By Stu Wright I’m mixing metaphors on this date, February 7th, because 49 years ago today the Beatles (band) appeared on the Ed Sullivan show to perform their smash, “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” The single had sold 1.5 million copies in under three weeks, and Americans were hungry for something enjoyable, just [...]
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Stu WrightThe most recent automobile that I received for review was the 2011 Scion tC, a product of Toyota Motor Corporation. Scion (descendant) is the name Toyota chose in 2002 for their new division that markets to North American members of Generation Y. The line of cars originally included the xA hatchback and xB wagon [...]
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Stu WrightThe most recent automobile that I received for review was the 2011 Scion tC, a product of Toyota Motor Corporation. Scion (descendant) is the name Toyota chose in 2002 for their new division that markets to North American members of Generation Y. The line of cars originally included the xA hatchback and xB wagon and [...]
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by Stu Wright Volkswagen was originally founded in 1937 by the German Labor Front, a Nazi trade union. The venture included production of an inexpensive car for the common man along with state-sponsored financing (“five marks a week you must put aside, if in your own car you want to ride”). Until then [...]
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