.29 Ford      1.93     -0.20 Dow 8870.54   -449.29 (-4.82%) The talk is nothing but bailout as the automakers try to make their case why the government should give $25 billion in additional loans guarantees, either all on its own or as a part of the $700 billion financial institution bailout. The stock market doesn't like uncertainty and there's plenty of that to go around where the automakers are concerned. Until we hear more specifics from the automakers about the changes they have to make, even with the loan guarantees, the outlook for share prices will remain bleak...

The current economic situation has got everyone looking a little closer at their finances, and we're no exception. I've converted my stove to run off of burning Starbucks cups. James Riswick has decided to pinch-pennies where personal grooming is concerned and has adopted the Magnum moustache full-time...

Despite the impression you get from the media sometimes, things do not swing in one direction forever. The market simply won't allow it. This past summer all we heard was "no end in sight" for spiraling oil and gas prices and stories with headlines like, "Road Warning: $7 Gas May Be Ahead"...

You're looking at a 6 year chart of the average U.S. price of a gallon of unleaded gasoline. (Thanks to gasbuddy.com) Gasoline for December delivery fell 8.8 cents, or 6.2 percent, to settle at $1.336 a gallon at 2:50 p.m...

Dear Dub, I did something really stupid the other day. I didn't pay attention to the fact that it was fall and the leaves were coming down. It had rained the night before and we went out for a drive to view the fall foiliage...