Automopedia’s Favorite Posts of 2009
You’ve had a look back at what our Automopedia staff feels were the 10 Best & Worst of 2009 Automotive Events. Now, we’ve put a lot of hard work into some all of these posts, so we’d like to take this opportunity to thank all for reading, and check out some of our favorite posts from 2009!
Cash For Clunkers
When you were searching out information on how to get Cash for your Clunker we had the scoop. It might have saved the automotive industry in America – well Cash for Clunkers, not our post. Though we’d like to believe Automopedia helps fight terrorism and saves Americans from the Red Menace. Now, whatever happened to the Cash for Fridges program?
Sexiest Scifi Ships
2009 was the year of Trek – Star Trek made it back on the big screen, with USS Enterprise warping to high box office numbers. Whether or not you’re into science fiction films we’ll all agree some of the Sexy Scifi Ships are worth discussing – and boy did you readers put on those geek hats and rip us a new one. We couldn’t even make it up to you by posting a bunch of Scifi Ship battle scenes! And yes, in 2010 we will bring you more scifi goodies mixed in with your weekly automotive news.
Movie & Television Rides
Of all the movie and television car posts we’ve done on Automopedia, one stands out in our hearts – for some reason the reboot is big in Hollywood, on screens big and small. We have to deal with remakes of classic car chase features, that almost always let down. Frankly, these car movies & shows Hollywood insists on remaking pretty much suck the big one.
The Big Three
Oh yeah, all this fun talk about movie and TV cars – we almost forgot about the Big Three and those automotive mergers in 2009. Where do the car makers stand now? Well, Italy owns ChryslerDodgeJeep, Pontiac is gone, Saturn is next, Saab is almost dead and Buick somehow survived all of this!
Cartoon Cars & Real-World Counterparts
Ok, enough of that serious business about car mergers and what not. Let’s have some fun with cartoon cars, and of course their real life counterparts. Whether it’s the Ecto-1 or Scooby-Doo’s Mystery Machine, favorite childhood animated memories have almost all been made into live-action features. We’ve still got quite a car crush on that Cadillac Ambulance with Ray Stanz behind the wheel.
The Electric Car & Alternative Fuels
And finally, the car that would change America’s Auto Industry – at least it was supposed to. But lack of interest and financial downturn caused Tesla to close its doors and quit production of an all-electric Tesla S sedan. It was anarchy when Americans faced what could have been a second gasoline crisis. We demanded alternative fuels – and Tesla answered. But hybrids prevailed and the plug was pulled on electric vehicles once again. Maybe next year…
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