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Now You Can Hate Cyclists on Land and Water
While we might be stretching the definition of live auto news to include this particular story, the way we figure it, “if it’s good enough for Motor Trend, it’s good enough for The Lemon.” Should we set our standards higher? Maybe. Are we going to? Probably not.
Anyhoo, let’s talk about the New Zealand-based company Manta5, a company that exploded...
Hyundai Partners with Uber to Develop Air Taxi
As with most any industry show, the annual Consumer Electronics Show is always a great source for live auto news. And at the 2020 CES, Hyundai announced a new partnership with ride-share giant Uber to propel their newly-formed Urban Air Mobility division forward, to make their proposed air-taxi service a reality.
The concept of Personal Air Vehicles (PAVs) is something...
Does KIA Have an Axe to Grind With ‘The Grudge’?
Lovers of the psychological horror film genre are likely to be familiar with the Japanese film franchise Ju-On. Translated roughly to 'curse grudge', the 1998 film revolved around a cursed home whose phantoms would torment subsequent residents. It would spawn a series of sequels, off-shoot media and a widely successful Americanized version of the franchise. That said, it all...
Local Writer Found Dead: The Lemon Investigates
The Lemon respectfully requests that our loyal readers join us in a moment of quiet reflection in memory of celebrated staff writer Jason Cook, who passed away earlier this week. Such a sudden and unexpected loss of such a valuable team member is made even more difficult to bear by the fact that Jason was here in our offices...
90’s Singer Becomes Most Sought After Spokesperson of 2020
If nothing else, the next few years are shaping up to be a full-scale shootout between competing crossover and SUV offerings. For the better part of a decade, the crossover SUV segment has become increasingly more oversaturated, and, more recently, automakers have been ditching sedans to focus their efforts on creating even more competitive options in an attempt to...
GMC Dealership Closes Under Bizarre Circumstances
Bethesda MD - In March of 2019, it had been reported that the number of car dealerships in the United States had declined for the first time since 2013. While we’re still awaiting the hard numbers for the fourth quarter to determine just how many dealerships met their demise in 2019, it’s clear that the restructuring strategies being employed...
Ford Sets its Sights on the Cybertruck
In terms of overall sales, Ford trucks sit head and shoulders above the offerings of (pretty much) every other automaker out there. As of Q3 of 2019, the F-Series was reported to have moved 214,176 units. RAM (which had managed to beat out sales of the Chevy Silverado for most of the year) came in second but did so...
Elon Musk is Not a Decepticon Servant (and Other Comforting Lies)
This may not come as much of a surprise, but the evidence to suggest that Elon Musk is a servant of the Decepticons has been adding up for some time now. With the recent reveal of the “Cybertruck,” the evidence became truly overwhelming as he stood on stage in front of a villainous robot in disguise and presented it...
How a Hot Flash Got Me a Hot Rod
Editor's Note: Recently, popular articles such as Massachusetts Presidential Hopeful Turns Down Jeep Sponsorship and GM Criticized for Referring to Discontinued Models as “Epsteins” (Because They Didn’t Kill Themselves) have sparked intense debate online, inundating Facebook with vitriol from both sides of the political aisle. To comply with Community Standards, The Lemon has been asked to incorporate content of a...
Chevy Targets People Who Have “Run Out of F*cks”
These days, it seems as though most topics of conversation are (in some way) impacted by the idea of sustainability. In fact, it seems fair to say that our global community is collectively focused on the various resources that we rely upon, the manner in which those resources are distributed, and the rate at which we consume them. From...
