Festival of the Unexceptional
You might say that the “unexceptionality” of these cars is what makes them exceptional, but you probably won’t find our Automologist MAC at this motor show…ever.
The Jaguar E-Pace. Not exactly British anymore…
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced that it will be siting its first non-British engine factory in China. The Indian-owned but British-crafted up-market car company has a pre-existing relationship with China’s Chery, and the new plant is seen as an extension of that relationship.
Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder for KIDS (but that’s not going to stop the adults)
American maker of red wagons and tricycles for kids, Radio Flyer, has announced that it will be adding a driveable Landspeeder to its product line, and we say “it’s about time!”. After all, it’s been 40 years since audiences were introduced to this imaginary land transport concept.
Will this Electric Car be Tesla’s Undoing?
An all-electric prototype car is starting to make Tesla look like the economical option in the electric car segment. Lucid Air makes riding in a Tesla feel like mere business class, while it is a private executive jet, which is exactly the inspiration for its designers.
China’s Automakers launch Global Offensive via Emerging Asia
Travel around in China and you will notice all sorts of cars that look similar to those on the streets all over the world, but with different names and badges and logos. Chinese carmakers have thrived in a largely protected market where the established European and American brands had to share technology to get a share of the market.
Hyundai kills off Genesis in the UK
Like so many other manufacturers of mass market cars, Hyundai wanted to do something prestigious and so they invented the Genesis brand. Like Lexus and Infintiti before, Hyundai took its base models and made them more luxurious so that we would believe that the automaker was capable of delivering true performance cars.