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Automakers are gambling that the sports-car bug will spread. After a long drought, more than a dozen such vehicles, from midpriced roadsters like the Audi TT ($33,000) to luxury rockers such as Porsche's 911 GT2 ($182,000), now preen and pose in showrooms. Since 1995, sports-car sales have risen more than 50%, to about 100,000 this year, and are forecast to grow an additional 60% by 2007. While the overall market for two-seaters is limp right now--it's the kind of purchase that people postpone in an uncertain economy--automakers have their reasons...
...associates at Volkswagen/Audi and lately at Ford have started a movement among designers to stop listening to focus groups and start thinking about how their creations connect with real people. There are a few more inspiring cars out there these days - the Chrysler PT Cruiser, the Audi TT, and now maybe the Nissan Altima. But when will this be translated to the mass market? The really emotive mobiles - the '49, the GT40, the new Cadillacs - are priced beyond our reach. Toyota is trying. But with all the production technology out there, can't anyone start making a people...
...lately at Ford have started a movement among designers to stop listening to focus groups and start thinking about how their creations connect with real people. There are a few more inspiring cars out there these days and you know which they are - the PT Cruiser, the Audi TT, and now maybe the Nissan Altima. But there's a problem. The really emotive mobiles - the '49, the GT40, the new Cadillacs - are priced beyond our reach. Toyota is trying. But with all the production technology out there, can't anyone start making a people's car - a real "Volkswagen" - that...
Stone Soup Poetry at TT the Bear’s. Poetry readings on Monday nights. 10 Brookline St., Cambridge. T: Central Square...
Benson brought his sound and songs from Lapalco to TT the Bear’s in Davis Square on Jan. 18 as a part of a mini-northeastern tour. TT’s eclectic interior and core audience reflects everything that is “bitsa” (bitsa this, bitsa that) in Benson’s appearance and performance. Part bar, part stage, TT’s has a reputation with hip Cantabridgians for bringing bands a level up from obscure. Physically, Benson is a little slight, a little wiry, a little scruffy and a little handsome. Evoking...