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Obama a Prius? Palin a Camaro? Politics get revved up

We try to stay out of politics here at Autoblog, but sometimes, events obligate us to jump into the fray. The latest event is a Harvard Business School professor's comparison of the two leading presidential candidates to automobiles. John Quelch said in an interview with Newsweek that he thinks of Barrack Obama as a new Prius and John McCain as an "old Ford F-150." Politically, those two products carry some weighty social symbolism that, as car guys, we're not all that concerned with. But we do wonder what Mr. Quelch's comments mean to us. ... Read more →

Obama in talks to sponsor NASCAR team Jeremy Korzeniewski

Update: Obama's campaign has turned down the offer to sponsor BAM Racing's number 49 car. In an odd yet intriguing bid to woo potential NASCAR-loving voters in Pennsylvania -- a key battleground state ...

Wagoner to Obama: Automakers need research money from feds Jeremy Korzeniewski

After being asked what the next President of the United States could do to help Detroit's automakers, Rick Wagoner, head honcho at General Motors, responded that his company could use an injection of ...

Obama critizes McCain's $300m battery prize Jeremy Korzeniewski

As expected, presidential hopeful John McCain outlined a plan yesterday which would offer a $300 million cash prize to the first company able to build a better automotive battery. The proposal is part ...

Obama a Prius? Palin a Camaro? Politics get revved up 1 year ago on Autoblog

We try to stay out of politics here at Autoblog, but sometimes, events obligate us to jump into the fray. The latest event is a Harvard Business School professor's comparison of the two leading presidential candidates to automobiles. John Quelch said in an interview with Newsweek that he thinks of ...

Obama in talks to sponsor NASCAR team 1 year ago on Autoblog

Update: Obama's campaign has turned down the offer to sponsor BAM Racing's number 49 car. In an odd yet intriguing bid to woo potential NASCAR-loving voters in Pennsylvania -- a key battleground state for hopeful presidential candidates -- Barack Obama is currently in talks regarding a possible ...

Wagoner to Obama: Automakers need research money from feds 1 year ago on Autoblog

After being asked what the next President of the United States could do to help Detroit's automakers, Rick Wagoner, head honcho at General Motors, responded that his company could use an injection of cash for research and development into new, potentially green technology. Also mentioned were ...

Obama critizes McCain's $300m battery prize 1 year ago on Autoblog

As expected, presidential hopeful John McCain outlined a plan yesterday which would offer a $300 million cash prize to the first company able to build a better automotive battery. The proposal is part of an effort to reduce the nation's petroleum usage, in this case, by furthering the development of ...






Autoblog Podcast #152: Paukert Enhanced!

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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