Editorials
Honda Civic Hybrid Plaintiffs SHOULD Win
By Chris Haak By now you've surely heard the story of Heather Peters, a disappointed Honda Civic Hybrid owner who took Honda to small-claims court in California and won a $9,800...
Will GM Again Kill the Electric Car?
There is more than a little chatter over the past week or two in the autoblogosphere about the Chevy Volt. Normally, in these media frenzied times, that would be good news for...
Journalists on Racetracks: Good Idea Or Not?
By Chris Haak Several of us here at Full Metal Autos are members of various organizations for automotive journalists. The organizations, such as the one I belong to - IMPA...
Saab Should Be Euthanized
As a fan of diversity and healthy competition in the global automobile industry, it's not easy to write this. I think there would be nothing better than a healthy,...
Are Gadgets Ruining Cars?
Gadget blog Gizmodo had a post yesterday entitled, "The Gadgetization of Cars is Kind of Ruining Them." As a lover of both cars and gadgets, as well as cars with gadgets, I took...
Japanese Auto Manufacturers Demand Weaker Yen
By Chris Haak The Japanese Automobile Manufacturer's Association (JAMA) and the Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers’ Unions (CJAWU) released a joint statement yesterday...
What Happened to the Tundra?
By Chris Haak Way back in the 2007 model year, you may recall that things looked quite different in the auto industry. Neither GM nor Chrysler had declared bankruptcy; GM was...