Category: What Were They Thinking?

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Mazda explores a design-over-function driven future and shows off possibilities for its future design.
You get the feeling that Maserati executives felt compelled to have a press conference at the 2006 (2006.5?) Los Angeles Auto Show. MC-12 looks like a concept car, but 14 have been sold in the USA.
Acura presents one possibility for its future in the coming decades; it's a good thing there's still time to refine the theme.
The introduction of a new coupe is usually a controversial affair. We struggled whether to include the new 2008 Altima Coupe in our "What Were They Thinking?" category and here is why...
As a completely biased Expedition driver, I feel it is important to comment on some of the design features on the new 2007 Ford Expedition that fall short. In fact, these are designs that fall into the category of "What Were They Thinking?".
Today marks the final Saturday morning Crystal Cove mini concours in Newport Beach. Starting at 0700 each Saturday morning for years, Crystal Cove has become the spot for car owners and enthusiasts to gather over coffee and donuts on Saturdays. Unlike Donut Derelicts up Pacific Coast Highway that has a hot rod flavor, Crystal Cove had a exotic car flavor even though there were a few hot rods and classics thrown in.
Ford has guaranteed the demise of its luxury Lincoln brand through a series of strategic, marketing and product blunders rarely seen in the American car industry. In effect, Ford has forced Lincoln's suicide. While we would like to write the epitaph now, Lincoln's death seems like a long, slow, painful suicide. Let us count the various ways Lincoln has been killing itself over the past couple of years.
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