Here’s all you really need to know about the Chevy Volt: it’s a car that you want to drive. I used to have Prius envy, pretty much ever since my father got his in 2004. I rented them from Hertz at every available opportunity. There was something about the Prius that soothed my inner do-gooder…
Tag Archive: Toyota
How Do You Handle a Crisis?
Last Thursday, I was on a cross-country flight from EWR-SFO. Less than a third of the way into the flight, somewhere over Indiana, the unthinkable happened: my sweet, charming boy had become the vomiting preschooler. In an instant, we went from being the subject of smiles and waves to being that nightmare in-flight story. By…
Personality Goes a Long Way: Why I Didn’t Buy a Prius
We had been giving some thought to new cars, and being research-obsessed as I am, I had already pre-scouted the automotive marketplace to determine what came closest to my desired equipment and fuel economy. While I had narrowed the field to four different vehicles, I more or less assumed that when all the test driving…
Crisis Communications
It seems like everyone is talking about the quality problems and subsequent fall from grace at Toyota. The most startling, to me, is when someone casually says, “Well, you just know that they’re going to find an email that proves that they knew something was up before they announced it.” It’s a discussion that follows…
Prius Envy
As someone who loves to drive, and loves a manual transmission, I find it hard to believe that I’m saying this: I really want a Prius. Let’s keep in mind, for a moment, that prior to the arrival of my son, we were an all-German, all-stick family. I had a red 2002 Audi A4 which…