Archive for March, 2008

It’s that time of year again to announce the winner of the 2008 World Car of the Year Award. Cars from around the world are judged on their value, safety, merit, and of course how responsible and helpful they are to the environment. I know that each of us were rooting for our personal favorites (Mercedes S-Class) – but here are the three finalists; the Mazda2/Demio, Ford Mondeo, and Mercedes C-Class. The winner was (drum roll) the Mazda2/Demio – which was a bit of a surprise to some of us here at CarXen.

What better place to show off a taxi cab than in New York – where they are always being used. Designer J. Mays and Ford’s Mark Fields unvieled the Transit Connect Taxi concept. This was their main vehicle of the day and they were skeptical whether or not it would receive the response they were hoping for. Amazingly enough they received quite the introduction when they showed it off.

There was a bit of skepticism when Jesse Vigil decorated his 2007 Ford Mustang like a police car. He painted it black and white, had the words ‘police’ on the side of the doors, and placed an emergency bar on the top of the car.

Ford has planned to display the new Ford Taurus tomorrow at the New York Auto Show. They will be displaying it in all its glory – but there will be one Taurus there that will look less than perfect. In fact it will look like it just got back from a horrible car accident. That’s because it did …sort of.

Automakers try their hardest to keep their new cars a secret from the rest of the world – but there always seems to be a leak somewhere in the mix. Some of the top forums seem to always get their hands on the latest pics and details of these up and coming cars before they have time to release it themselves. Nissan was the latest to fall prey to these elusive forums.