First, the agony: average temperature during my stay in Detroit was 18 degrees. My face is chapped from the cold, and my legs ache from walking/standing for 4-5 hours straight two days in a row. Boo hoo. Now, the ecstasy: Detroit Auto Show, baby! I just spent Monday and Tuesday treating the Detroit Auto Show (or, […]
Tag Archives: Cadillac
September
09
What’s Wrong with Cadillac
posted by Motorista
Dear Cadillac, I am young(ish), trendy (somewhat), and a discerning consumer of automotive sheetmetal. According to you, I am precisely the audience you want to target. But you’re not doing it right. I’m in the market for a car this fall, but you are not on my shopping list. Would you like to know why? […]
July
26
Comeback Kid
posted by Motorista
So peeps, here’s the deal. This posting once or twice a month gig is not working for me. I miss you guys, plus there are too many rants to be ranted, opinions to be opined, and photographs to be taken to do this on a monthly basis. So…I’m making a comeback! Starting now I’m going to […]
July
04
‘Merica!
posted by Motorista
[Edited to say: Gah! Apparently, I did this before. Same title and everything!] God bless America. And its cars. Happy Fourth of July! Boy, patriotism makes me thirsty.
March
21
Pirelli World Challenge at Circuit of the Americas
posted by Motorista
The Pirelli World Challenge sports car racing series had its season opener at Circuit of the Americas at the beginning of March, and your faithful motorsports reporter was there for the Saturday race! (I had plans for Sunday.) I may have mentioned before that I love Pirelli World Challenge, but let me recap: I love […]
March
19
While I Was Out
posted by Motorista
So I’m finally getting caught up on my Automotive News (weekly industry newspaper) backlog. As in, I’ve made it from July to November in the last several weeks. Turns out I missed all sorts of interesting things, like the Takata airbag recall (flying shards of metal are NOT okay), Cadillac raising a stir by relocating […]
July
22
Cadillac Becomes Electric
posted by Motorista
The Cadillac ELR. The coupe the Cadillac CTS coupe should have been. The packaging the Chevrolet Volt should have had. It was my favorite debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, and I paid special attention to the production version displayed at the show this year. The ELR is beautiful, and I have been excited […]
July
15
Cars and Coffee Austin – July 13, 2014
posted by Motorista
It was a hot morning in Austin, Texas, but Thing 1 and I headed over to the Oasis for some gratuitous car-spotting. Here’s what we saw… A little Ford GT40 action. I got a kick out of this Ford DeLuxe. Oh, ok. I’ll take a little Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and Aston Martin Vantage action on […]
May
26
CTS Vsport – Not Your Grandmother’s Cadillac
posted by Motorista
To borrow slightly from a common saying, what floats like an aircraft carrier and stings like the world’s largest wasp’s nest? Answer: the new Cadillac CTS Vsport. Here’s the background: beginning with its renaissance in the early 2000s (remember the splash the all-new CTS made in The Matrix Reloaded?), Cadillac has increasingly focused its efforts on […]
April
05
That Little Cadillac Commercial
posted by Motorista
You know which one I’m talking about, right? The one that stirred up all the controversy and set people atwitter. The one that’s been dominating the water cooler (do those still exist?). This one, titled “Poolside”: Honestly, I don’t really see what the big deal is. If I had watched this before I read about […]
March
18
Sweeeet Videos
posted by Motorista
Have to share some more videos with you, because they are awesome. First up, a fabulous pit stop for the Ferrari F1 team at the Australia GP in 2013 – 3 seconds total, which I believe was the record until Lotus beat it with 2.8. Correct me if I’m wrong. Isn’t this beautiful?? Next, the […]
December
19
God Bless Texas. And John Hennessey.
posted by Motorista
All you need is John Hennessey and a Texas toll road to get the new Corvette Stingray to 200 mph. With the blessing of the Highway Patrol. Click here for the article and video about how Hennessey did it. Only in Texas, my friends. Although…it might have been a good idea for him to have […]
October
21
A Lap (or Nine) with Cadillac Racing
posted by Motorista
Made a fantastic YouTube discovery this evening. Cadillac Racing has made several videos of their two drivers, Johnny O’Connell and Andy Pilgrim, taking practice laps around a variety of racetracks in North America. Even better, they have the guys narrate, essentially giving viewers a tour of each track from the driver’s point of view, with […]
October
09
Happy Place
posted by Motorista
Anywhere a Pirelli World Challenge GT/GTS race is happening…
October
07
H-Town Double Down, Round 2
posted by Motorista
Day 2 of Father-Daughter Grand Prix of Houston Weekend dawned rainy and cold, the USF 2000 cars throwing spray into our faces as they skittered past on the soaking track. The rain had mostly stopped by the Pirelli World Challenge race, and gave way to beautiful blue skies and a very comfortable breeze for the […]
July
28
The Next Generation
posted by Motorista
I have created a monster, and he is my nephew. Meet Wesley. Wesley knows more about cars than you do. He probably knows more about cars than I do. Wesley is 10 years old. All I remember doing is giving him and his brother, Tim (also a car fan), some Top Gear DVDs. And maybe […]
July
05
Lime Rock Weekend!
posted by Motorista
I won’t be there, sadly. But there’s lots of good stuff going on at Lime Rock Park this weekend. The Pirelli Word Challenge and American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix both take place July 4-6, and there are apparently going to be some crazy-ass Lamborghinis out there as well for Round One of the inaugural […]
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