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Dec 10, 2004
New No. 2 at Ford

The Blue Oval has tapped Detroit native Jim Padilla to assume the Presidency at Ford Motor Corp. directly in line behind CEO Bill Ford Jr. Padilla replaces Nick Scheele who was in charge of Ford's latest round of restructuring after the Firestone debacle. Scheele and Vice Chairman/CFO Allan Gilmour will both retire on Feb. 1 2005. In an "I did not know that" moment this news piece informed me that Gilmour is one of the country's highest ranking openly gay corporate executive. Not onl

David Thomas
Dec 10, 2004
Playing tag with cars in Chicago

brings us a great graphic to recreate the events in Chinatown last night. The whole ordeal sounds insane. Kids do not try this at home. It seems a Chevy Caprice and Tahoe SUV were playing bumper tag last night until the Caprice knocked the Tahoe on it's side sliding it into a light pole killing two of the four people inside. This gets chalked up into the "extremely dumb things to do with your vehicle column."

David Thomas
Dec 10, 2004
Vortex generators huh? OK MR Evo

It seems the US is clamoring for more versions of the Mitsubishi Evo (I think it's the only good press that Mitsu gets now these days) and they a more than happy to oblige. Enter the Evo MR – 27.6 pounds lighter, 5 horse bigger and "vortex generators". The eight shark fins over the rear window divert air and reduce lift by 35 percent at around 110mph. Great for street use. Other improvements include a new clutch, helical limited-slip front diff and 13 more lbs. ft. of torque. Price,

Walter J Keegan Jr.
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