-Is Ferdinand Piëch a man that Bob Lutz would have liked to work for? No, says the former General Motors executive in his signature, no-BS manner. He calles Piëch “the autocrat’s autocrat” but then explains that when you set aside the man’s “personal idiosyncrasies,” it is impossible to argue with his brilliance as a product genius with no tolerance for mediocrity. – It’s all in an exit interview that Lutz did with
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– We’ve had the pleasure of sampling some of the country’s best driving schools but were intrigued at the notion of moving from the track to the dirt. So we signed up for a stint at DirtFish rally school in Snoqualmie, Washington. – Our TV-savvy readers may recognize this location from Twin Peaks, the wonderfully bizarre, early ’90s crime thriller; the 315-acre facility is where much of the show was
– – The Chinese automaker that unveiled a fish-tank armrest at this year’s Detroit auto show would like to sell Americans an SUV in 2017. It would cost 30 percent less than a comparable Toyota RAV4, plus its maker claims it’ll be more efficient, powerful, and roomier—although it will come sans the aquarium in the back seat. – Those claims come from an Automotive News interview with Guangzhou Automobile Group
-The 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 is undoubtedly wicked. It packs a 500-plus-hp flat-crank V-8. Gobs of sticky rubber stuffed under widened aluminum fenders. Magnetorheological shocks. Aero-focused bodywork and track-hammering chassis tuning. And there’s more. Now, Ford says, there will be a precious few available with 2015-model-year VINs. – The car was debuted last fall as a 2016, and it was quickly followed in January by the even more hard-core GT350R, also as a
