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Chevy Guy Wins Over America After World Series

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San Francisco Giants dynasty! Madison Bumgarner! Blah, blah, blah.

The real story of this World Series is Chevy executive Rikk Wilde, who will now forever be known as “Chevy Guy.” This lovable Farley-esque character was responsible for presenting the World Series MVP trophy and keys to a new Chevy Colorado to Madison Bumgarner. Rikk…take it away!

As an official keyboard, errr, writer for CarDebater, I’d love to sit here and make jokes about Rikk’s notecards or the pool of sweat inevitably compiling on his lower back area, but I’m not going to do that, because Rikk Wilde is a man of the people. He didn’t go up there spewing Chevy buzzwords. Instead, he gave us the all-encompassing phrase “ it has class-winning leading technology and stuff,” and that’s good enough for me.

Now you might be asking, “Why Rikk?” Why not a seasoned speaker who can deliver the corporate speech we’ve become so accustomed to hearing. Rikk has got answers.

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In the end, Rikk’s #ChevyGuy moment brought far more attention to Chevy and the new Colorado than some buttoned-up, run-of-the-mill MVP presentation. It’s too bad Bud Selig missed the entire thing by glaring into the crowd like he was trying to remember where he was.

 

 

 

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Brian is a writer focusing on the automotive world. After running his 2000 Ford Taurus into the ground, he fell head over heels for a 2013 Mazda3, because Skyactiv Technology. Duh.

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The Most Interesting Aspects of the Dodge Demon

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Many of us thought that the Dodge Challenger Hellcat was about as intimidating as a car could get. After all, people couldn’t hardly get them off the lot without crashing them when they first came out. Then Dodge upped the ante with the new Demon. But aside from the raw power, there are some other interesting aspects of the new Demon.

Check out the video below for a full rundown of just how unique this car is.

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Mercedes Names May Be Getting More Confusing

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Think you finally have your Mercedes names mastered? Well, a new challenge appears to be coming, friend.

How to now identify Mercedes models by name

Some moves in the northwoods of Canada by the brand appear to signal a change in the naming conventions that will be used for Mercedes and AMG models. Candian trademarks have been filed for  A 40, CLA 40, SLC 40, SLC 50 and GLE 50 in addition to CLA 53, G73 and S73.

If this proves true in the states, it would signal an end to the rule of two digits for Mercedes, three-digits for AMG counterparts. The new world would be two digits, ending in a “0” for Mercedes, and two digits ending in a “3” for AMG. This supports rumors of  an AMG ‘73’ model with a hybrid powertrain.

While this change isn’t terribly difficult to comprehend, it certainly makes things interesting when comparing legacy and upcoming Mercedes models. There are a lot of numbers to keep straight, and a lot of explaining to do. And the letter and number combos leave something to be desired in terms of cachet.

Oh, it’s got cachet baby!

It makes one appreciate the simplicity of giving each vehicle an actual name, like the domestic manufacturers do. Sure, that’s how we ended up with the Chevy Nova, but what are you going to do? There are only so many names, surely one for an automobile would end up meaning “no go” in some language, right?…

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What’s with Toyota’s weird shifter pattern?

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I like my car. It’s a 2011 Toyota toaster, I mean Camry. If you made a list of everything a car has to do, the Camry would check all the boxes. It gets me from point A to point B with the consistency a learning golfer would envy. It’s a toaster. You put in the bread, choose your level of toastiness, push down the thingy and then wait for it to pop up. But there is one interesting thing about my car. The shifter. That’s it up there. That is definitely not conventional at all. So, what’s with Toyota’s weird shifter pattern? (more…)

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