Archive for February, 2010

Women’s world car of the year (WWCOTY) awards in London, England

Nikki Rooke was the presenter at the award ceremony. Rooke is the head of communications for the Society of Motor Manufactureres & Traders (SMMT), London, England.
Singer Camilla Kerslake graced WWCOTY [...]

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Rolls-Royce: The making of the ghost

2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost

2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost

The Ghost:: From their hands to yours
Lou Ann Hammond
People who see a Rolls-Royce on the road stop and look. Traffic practically stopped when we were [...]

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The Hands of Goodwood: The pin-stripe, or coachline, painted on a Rolls-Royce

Mark Court is the only person that can paint the pinstripe on a Rolls-Royce. Court says the hardest part about painting the pinstripe was getting over the fact that the [...]

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Rolls-Royce: The Hands of Goodwood

The Hands of Goodwood
When I was in my teens my friend Ruthie would work all day in her basement creating art. Her hands were dry, her fingers cracked, her nails [...]

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Akio Toyoda refuses to come to America – brake override

Lou Ann Hammond talks to John Batchelor, host of the John Batchelor radio show, about Toyota.
America is the largest market for Toyota, but Toyoda is not going to come to [...]

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More Toyota scrum at the 2010 Chicago auto show

2010 Chicago Auto Show, Chicago, IL – Robert S. Carter Group Vice President and General Manager – Toyota Division Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc held a scrum after the unveil [...]

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Ford’s Derrick Kuzak at the 2010 Chicago auto show

2010 Chicago Auto Show, Chicago, IL- Derrick Kuzak, Ford’s group vice president of global product development, talked to me at the 2010 Chicago auto show.
I asked Kuzak whether Ford’s [...]

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Bob Carter, Toyota, describing Lexus ES350 crash

2010 Chicago Auto Show, Chicago, IL – Robert S. Carter Group Vice President and General Manager – Toyota Division Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc sat down with me at the [...]

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Mark Reuss, General Motors, 2010 Chicago auto show

2010 Chicago Auto Show, Chicago, IL- Mark Reuss was the keynote speaker at the 2010 Chicago auto show.
I asked Reuss whether General Motors had brake over ride on their [...]

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Chevy Aveo RS at the 2010 Chicago auto show

2010 Chicago Auto Show, Chicago, IL – John Cafaro is on the design staff of General Motors
The Aveo RS show car, finished in electric Boracay Blue, wears global Chevrolet design [...]

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