The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Speed

The Politics of Speed

Nissan has run into several problems as the drivers of its trucks and SUVs are reporting transmission failures. [New York Times]

High-MPG SUVs and trucks are the wrong answers to the question of improving fuel economy. At least according to this Prius and Leaf driver. [Huffington Post]

More on the demise of the Mazda RX-8 and the “nice” 2012 Toyota Camry. [Jalopnik]

Here the question is posed: is the Fiat 500 out of Italy New York’s new “It car?” [New York Observer]

It is official that the most expensive car ever sold publicly is a 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa prototype that sold for $14.9 million on August 20th. [Jalopnik]

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