Warren Brown and Lou Ann Hammond chat about cars on www.washingtonpost.com January 18, 2013

Good Morning Warren and friends

A belated Happy Birthday to Warren. Yesterday was his birthday.

The Detroit auto show is over. Fuel efficiency and design were the name of the game. And trophies.

Congratulations to Cadillac for winning the North American Car of the Year with the Cadillac ATS. And, congratulations to Ram for winning the North American Truck of the year for the Ram 1500.

Eyes on design has become an integral part of the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). Designers that used to work in the auto field judge the cars that come out at the Detroit auto show. The Cadillac ELR won the production car of the year, and the Nissan Resonance won the concept car of the year.

Warren and I were on the John Batchelor radio show on Monday. You can listen at https://www.drivingthenation.com/?p=7595

If you want to see some cool concept technology and autonomous driving you can watch https://www.drivingthenation.com/?p=7596

but for now let’s chat about cars

Click on Warrens picture to go to the washingtonpost.com chat:

About the Author: Lou Ann Hammond

Lou Ann Hammond is the CEO of Carlist and Driving the Nation. She is the co-host of Real Wheels Washington Post carchat every Friday morning and is the Automotive, energy correspondent for The John Batchelor Show and a Contributor to Automotive Electronics magazine headquartered in Korea. Hammond is a founding member of the Women's World Car of the Year #WWCOTY, and board member of the Women in Automotive. She is a guest contributor for Via Corsa magazine and Vicarious magazine.