Posts by: Eddie Mejia

The Crapolla Effect

After a decade, the Corolla Effect and been corrupted into Crapolla affecting the essential essence of automotive inspiration. Automakers were no longer aspiring to create a product to outperform and outlast the competitors, instead they did the opposite. The concocted underhanded schemes (sometimes referred to as prudent business practices); asking themselves: how can we make people buy more Crap

The Corolla Effect

At some point in the early 1980s, building a car was no longer an art form, instead it was broken down into a simple to follow cookie cutter process. Avoid these pitfalls and yours will be a malleable unremarkable box on profitable wheels. I (just started) call(ing) these two moments in automobile history; the Toyota Corolla (or Crapolla) effect which eventually evolved into the Audi (A4) effect i

Aston Martin DB11 Leaked

My penchant for Aston Martin, is obvious. I honestly believe they are the greatest automaker in the world, because they have never yielded to mediocrity, instead they have striven to make a product that exceeds all others in every way, even in the face of bankruptcy. Despite being (ostensibly) a single (super) instrument band, they are remarkably well rounded. If it were not for the fact that the

Cadillac CT6: A New Breed

Cadillac has finally turned back to its roots. Instead of trying to compete with German Luxury Sports Sedans, they have reworked the formula entirely around the premise: agility is not a requisite of luxury. When riding in the lap of luxury, there there is no rush; you will get to your destination when the time is right. The first to fit the old mold of pre-80s Caddies, is the Cadillac CT6. Thus,

How to Buy a Car (Hint: Be Aggressive)

There are many ways to impose value onto an automaker, but what yields the most accurate appraisal? One could say automaker X makes the best product, because a professional critic deemed it so. However, another could assert; that while technically impressive; all that really matters are the sales. I.e. Audi leads the luxury automaker market from a critical perspective, but Lexus sells more of thei

How to Choose a Car (Hint: Be Selfish)

To be honest, we have reached a point where most vehicles can dispatch all one’s actual needs from an automobile (barring occasional recalls); with ease. Gone are the lemon lamentations of the 70s and 80s, where an unreliable car meant having triple A on speed dial. Now the rub is in reading and catering to a demographic. People do not have the time to physically visit every potential deale

Will Cadillac Requisition its Groove Back

It has been many years since the Cadillac brand has been truly in good esteem here in the United States. For a vast majority of the Twentieth Century, the mere mention of a the name evoke thoughts of prestige. The company blended increasingly uniquely identifiable aesthetic staples with unrelenting luxury. These features have been associated with Cadillac since the company’s inception. The compan

Ford Ranger: Compact Trucks Are Awesome

The prospect of an American compact truck died with the Ford Ranger in 2012, and it was Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations that killed it. That is unfortunate, because not only are compact trucks very useful (arguably more so than bigger trucks, but I’ll get to that shortly), but the Ford Ranger in particular was incredible. Granted, it was not the best of its compact truck competi

Delorean Motor Company Is not Making New Cars

I am not a fan of the DeLorean Motor Company. Honestly, there is a reason they were only able to make 9,000 examples of a single model in the 2(ish) years they were active (1981-1982); they made horrible cars even by 1980s standards. They only ever made one car, and It was called the DeLorean DMC 12. Even the name is awful. It is literally called the DeLorean DeLorean Motor Company (DMC) 12. Eit

The Fall of the Ford Ranger

The Ford Ranger never sold as well in the United States as the automaker would have hoped. Because of lackluster sales, the tiny truck was removed from the Blue Oval’s mainland line-up. In retrospect, it is not hard to see why the Detroit automaker decided to give the aging little truck the axe. All small truck sales, were dropping across the board. In 1994 small trucks were about 8 percent of a