<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Car Culture</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/columns/autos/carculture?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><description>Car Culture</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Gas Prices May  Push U.S. Toward More Efficient Cars]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57260-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57260-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Some good decisions hurt. DaimlerChrysler AG's recent announcement that it is scrapping the Smart ForMore SUV and delaying the introduction of the Smart car line in the United States is an example.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning Life's Lessons From Its Great Teachers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21943-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21943-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  I don't know if this is exactly what I'm going to tell the college journalism students in The Washington Post Semester seminar. By the time you read this, I already will have addressed their Friday noontime meeting; and I have a way of changing themes, or abandoning them completely before a speech. But this is what I'm thinking at the moment:]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Than Horsepower on Display in New York]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3075-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3075-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  NEW YORK  --  Horsepower sells. Unfortunately, it also blinds, obscuring and sometimes obliterating views of more sensible vehicles.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mission Forgotten: Selling Quality Cars and Trucks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48928-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48928-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Car companies sell cars and trucks. At least, that is what they are supposed to do.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Real Costs of Owning and Operating a Car]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29260-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29260-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  I have a possible solution to the Social Security crisis: Buy and drive less expensive automobiles.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tales From the Dark Side of Traffic Reform]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9424-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9424-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  This column is based on notes from the Department of Unintended Consequences (DUC), my personal repository of information culled from technical journals and other literature seldom seen or read by the general public.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[District's Approach Trivializes Red-Light Running]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55655-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55655-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ People die when other people deliberately or carelessly run red lights. In fact, an estimated 900 people die annually in traffic accidents involving red-light running, according to statistics compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Headrests, Due in 2009, Won't Be Equally Safe]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38943-2005Feb20.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38943-2005Feb20.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Most components of cars and trucks sold in the United States are covered under more than 500 rules, regulations and amendments to Title 49, Chapter 301 of the U.S. Code -- the Motor Vehicle Safety Act.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking the Humble Pickup Truck to the Extreme]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19916-2005Feb12.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19916-2005Feb12.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  I thought Lou Ann was crazy. She's one of my best driving partners, a friend indeed -- a native Deep South comrade whose worldly wisdom is a good counter to my occasional gullibility.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Automated Traffic Cop Is No Arbiter of Justice]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A586-2005Feb5.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A586-2005Feb5.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The line came near the bottom of President George W. Bush's 2005 State of the Union address:]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shows Offers Promising Glimpse of Future]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11027-2005Jan14.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11027-2005Jan14.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  DETROIT -- It generally makes little sense to hunt for central themes at car shows, such as the North American International Auto Show that opened to the public here Saturday and the Los Angeles Auto Show, which ends its 2005 run today.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Time to Celebrate Automotive Design Diversity]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57942-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57942-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  LOS ANGELES -- I once panned the wide-angled, hip-hop, big-tire looks of the Cadillac Escalade sport-utility vehicle that's so popular here and across the rest of the country. I was the victim of acculturation, an assimilationist obliteration of the funk of my black New Orleans childhood.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preferring the Highway to the Airlines' New Way]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38022-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38022-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I drove 32,000 miles in 2004, more than double the national annual average of 15,000 miles. I intend to drive as much -- more, if possible -- in the new year.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Safety, Clean Fuels May Steal Thunder at Auto Shows]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23756-2004Dec23.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23756-2004Dec23.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Yuletide is a peculiar season in the automotive industry. There are the usual closing events -- corporate parties, inventory-dumping year-end sales and annual sales reports. But there also is a rush to begin anew, a preoccupation manifested in preparations for upcoming car shows.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Partnership for a Hybrid System Breakthrough]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9389-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9389-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  History is what journalism often ignores in its rush to declare winners, losers and breakthroughs. Those things are news. They have urgency. They fit nicely into headlines.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rebates Please Consumers but Squeeze Suppliers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56533-2004Dec10.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56533-2004Dec10.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Pain has a way of getting to the bottom of things. Consider the auto industry, where consumers now reside at the top.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting an Education at the School of Hard Skids]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34120-2004Dec3.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34120-2004Dec3.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[GREER, S.C. -- I came here to learn how to chase my tail.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Dream of Cleaner Fuel Just Might Be Realized]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15163-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15163-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ This is written in honor of impossible developments.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe Gibbs Is Turning Trucks Into Shock Cars]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63330-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63330-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Fame in one arena has a way of turning itself into cash in another. Doubters have only to look at the career of Joe Gibbs, the coach of the Washington Redskins football team.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[1950s Cadillac Dreams Involved More Than Cars]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46149-2004Nov12.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46149-2004Nov12.html?nav=rss_business/columns/autos/carculture</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Whether he was falling into or out of love, the late Ray Charles had a penchant for falling into Detroit's cars when he sang the blues.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item></channel></rss>
