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POINT/COUNTERPOINT: HAVE AUTOMAKERS GONE TOO FAR WITH DIGITAL DASHBOARDS?

Dashboard cluster in Prindl Singh’s 2013 Suzuki Kizashi NO:  I love my digital dash, especially the happy little animated alarm clock. It reminds me of my late husband.  Prindl Singh, Beowawe, NV YES:  My dashboard should just display my speed… Read More

INTERNET SHOW “COMEDIANS IN CARS SPILLING COFFEE” GETS THE AX

“TOO DAMN MANY STAINS AND BURNS,” SAYS PRODUCER  The nearly unheard-of internet program Comedians in Cars Spilling Coffee has been canceled, a victim of costly medical insurance and car cleaning claims, according to Burl Skidmore, the show’s producer. Available… Read More

GROUP HOPES TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CAPRICE BRUTALITY

“Caprice brutality is a nationwide problem and we’re working to bring an end to it,” said an impassioned Alvin Gout, president of the organization Stop Caprice Brutality Now! (SCBN!) as he slammed his fist down onto his desk,… Read More

PAPUA NEW GUINEA WANTS TO BUY ALL 578,000 RECALLED RAM TRUCKS

An island nation that has among the fewest vehicles per capita in the world is hoping to get a quick boost by buying more than a half-million Ram pickup trucks that Fiat Chrysler has agreed to buy back… Read More

DONALD TRUMP AND BERNIE SANDERS SQUARE OFF IN DEBATE TODAY

Even before the start of debates within their own parties, GOP candidate Donald Trump and Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders have decided to face one another today at the Cheesecake Factory Arena and Convention Center.    “We realize it’s… Read More

CAR BUFF’S STONEHENGE-LIKE MONUMENT TO THE PLYMOUTH CRICKET TO CLOSE

“ANOTHER VEHICLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE POPULAR, BUT I LIKE CRICKETS.”  Argyle Gleason, Plymouth Cricket enthusiast A Wickett County man who spent 30 years and thousands of dollars building Cricket World, a Stonehenge-like public monument to the Plymouth… Read More

THIS IS MACK’S NEW SUV!

Mack, the legendary builder of heavy-duty trucks famous for their iconic bulldog hood ornament, will introduce a Chevy Tahoe-sized sport utility vehicle late next year, according to sources. The body-on-frame vehicle, will reportedly be called the Betong, which… Read More

SPY PHOTO CONFIRMS THAT GERMAN BRAND BORGWARD IS COMING BACK!

At the Geneva Auto Show a few months back, Borgward, a German marque that went bankrupt and disappeared in 1961, stunned concessionaires and a guy named Lloyd by announcing that it would resume production within two years.  But… Read More

SUBARU DECRIES NEW “WRX WINGWALKING” CRAZE

“SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT.” Subaru spokesperson Lady Bird Hashimoto Subaru today issued a press release warning WRX owners to refrain from participating in the risky wingwalking fad that has gained in popularity in recent months.  … Read More

LENO “PINK SLIP” FIRE FINALLY UNDER CONTROL

MILLIONS OF VEHICLE OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATES GO UP IN FLAMES A raging four-alarm fire yesterday destroyed ownership certificates for nearly two million vehicles belonging to comedian Jay Leno, fire officials told Parksplug.  “The vehicles are fine,” said Fire Captain… Read More