Car WTFs
Chevy Guy Wins Over America After World Series

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.
.@michaelsheehan1 nobody else in the suite wanted to present the truck to a SFGiants player. I was low man on the totem pole tonight. . .
— Rikk Wilde (@RikkWilde) October 30, 2014
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.
Well this excitement has run its course. Back to the rat race.
— Rikk Wilde (@RikkWilde) October 30, 2014
I let my haters be my motivators, and stuff.
— Rikk Wilde (@RikkWilde) October 30, 2014
#Game7 Highlight: #ChevyGuy pic.twitter.com/5nGzetwlCn
— Baseball Photos (@Baseball_Photos) October 30, 2014
Truck yeah the 2015 #ChevyColorado has awesome #TechnologyAndStuff! You know you want a truck: http://t.co/0NcEoDRSUZ pic.twitter.com/RMiRic8ATF
— Chevy Trucks (@ChevyTrucks) October 30, 2014
Car WTFs
The Most Interesting Aspects of the Dodge Demon

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.
Car WTFs
Mercedes Names May Be Getting More Confusing

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.
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?…
Car WTFs
What’s with Toyota’s weird shifter pattern?

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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