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Year of the Car Archive
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Ford’s Takeshi Abe: Urban Wheel Awards’ Asian Executive of the Year
Posted on November 18, 2008 | No CommentsDr. Takeshi Abe, an expert in researching noise, vibration and harshness (NVH), was named Asian executive of the year at the 2008 Urban Wheel Awards. “I am very pleased and honored by the Urban Wheel Award,” says Abe. “I am grateful to Ford and to... -
‘Invisible’ Minority More American Than First Glance Suggests
Posted on November 18, 2008 | No CommentsAs we prepare to usher in a new year and the newest crop of autos, we asked Thomas Tseng, a principal and co-founder of New American Dimensions, a Los Angeles-based multicultural marketing research organization, to discuss winning in the Asian American market. -
Chrysler Taps Into ‘Fast And Furious’ Popularity of Dragon Boat Racing
Posted on November 18, 2008 | No CommentsChrysler is no stranger to drag racing, but dragon boat racing? The Chinese sport of dragon boat racing, said to be more than 2,000 years old, has caught on internationally with well-attended races held in cities as diverse as London, Hong Kong, Sydney, Ottawa, Pittsburgh,... -
Buying Tips
Posted on November 18, 2008 | No CommentsAn ad in The Wall Street Journal earlier this year proclaimed, “Don’t listen to anyone who says you can’t have a Porsche. Especially you.” Now, we all know Porsche makes some of the most revered, track-ready sports cars in the world. Of course you’d like... -
Designing Asian: GM’s advanced design guru Anthony Lo is on a roll
Posted on November 18, 2008 | No CommentsSaab likes to brag that its cars are “born from jets.” Guess that makes Anthony Lo a jet. We’ve been watching the cars leap off the auto designer’s sketchpad and wind up on the turntables of the world’s major auto shows. And it seems that,... -
Subaru Takes New, Roomier Forester Out of the Box
Posted on November 18, 2008 | No CommentsThe Subaru team assigned to come up with a new, improved Forester might have thought for a fleeting moment that the task was roughly like being told to rewrite Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms. After all, Subaru’s modestly sized 2008 station wagon — excuse...