SEMA 2010: Hot Cars Paired with Hot Girls (V.6)

Ever notice how pets and their owners tend to look alike? It’s great if you’ve got a Weimaraner. Not so great if it’s a sphynx. The same can happen to automobiles and people, too. Case in point: today’s pairing of cars and cooze. Read more

What if Steve Jobs Ran Detroit’s Big Three?

Thomas Friedman, the Pulizer Prize winning author, wrote an opinion piece in his NY Times column about how Steve Jobs should be the person to take over Detroit.  Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, has revitalized the music industry, teamed up with media mogals and revolutionized the way we intereact with music, video and the internet.  So it makes sense that in a crippled industry that a man of such vision and innovation would be the ideal person to take hold of the reins in Detroit.  Or would he?  The Digg community thinks otherwise…

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SNL Spoofs Detroit

Detroit is in bad shape.  How is it that all three American auto manufacturers are in financial holes so deep that they all need a loan from the federal government just to pay their monthly bills?  Detroit does need help, there’s no doubt about that, but how did all three American auto manufacturers dig themselves in such a deep hole at the same time?

Here is some much needed comedy from Saturday Night Live to lighten up the issue a bit.

Ford’s MyKey Technology to Limit’s Teens Freedom with Cars

You know that little chip that’s inside your car key, which is the reason replacement key’s can cost $100+. Well now that chip can do a lot more than drain your bank account. MyKey is based on technology that Ford has developed over the last decade, which allows the car to see what key is in the ignition and apply different driving rules for different keys. Here’s a quick breakdown of MyKey’s primary features:

• Programmable speed limiter
• Speed alert chimes at 45, 55, or 65mph
• Traction control cannot be turned off
• The seat belt warning chime sounds and the radio is muted until the seat belt is buckled
• Maximum radio volume can be limited to 44%
• Low fuel warning comes on when range is limited to 75 miles. This normally happens with a range of 50 miles.

MyKey will come standard on the 2010 Ford Focus and will be an option on many other vehicles made by the big Blue Oval.

Source: AutoWeek