Nostalgia Highway

(January 10, 2014) TORRANCE, Calif. — Honda vehicles are the most durable and longest lasting of any mainstream automotive brand*, according to Polk vehicle registration statistics from 1988-2012. No other mainstream brand had a greater percentage of vehicles on the road than the Honda brand.

In the mainstream segment, an industry best 75% of all Honda vehicles sold in the last 25 years were still on the road including the 1990 Accord sedan and coupe pictured above.

(January 7, 2014) These billboards have reportedly appeared over the route of the Woodard Dream Cruise in Detroit over the past few years. They remind us of the glory days of the U.S. automotive industry and specifically General Motors.

Perhaps not all of the billboards actually appeared on the street, but you must admit some creative folks did a great job designing them.

(January 1, 2014) Images of new cars sitting in a snowy driveway wrapped in a big red bow have long been a staple of automotive advertising this time of year. But unlike those marketing scenarios, this is the true story of a 16-year-old boy who got a very special Ford Mustang for Christmas in 1964.

By Casey Williams
MyCarData

(December 29, 2013) Automakers may talk about renewable energy from wind, water, and solar, but if they are honest, they will tell you that most of our energy will still come from coal and nuclear powerplants. If Americans want gas-free automobiles, they may have to get used to an old idea: Atomic-powered cars.