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Grim Moments in Marketing XXI…
Automobiles which lose half of their value the moment they’re named…
Hyundai Vigilante
Chevrolet Malibu Brush Fire
Kia Panatella
Nissan Thug
Buick Expectorator
Chrysler Imperialist

Suzuki Newarker

Saab Slutz
Ford  Sepsis
Lincoln Porker
Cadillac Farouk
Mercury Millipede
Dodge EMS
Pontiac Genocide
Volvo d’Arrogance
Toyota Maru
Audi Partner
Saturn V B
Porsche Conestoga
Bentley Stutter
Infiniti Ltd.
Mitsubishi Torpedo
Lotus Ennui
Mini Pad
Jeep Bastid […]

Concept cars continue to amaze at the 2008 Geneva Auto Show.
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This Ultima Paramecium Bi2 received the concave bonnet and flattened tires when an overly zealous fan hopped onto the automobile for a quick picture-taking session.

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The folks at Alfa-Romeo overcame that problem by using a special bowling alley, flecked combination paint/wax which renders impossible
any attempt to […]

GRIM MOMENTS IN MARKETING: Episode XVIII
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 The Nissan Rogue is not the first time automobile models have carried somewhat questionable names. Domestic and foreign manufacturers have always saved a few odd  handles for their product lines.
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Another Grim Moment in Marketing…

AUTOMOBILE DOORS
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This entry was posted on Sunday, January 27th, 2008 at 1:51 pm and is filed under Business, Japan, Automobiles.
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Nissan Races to Make Smaller, Cheaper Cars; Industry Shifts Strategy;
As Big-Vehicle Sales Fade; Simplifying the Doors
By AMY CHOZICK
October 22, 2007; Page A1Wall Street Journal online
ATSUGI, Japan — At a top-secret session on car designs at a Nissan Motor Co. technical center, chief product strategist Carlos Tavares recited the company’s ambitious new mission: to sell an […]

They’ve only to go back to basics to restore the glory of
Russian automotive excellence.
Putin sulks as Soviet car giant stumblesSun May 27, 12:21 AM ET
by Dario Thuburn
TOLYATTI, Russia AFP) - Judging by the sulk on
Vladimir Putin’s face and the force with which he was slamming the car doors shut, the president was not […]

Grim Moments in Marketing…
The 2007 New York Auto Show
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This entry was posted on Monday, May 14th, 2007 at 12:28 pm and is filed under […]

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By the end of his 16-year reign in 1952, Farouk declared
all inanimate objects must carry the Mark of the Stache.

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This baby was the erstwhile King’s favorite vehicle. Legend states that Harley Earle personally designed this pimped caddy. The continental tire folds down to form a roulette wheel and […]

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This entry was posted on Friday, April 13th, 2007 at 5:13 pm and is filed under Automobiles, Prize-Fighting.

Donald Trump’s Worsts: First In A Series
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Wolf Blitzer’s Situation Room…
Wolf: Worst SUV?
Don: The Magellan-Frazer Circumnavigator Custom

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Please find the story at CNN.

This entry was […]

This morning Don Imus thought the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum looked like a suburban Ford dealership. I respect the late president,
but Don Imus should not be faulted for this observation.
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This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007 at 6:02 pm and is filed under Automobiles, […]

Date night outside Cologne, Summer, 1939.
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(Atlantic Wall bunkers)Paul Virilio in metropolis.com; (autos) det.news.com;
(intermission shot and food pictures) drive-infilm.com (Speer structure) stanford.edu
This entry was posted on Monday, July 10th, 2006 at 11:00 […]

Each year I consider myself blessed for being able to attend
the “GODS ‘n RODS” show.
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It’s correct title is
‘THE ANNUAL JAMBOREE OF LIVING GODS, CLERICS, MECHANINCS AND STREET HOT ROD RACING SOCIETY MEMBERS.”
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While he is not the patron saint
of post-War American automobile manufacturing,
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This entry was posted on Sunday, March 19th, 2006 at 9:24 pm and is filed under Society, Automobiles.
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As On Deadline mentioned earlier today, a photo of House Speaker Dennis Hastert switching cars leads Yahoo’s most-sent photo list this morning. The Republican lawmaker had attended an event to promote hydrogen-powered vehicles, appeared to head back to the Capitol in one, […]

Again, I misinterpret.

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“And why not?”
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Huffington Post
Denver Terror Cell: FBI Questioning Najibullah Zazi For Third Time; No Charges Yet
Posted: 09-18-09 01:07 PM | Updated: 09-19-09 05:02 PM
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09-17-09 09:02 PM   |   Updated: 09-18-09 12:42 AM
Media Matters catches Republican Congressman Phil Gingrey (Georgia) in a pretty insensitive moment during a speech on the floor of the House. At one point during his long speech railing against health care reform, Gingrey found the idea amusing that 14,000 Americans losing their health insurance every day […]

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This week, Allison Vivas of Pink Visual received a fax from Newt Gingrich’s American Solutions for Winning the Future (ASWF) group, informing her that she’s been chosen for a 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year award by his Business Defense and Advisory Council. From the letter obtained by ThinkProgress:
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I had never realized that WWE had its own standing army.

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A new Research 2000 poll released by Daily Kos shows that only a slight majority — 51 percent — of Kentuckians believe President Obama was born in this country.

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100% of  Kentucky Residents Have These Two Birds As Senators.

Jim Ignatowski-Bunning & Red Queen McConnell
–David Barillari pere headline.

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