http://dir.salon.com/topics/cars/?source=rss&aim=cars en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/19/o_hehir_homeschooling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/19/o_hehir_homeschooling/index.html?source=rss What's the curriculum for our twin 5-year-olds? Greek myths, costumed trips to the Met and Lightning McQueen By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/15/kids_grownups/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/15/kids_grownups/index.html?source=rss Will "Where the Wild Things Are" be a smash or a flop? Either way, it joins an august list of kidult classics By Andrew Leonard Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/21/world_car_free_day/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/21/world_car_free_day/index.html?source=rss The right wing complains that an effort to encourage us to drive less is "anti-prosperity." Why do they hate bikes? By Tom Vanderbilt Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/14/driving_on_left/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/14/driving_on_left/index.html?source=rss For the first time in ages, a country is switching to driving on the left. Should we all drive on the same side? By Tobin Levy Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/07/13/pinched_levin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/07/13/pinched_levin/index.html?source=rss How the recession gave me an appreciation for hot rods, power tools and manual labor By Greg Grandin Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/26/fordlandia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/26/fordlandia/index.html?source=rss In the 1920s the auto titan strove to export his empire to the Amazon rain forest. Have you read a parable lately? By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/16/small_cars_safety/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/16/small_cars_safety/index.html?source=rss Critics who whine Obama is outlawing big cars for dangerous compacts are riding shotgun with empty barrels. By Gary Kamiya Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/06/11/fiat_chrysler/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/06/11/fiat_chrysler/index.html?source=rss Can a nation of dudes whose sexual self-image was built on macho Jeeps survive the rise of the Little Mouse? By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/05/20/electric_cars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/05/20/electric_cars/index.html?source=rss We're sorry to be buzz kills. But we've heard this one before. Like in 1990. And 1910. Do the automakers have the juice this time? By Mark Benjamin Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/05/suv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/05/suv/index.html?source=rss I didn't mean to. I am an environmentalist. Really. But before I knew it, there it was, in front of my house. By Michael Lind Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/18/third_reconstruction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/18/third_reconstruction/index.html?source=rss The South's attempt to kill the North's auto industry is the latest battle in an ongoing conflict. It's time for a Third Reconstruction to put an end to it. By Mike Madden Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/17/700_billion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/17/700_billion/index.html?source=rss Congress handed Wall Street a huge wad of cash to jump-start the economy. It didn't work -- so where did all that money go? By Alex Koppelman and Mike Madden Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/13/bailout/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/13/bailout/index.html?source=rss Why did a small group of Southern Republicans turn the auto bailout into a demolition derby? Introducing the senators who hate unions and love foreign cars. By Mike Madden Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/05/big_three/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/05/big_three/index.html?source=rss On bended knee, and with promises to retool their operations, the Big Three ask Congress for billions to save the auto industry. They might get it this time. By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/05/hummer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/05/hummer/index.html?source=rss As General Motors tells Congress it is weighing the fate of the gas guzzler, Salon compiles a scrapbook. Enjoy these proud moments in Hummer history. By Edward McClelland Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/26/auto_industry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/26/auto_industry/index.html?source=rss As Washington clashes over a Big Three bailout, it's ignoring the best cure to the automakers' ills: Universal healthcare. By Joseph Romm Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2008/11/12/barack_obama_detroit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2008/11/12/barack_obama_detroit/index.html?source=rss The U.S. is gung-ho on rescuing the automakers. But the bailout better have major strings attached. By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2008/10/23/mass_transit_america/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2008/10/23/mass_transit_america/index.html?source=rss With gas prices through the roof, our car-crazy nation showed the love for buses and trains. But there's a glitch. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/10/06/doc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/10/06/doc/index.html?source=rss Paul Newman's crusty, kid-friendly, oddly classic final role (as a car). Plus: Film-world eggheads battle over Soderbergh's unconventional "Che." By Andrew Leonard Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/09/industrial_policy_for_ford/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/09/industrial_policy_for_ford/index.html?source=rss The auto industry asks Washington for a little help. But don't call it a bailout! By Kevin Berger Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/08/27/traffic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/08/27/traffic/index.html?source=rss No wonder traffic will never improve. We are doomed by our behavior, as a drive in New York with "Traffic" author Tom Vanderbilt reveals. By Pablo Päster Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/ask_pablo/2008/08/25/electric_cars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/ask_pablo/2008/08/25/electric_cars/index.html?source=rss No, electric cars don't suck down the same amount of energy as gas guzzlers do. By Liz Galst Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/good_life/2008/08/13/grease_car/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/good_life/2008/08/13/grease_car/index.html?source=rss How to convert a car to run on leftover vegetable oil from your local greasy spoon. By Evan Ratliff Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/08/11/volt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/08/11/volt/index.html?source=rss Is GM setting a new record for vaporware peddling? By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/25/cell_phone_driving/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/25/cell_phone_driving/index.html?source=rss Think driving while talking on the cellphone is safe as long as you use a headset, as new laws require? Stop yammering and read this article.