<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><!-- generator="wordpress/2.5" --><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0">

<channel>
	<title>Every Car I Drive with Matt Nauman</title>
	<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman</link>
	<description>San Jose Mercury News automotive blog - cars, trucks, SUVs, CUVs and more</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 07:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5</generator>
	<language>en</language>
			<atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/merc-nauman" type="application/rss+xml" /><feedburner:emailServiceId xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">merc-nauman</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item>
		<title>Drive #845. And Stop.</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/09/07/drive-845-and-stop/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/09/07/drive-845-and-stop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 07:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Nauman</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/09/07/drive-845-and-stop/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been my honor and privilege to have been the Mercury News&#8217; auto editor since Drive first published on Friday, June 7, 1991. That&#8217;s a lot of test drives. A lot of cars driven in a lot of places &#8230; Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, probably half the other U.S. states, but mainly here in Northern [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/09/07/drive-845-and-stop/feed/</wfw:commentRSS>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Auto-Industry Stunner: Toyota’s Press To Xler</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/09/06/auto-industry-stunner-toyotas-press-to-xler/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/09/06/auto-industry-stunner-toyotas-press-to-xler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Nauman</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
	<category>Toyota</category>
	<category>Chrysler</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/09/06/auto-industry-stunner-toyotas-press-to-xler/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I must admit that today&#8217;s news that Jim Press, the top U.S. executive within the still-very-Japanese-centric Toyota, is going to Chrysler is shocking.
Why? First off, Press is a Toyota lifer. I&#8217;ve probably interviewed him a dozen times, sat next to him at press dinners, driven with him, and no U.S. Toyota executive seemed more in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/09/06/auto-industry-stunner-toyotas-press-to-xler/feed/</wfw:commentRSS>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Get Smart For Less Than $12,000</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/09/05/get-smart-for-less-than-12000/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/09/05/get-smart-for-less-than-12000/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Nauman</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Car Buying</category>
	<category>smart</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/09/05/get-smart-for-less-than-12000/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Smart USA just announced prices of its 2008 Fortwo models that go on sale early next year. Executives had promised prices in the $12,000 to $17,000 range, and they delivered.
The base Smart Fortwo will cost $11,590. This model, a hardtop called the Pure, is pretty bare bones. It includes, according to the press release &#8220;a radio-ready [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/09/05/get-smart-for-less-than-12000/feed/</wfw:commentRSS>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ideal Vehicles? Ford SUVs, Mercedes S</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/09/05/ideal-vehicles-ford-suvs-mercedes-s/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/09/05/ideal-vehicles-ford-suvs-mercedes-s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Nauman</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/09/05/ideal-vehicles-ford-suvs-mercedes-s/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What makes a vehicle ideal? According to AutoPacific, a Tustin-based researcher, it&#8217;s a vehicle that its owner wouldn&#8217;t change. It&#8217;s when expectations meets reality, says George Peterson, AutoPacific&#8217;s president, in announcing the 2007 Ideal Vehicle Awards.
Awards were given in 25 categories, and the top 10 luxury and mainstream brands were listed. You can read all [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/09/05/ideal-vehicles-ford-suvs-mercedes-s/feed/</wfw:commentRSS>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rumors: Apple + VW = iCar</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/29/rumors-apple-vw-icar/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/29/rumors-apple-vw-icar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Nauman</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
	<category>Volkswagen</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/29/rumors-apple-vw-icar/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It sounds ludicrous, which means it&#8217;s probably possible.
The Internet is full of rumors today that the head of VW met with Steve Jobs recently to talk about Apple and VW making the iCar.
Here&#8217;s a German car blogger on it.  
Here&#8217;s something similar from the MacDailyNews.
Does this seem inevitable? iTunes. iPhone. iCar. iYiYi.
Think of the marketing [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/29/rumors-apple-vw-icar/feed/</wfw:commentRSS>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cars By The Numbers</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/29/cars-by-the-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/29/cars-by-the-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Nauman</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
	<category>Most Ridiculous Posts</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/29/cars-by-the-numbers/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some fun facts, courtesy of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, the DC lobbying arm of automakers such as Ford, GM and Toyota.
* More than 13 million new cars and trucks were registered in 2006. (Automotive News puts U.S. sales last year at more than 16 million, but I&#8217;m guessing the Auto Alliance don&#8217;t account for [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/29/cars-by-the-numbers/feed/</wfw:commentRSS>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Top-Dollar Cars of Monterey</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/29/top-dollar-cars-of-monterey/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/29/top-dollar-cars-of-monterey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Nauman</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Car Shows</category>
	<category>Monterey Classic Car Weekend</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/29/top-dollar-cars-of-monterey/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CNN Money has done a nifty little slide show highlighting which cars went for the most money at this year&#8217;s auctions during the Monterey Classic-Car Weekend.
Tops was a Ferrari that finished 5th place in a 1959 race. (OK, it was the 24 Hours of LeMans.) It sold for $4.9 million. (Yes, I&#8217;m wondering what the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/29/top-dollar-cars-of-monterey/feed/</wfw:commentRSS>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>It’s Electrifying: News From Tesla &amp; Zenn</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/29/its-electrifying-news-from-tesla-zenn/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/29/its-electrifying-news-from-tesla-zenn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Nauman</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Green Cars</category>
	<category>Tesla Motors</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/28/its-electrifying-news-from-tesla-zenn/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
    
 You might be reading a lot about Tesla Motors, the Silicon Valley electric-car company, in the next few days. And now Zenn is coming here, too.
In conjunction with Hyatt (more on this in a bit), Tesla will be doing media rides in one of its validation prototypes (VPs) Wednesday and Thursday in the Bay Area [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/29/its-electrifying-news-from-tesla-zenn/feed/</wfw:commentRSS>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Feds: More SUVs With Stability Control = Fewer Rollovers</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/28/feds-more-suvs-with-stability-control-fewer-rollovers/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/28/feds-more-suvs-with-stability-control-fewer-rollovers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Nauman</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Car Safety</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/28/feds-more-suvs-with-stability-control-fewer-rollovers/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Government today said more SUV now have stability control systems, and that&#8217;s likely the reason that the number of rollover fatalities declined in 2006. Here&#8217;s the link to the AP story on www.mercurynews.com.
For 2007, 78 SUVs earned a 4-star rollover rating, which means a 10-20% risk of a rollover accident. The rating system is based [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/28/feds-more-suvs-with-stability-control-fewer-rollovers/feed/</wfw:commentRSS>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Back-To-School Best Buys</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/27/back-to-school-best-buys/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/27/back-to-school-best-buys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Nauman</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Ford</category>
	<category>Hyundai</category>
	<category>Chevrolet</category>
	<category>Honda</category>
	<category>Toyota</category>
	<category>Mazda</category>
	<category>Car Buying</category>
	<category>Jeep</category>
	<category>Kia</category>
	<category>Pontiac</category>
	<category>Nissan</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/27/back-to-school-best-buys/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The writing staff at Kelley Blue Book has produced a list of the best cars, new and used, for students heading back to school.
It smacks of practicality, which makes sense as the folks at KBB acknowledge that kids want something &#8220;cool,&#8221; while parents (who often are paying) want something safe and well-built.
&#8220;The good news,'&#8217; says [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nauman/2007/08/27/back-to-school-best-buys/feed/</wfw:commentRSS>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
