I'm driving a 662-hp 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 this week, but I'm also checking out booking availabilities for the 100% electric 2012 Nissan LEAF.
In the last few days, we took the 85-hp 2013 Chevrolet Spark minicar for a spin, but also reported on the Conquest EVADE, a new luxury SUV that will cost $580,000 US.
I just read Land Rover's latest release on the all new 2013 Range Rover, which states that thanks to an all-aluminum unibody the new model will weigh up to 926 lbs less than the 2012 truck. I'm flabbergasted by this improvement, yet when you think of it the current Range Rover, or any large SUV for that matter, is arguably carrying around a half-ton of weight for nothing.
We're striving to make cars and trucks safer, adding costs and complexities to them and making them more expensive to build, purchase and maintain. Yet these cars and trucks can still be driven while we text or under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
Speed limits are constantly being reduced, especially in residential areas, yet cars and trucks are getting more and more powerful. With a long enough stretch of road, the factory-built GT500 I'm currently driving can hit 300 km/h; and anybody with money or a good credit score, even those with the IQ of a cabbage, can buy one.
Perception is everything. We buy electric cars and hybrids so our neighbours consider us environmentally responsible, but we keep our lawn nice and tidy with a gas-powered, two-stroke Weedwacker that pollutes as much as 10 Hummer H2s. I'm just guessing; the correct figure is probably 30 Hummers.
On our right shoulder sits the angel, our conscience that keeps telling us to be rational, responsible and to love one another. The angel tries hard to convince us that an electric car is good, that obeying the speed limit is being responsible, and that reducing our carbon footprint will benefit not only our children's future, but everyone else's as well. When we follow our hearts, we're listening to the angel.
On the left shoulder, the devil is just as convincing as the angel, but without as much effort. The devil knows that humans seek a lifestyle of chills, thrills and reckless abandon. Our ego makes us do what the devil wants us to do.
We're at the crossroads of automotive evolution. Green cars, performance cars, luxury cars, sensible cars; as a consumer we're lucky to have to so many choices. We must make the right decisions for our future, yet we only live once.
Who should we listen to: the angel or the devil?
In the last few days, we took the 85-hp 2013 Chevrolet Spark minicar for a spin, but also reported on the Conquest EVADE, a new luxury SUV that will cost $580,000 US.
I just read Land Rover's latest release on the all new 2013 Range Rover, which states that thanks to an all-aluminum unibody the new model will weigh up to 926 lbs less than the 2012 truck. I'm flabbergasted by this improvement, yet when you think of it the current Range Rover, or any large SUV for that matter, is arguably carrying around a half-ton of weight for nothing.
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| 2013 Range Rover (Photo: Land Rover) |
We're striving to make cars and trucks safer, adding costs and complexities to them and making them more expensive to build, purchase and maintain. Yet these cars and trucks can still be driven while we text or under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
Speed limits are constantly being reduced, especially in residential areas, yet cars and trucks are getting more and more powerful. With a long enough stretch of road, the factory-built GT500 I'm currently driving can hit 300 km/h; and anybody with money or a good credit score, even those with the IQ of a cabbage, can buy one.
Perception is everything. We buy electric cars and hybrids so our neighbours consider us environmentally responsible, but we keep our lawn nice and tidy with a gas-powered, two-stroke Weedwacker that pollutes as much as 10 Hummer H2s. I'm just guessing; the correct figure is probably 30 Hummers.
On our right shoulder sits the angel, our conscience that keeps telling us to be rational, responsible and to love one another. The angel tries hard to convince us that an electric car is good, that obeying the speed limit is being responsible, and that reducing our carbon footprint will benefit not only our children's future, but everyone else's as well. When we follow our hearts, we're listening to the angel.
On the left shoulder, the devil is just as convincing as the angel, but without as much effort. The devil knows that humans seek a lifestyle of chills, thrills and reckless abandon. Our ego makes us do what the devil wants us to do.
We're at the crossroads of automotive evolution. Green cars, performance cars, luxury cars, sensible cars; as a consumer we're lucky to have to so many choices. We must make the right decisions for our future, yet we only live once.
Who should we listen to: the angel or the devil?