Tuning Truck

If you've been comparing the new 2010 Toyota Prius to the smaller, less expensive 2010 Honda Insight, Toyota would like to have a little chat with you.

They think that you think you'll save money buying the cheaper Insight. So, licking the corporate pencil and pulling out the compact calculator, they've roughed out some numbers to persuade you that the bigger Prius is all but a wash in pricing against the Insight.

The secret is that the Toyota saves

How worried is Toyota that the 2010 Honda Insight might eat into sales of the 2010 Toyota Prius, just now hitting dealerships across the country?

Worried enough, it appears, that the company has helpfully run the numbers to show potential Insight buyers how little money they'll save over the long run if they buy Honda's new 2010 dedicated hybrid. You know, the one that looks sort of like a Prius in 7/8 scale.

Last Thursday, a post entitled "Hybrid Cost

Can-Am Spyder

It shouldn't come as a surprise that a vehicle as innovative as the three-wheeled Can-Am Spyder would face a few teething problems within its first few years on the market. Unfortunately, one particular aspect of the machine's power steering system has reportedly caused at least three injuries, though none have so far been life threatening. To remedy the apparent defect, Can-Am has agreed to voluntarily recall some 12,500 Spyders (9,932 of them sold in the United States)

In an unsurprising turn of events, Chrysler has pulled its sponsorship of Sam Hubinette's drifting team as part of the company's restructuring plan. The bankrupt automaker's Formula Drift program was run by Shaun Carlson's NuFormz Racing, which began with Mopar in 2002, competing in the NHRA Sport Compact division. The team eventually made their way into drifting in 2004, where Hubinette captured the championship behind the wheel of a Dodge Viper during Formula D's inaugural season. Hubinette went onto several podium finishes, placing second overall in 2006 and