Frank Bacon
Detroit, MI
Male, Late 20s
I get to test drive and critique new cars. They are sometimes delivered to my home, or the manufacturers fly me out to opulent hotels in swanky locales with unlimited quantities of food and booze. Ask me anything.
It depends. My own personal philosophy is that I review a car based on what it's intended purpose is. Do I need to track a Chevrolet Cruze? No (although some journalists, who are wannabe racer types, will go and do this). But something like a Porsche 911 is intended for both road and track, so it would be appropriate. Side note: do not trust a journalist's impressions of a car's track performance unless they have some kind of race car driving background. Most of them are pathetically bad, and love to wear Puma or Piloti racing shoes and talk about how great they are at driving. I am not so great, but I am learning, which puts me a step above 99 percent of the other guys.
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Very optimistic...but it will be the Japanese who really lead the resurgence.
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None. There are awesome cars praised to high heaven by us that totally flop in the marketplace (see: Pontiac G8) and then there are cars like the Camry that sell in huge volumes.
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Yes and no. We are all offered swag. Some take it, some don't. If you are swayed by a baseball cap or something like that, then you aren't worth your salt as a journalist. Most of them just write good reviews because they can't be bothered to write anything else.
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What's the most profit you've ever made from a single item?
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How do you handle belligerent passengers?
No.
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Too broad of a question. Some stuff, like the Ford Five Hundred, wasn't stellar but didn't deserve the drubbing it got in the press. The current Impala with the 300 horsepower V6 is a cool sleeper.
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I like Automobile magazine and EVO.
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