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Good Morning!

We know its noticeably cooler, the cappuccino is hot, the biscotti are out of this world this morning, make yourself comfortable.

All the planning might not have worked, this week we were fortunate to have our own "Camaro week" we posted the comparison yesterday, with the review of the 2010 Camaro SS in the making. We shared our thoughts on muscle cars and pony cars, just scroll down if you missed them. 

The SEMA show opened a few days ago, its not as large or outlandish as years past from what we heard, and again there are lots of Camaros including the Jay Leno Camaro. The nice thing about SEMA, it captures the imagination, it fuels the imagination, and give the aftermarket segment of the industry a reason to get together and do some business. 

The bulk of the aftermarket activites tend to fly under everyone radar screen, its unglamorous most of the time except for SEMA. Its a huge segment of the automotive industry.

Think of vehicles as iPhones and the aftermarket supplying apps.

Chrysler presented their 5 year plan on Wednesday, in 2009 a 5 year plan is quite an undertaking, fraught with dangers, uncertainties, and skepticism. Good for Fiat to finally show increased transparency, and give an indication of how they see the world. If it would not be for our money Chrysler would be extinct, and if it would not be for Fiat Chrysler would not be there either.

Lets give these folks a chance, and lets see what happens. They are facing a serious upstream swim.

Is it a surprise that Toyota pulled out of F1? There is a huge difference between having the resources to participate in F1, and having the intellectual commitment to win in F1. Toyota like Honda, like BMW are all realizing that they do not have the intellectual commitment to win in F1. The other point, does F1 deserve the intellectual commitment? Its a two way street, lets hope that Jean Todt brings a breath of fresh perspectives.

Racing series have to be relevant, win the intellect and hearts of spectators, if the series is losing ground with spectators....need we say much more. The series that are in real trouble are also the ones that have been the most successful at one time. 

Why did Warren Buffett buy Burlington Northern? Did he need the biggest train set on the planet? Hear from the man himself. His perspective is interesting and informative.

In the Opel saga should Frank Stronach be happy or disappointed? 

Did you know that Fords just launched an inflatable seat belt?

Some cool stuff from Dean's Garage...80's GM Image Cars.

This is a fascinating read, gives you an idea of what it was like years ago to get information and the feel of exotic cars...Karl Ludvigsen road testing and sharing his impressions of a Tipo 61 Birdcage Maserati, take a moment to read the article.