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• Autoblog Podcast #85

  Filed under: Detroit Auto Show , Podcasts , Sedans/Saloons , Trucks/Pickups , Crossovers/CUVs , Supercars , Audi , BMW , Dodge , Ford , GM , Hyundai , Lincoln Episode 85 of the Autoblog Podcast finds us reminiscing about the North American International Auto Show that recently invaded Detroit. It was perhaps not as thrilling as past shows, but the new F-150 and Ram hauled and herded some excitement into Cobo. Both pickups are newly spiffed and bristling with new features and engineering. While the trucks are no doubt big news, the CTS Coupe stokes our fires far more. We hope to see it visited by the V-series gnomes, too. There were a passel of diesels at the show, too. Audi's V12 TDI R8 concept was filled with design gumdrops for us to chew on, besides the 12-pot 500-hp diesel that returns mileage in the 20s. BMW had its 335d and some X5 alphabet soup thing , and Honda showed its clean diesel . Beyond oil burners, we took an IRL look at the Hyundais Genesis and found it surprising beyond... Posted Jan 24 2008, 08:21 AM by Autoblog Filed under: Ford, Supercars, Audi, Crossovers/CUVs, GM, Hyundai, Sedans/Saloons, Trucks/Pickups, BMW, Dodge, Lincoln, Podcasts, diesel, detroit, FordVerve, ford verve, genesis, Detroit Auto Show, naias, r8, DetroitAutoShow, MazdaFurai, Mazda Furai

• Sticking to its consonants: Lincoln to continue alphabet soup

  Filed under: Sedans/Saloons , Trucks/Pickups , Marketing/Advertising , Crossovers/CUVs , Ford , Lincoln , Lifestyle When the new Lincoln MKS arrives next summer, it will join the MKZ and MKX. And then those three will be joined by another MK-something, perhaps a large Lincoln crossover based on the Ford Flex, to arrive in 2009. More than once we have written MKZ when we were referring to the MKS. More than one Ford rep said MK-Consonant when he meant the other MK-Consonant. More than once we have tried to figure out why Lincoln came up with -- and continues -- this type of nomenclature. But it isn't going to stop, so we've just got to mind our letters. Mulally, he who brought back "Taurus," opined that "consistency of purpose is important." And Lincoln says this kind of naming system is what other premium automakers do. The difference is, usually those numbers actually mean something. All right, so 'Mark X' could mean crossover -- but then what's... Posted Dec 10 2007, 03:26 AM by Autoblog Filed under: Ford, Crossovers/CUVs, Sedans/Saloons, Trucks/Pickups, Marketing/Advertising, Lincoln, Lifestyle, lincoln branding, branding, LincolnVehicleNames, LincolnBranding, lincoln vehicle names