Build More Cars Over Here—Trump to Japan Inc.

Now, we don’t usually do political stuff here at Automology but today’s headlines from President Trump’s Asia trip made me giggle more than just a little in its simplistic approach to world economics and the car industry in general. For years there has been a ballooning trade imbalance between the US of Americaland and various Asian countries. President Trump’s solution—well, it is easy, really, according to him—and I quote: “ Try building your cars in the United States instead of shipping them over. Is that possible to ask? That’s not rude. Is that rude? I don’t think so.”

The AirBnB for Classic Cars is finally with us

With the entire world being fascinated by peer-to-peer smart phone apps that allow us to do just about anything—from sending money to snippets of gossip with just the flick of a thumb—it wasn’t surprising that they developed into things like AirBnB or even Uber and Grab, space- and ride-sharing technologies that allow the creator of the app to skim a little off the middle.