Crazy About A Mercury

Riding around town on a bicycle, running errands the other day, and I came across an old, neglected car. Looked like a Mercury Montclair from 1964 — one of the cooler cars from my past (I think one of my uncles had a white one; probably Marian). One of the more distinctive roof lines, for [...]

A Different Kind of Car

Brilliant TV spot from Hal Riney & Partners for Saturn, a modern marketing success — for a while at least. Too bad the brand may go away, joining the recently-departed Oldsmobile and Plymouth brands. I think the Saturn experience is different. A real sense of community was built around it  — [...]