-Scion’s sales woes for the FR-S sports car haven’t un-woed, and the company sold just 893 of the coupes in March, down from 1464 during the same month last year. After debuting to much acclaim in 2013—the Scion and its Subaru BRZ twin were both named to our 10Best Cars list that year—sales have slid in large part because pretty much everybody who wanted one of the tail-happy rear-drivers bought one.
– To surprise of absolutely no one, the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 has been selected to pace the field at the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500. As the long-reigning poster child for domestic performance, the Corvette Z06 being paired with the Indy 500, a storied and distinctly American celebration of the all that is right in the world—at least for that one fleeting moment—is the stuff gasoline-marinated marketing dreams are made of.
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-What’s a Camaro? Chevrolet sent us a French-English dictionary which defined “camaro” as a little-known colloquialism meaning “comrade” or “pal.” The word was so little-known that none of our French friends had ever heard of it. Sounds Spanish, they said, so we tried a Spanish-English dictionary. Eureka! “Camaro” is defined as a gratuity, a shrimp or something very much like something else. Perfect! There was even a little quotation which
– It’s always nice when a good cause and fun automotive design converge, and so it is the case with the cool Ford Transit van you see here. Izzy Paskowitz is a former pro surfer who runs Surfers Healing, a group that works to connect and engage with autistic children using surfing, and his current beach shuttle is a tired old 1998 Ford E-series van. Ford and the famed customizers at Galpin Auto
