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Unlikely Ire: Dan Neil excoriates 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:28:23 +0000

Filed under: Convertible , Performance , Porsche , Design/Style 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder – Click above for high-res image gallery When we look at the 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder rap sheet, it’s hard not go get a bit excited. It looks seriously terrific, it weighs but 2,811 pounds, and it packs 320 mid-mounted ponies. Good stuff. When we spent some time behind the wheel of the Spyder, we fell more than deeply in love with this, the purest of Boxsters.

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Unlikely Ire: Dan Neil excoriates 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder

Pulitzer winner Dan Neil reportedly leaves Los Angeles Times for Wall Street Journal

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:02:25 +0000

Filed under: Etc. , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs Dan Neil , an automotive journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2004 for his weekly column Rumble Seat in the Los Angeles Times , is reportedly leaving his job in Los Angeles to serve as the automotive columnist for The Wall Street Journal . Perhaps it bears mentioning that the LA Times killed off its Auto section back in the summer of 2008, though Neil’s columns continued to appear in the Business section. Mike Miller, Deputy Managing Editor for The Wall Street Journal , had this to say in an email message to WSJ’s Bureau Chiefs: Dan is the nation’s preeminent car columnist, whose deep knowledge, wit, writerly flair and insight have made him must-reading for everyone who cares about cars and many who don’t

Dan Neil on GMC Terrain: "No bark, no bite, but plenty of fleas"

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:58:14 +0000

Filed under: SUV , Etc. , Crossover , GM , GMC 2010 GMC Terrain – click for high-res gallery Sometimes, we come across head-scratchers. What’s the meaning of life?

VIDEO: Dan Neil drives the Audi eTron, tells Musk and Fisker to watch out

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:51:16 +0000

Filed under: Concept Cars , Coupe , Videos , Audi , Electric Audi e-tron – Click above for high-res image gallery The LA Times ‘ Pulitzer Prize-winning auto critic, Dan Neil, had a chance to sample the Audi e-tron while the electric R8 (R8e?) was down in So. Cal. for the LA Auto Show , and he’s suitably impressed with the nine-month-old prototype that — unlike your average concept — is actually functional.

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VIDEO: Dan Neil drives the Audi eTron, tells Musk and Fisker to watch out