Articles by Gary Hoffman

Point, Click, Drive: Whatever Happened To Buying A New Car In Your Pajamas?--
It was one of the early promises of the Internet revolution: Consumers would be able to buy a new car with a few clicks of a mouse and have it delivered to their home almost as easily as the latest best-seller from Amazon.com. http://autos.aol.com/article/online-car-shopping-decline/

CNN.com: Inside the world of professional car crashing -- Crash testing runs counter to a basic instinct of car lovers everywhere: it deliberately turns a brand-new vehicle costing tens of thousands of dollars into scrap. But that doesn't stop safety engineers from performing hundreds of tests every year. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/10/22/crash.tests/index.html

CNN.com: Pay Up or Your Engine Will Stop -- With consumer credit ratings plummeting, more American car owners could soon be driving around with an electronic Big Brother on board. http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/04/17/aa.bills.shut.engine.down/index.html

CNN.com : New Car Names -- How They Get'em -- In a contest back in 1954, car designer Alden Giberson came up with a name that would power a hot new Ford product every bit as effectively as its standard V-8 engine. That name was the Ford Thunderbird, and, for his efforts, Giberson won a $95 suit and a $42 pair of trousers. http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/03/07/car.name.game/index.html

Traverse City Business News: Pension concerns cloud region's economy -- The Grand Traverse region’s economic vitality is being threatened as an auto industry restructuring looms and “baby boomer” retirees are being hit with huge declines in their net worth, financial experts say. http://www.tcbusinessnews.com/news/pension-concerns-cloud-region-acirc-s-economy

AOL Autos: The Car Name Game -- In a contest back in 1954, car designer Alden Giberson came up with a name that would power a hot new Ford product every bit as effectively as its standard V-8 engine. That name was the Ford Thunderbird, and, for his efforts, Giberson won a $95 suit and a $42 pair of trousers. http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/03/07/car.name.game/index.html

AOL Autos: Concept Cars of the Past -- It is a good thing that auto engineers have ignored many of the "innovations" found in concept cars over the last half-century. Our lives just wouldn't be the same if even a fraction of the great miscalculations of the past ever had made it into our vehicles. http://autos.aol.com/article/car-news/concept-cars-of-the-past/20070723133609990001