Miss Motor Mouth

What Happens When Malibu Meets Train

Somewhere, in the middle of a vast prairie, a factory sits churning out award winning cars in ’round the clock shifts by happy employees.
The seventh-generation Chevy Malibu is a popular little mid-sized sedan and is sent from this spot to the far reaches of where buyers will settle for buying them. This is what happens [...]

Type-G, Type A: Part 2 of the Toyota Recall

Part 2 of a post in which I begin with a brief history of the brand known as Toyota and dissolve into opinion, conjecture, leaked insider information and rumor; therefore communicating a story (without fear mongering above what the press has already created) about the consumer experience and small businesses and yet dispelling the highfaluting [...]

Type-G, Type A: Background to the Toyota Recall

A post in which I begin with a brief history of the brand known as Toyota and dissolve into opinion, conjecture, leaked insider information and rumor; therefore communicating a story (without fear mongering above what the press has already created) about the consumer experience and small businesses and yet dispelling the highfaluting notions which corporations [...]

RoundAbout Show #20: The ‘Alternative’ Episode

Yes, it is true that Craig kissed me so it must be an alternate universe, hence The Alternative Episode.
Toyota says that choosing electric over gas may crash the grid. When it comes to maintenance costs you can choose between a private jet or Bugatti Veyron. Plus we’ve got another installment of Psy-car-logy and we play [...]

RoundAbout Show #19: The ‘NAIAS Postmortem’ Episode

Well, the North American International Auto Show–otherwise known as the Detroit Auto Show–has made all the news it’s going to make for this year. It was a rocky year for the Motor City, and in a way, it really showed at Cobo Hall in Detroit. The digs might have been better than last year (Chrysler [...]

RoAb #18 - The 'Not What it Seems' Episode

RoAb #18 – The ‘Not What it Seems’ Episode

Things are not always what they seem. For instance, you might think this episode is nearly a week late. Wrong as usual, idiot. We were planning to do this episode a year from now, so technically it’s early. Why are you so offended? Clearly you are unfamiliar with the word “idiot’s” Greek roots. I was [...]

It’s Like This, GM. When Did Bad News Become a PR Machine?

Today I realized that on a productive day (meaning I am researching, reading and learning and not on Facebook), that I will have at least 3 tabs open in FireFox that are either bad or leaning towards bad news regarding GM. If you were to look at my Delicious account you would see that when [...]

Freebies, Carpetbagging, Cars and Mules: Top Gear Payola

This is going to be a really quick post because #carchat starts on 10 minutes and I just need to get this off of my proverbial chest:
This week I was given a copy of the DVD of Season 10 of Top Gear by the US company assisting the BBC America division with promoting the show.
I [...]

Announcement: Miss Motor Mouth Is Joining Carsala

April 24, 2009
Carsala, an online application revolutionizing the car buying
experience, announced today the appointment of Michelle Naranjo, also
known as Miss Motor Mouth, to lead Carsala digital communications.
Naranjo will assist with ongoing public relations, market strategy and
contribute to growing the venture funded company’s business
development.
Carsala CEO, Tyler Elliston said of the appointment, “Michelle is a
wonderful addition to [...]

Lease your Car…no, wait! Lease Your House….no, hang on!

My friend, Steve Haas, wrote this great article for me back in November about leasing vs buying. I kind of sat on it. A lot. I sat on it for over 3 months because I had this gut feeling that I couldn’t quite place and I didn’t discuss with Steve until today because I am [...]