Coming Soon: Autoline on the Road from the New York International Auto Show
March 31st, 2015 at 11:00am
Join John McElroy as he tours the floor of the 2015 New York International Auto Show! Autoline will be bringing you up-to-the-minute coverage of the latest reveals and biggest automotive newsmakers on April 1st!
Keep checking back throughout the day as we update Autoline.tv with the most recent interviews and vehicle previews hot off the show floor. Just a few of the personalities and cars already scheduled to appear:
Lexus Group VP & GM Jeff Bracken with Lexus RX
Global Chevrolet Cars Exec. Dir. of Design John Cafaro with Chevrolet Malibu
Scion Division Group VP Doug Murtha with Scion iA & iM
JLRNA General Manager, Product Planning Rob Filipovic with Jaguar XF
Kia Motors America VP, Product Planning Orth Hedrick with Kia Optima
Cadillac Chief Engineer Dave Leone with Cadillac CT6
Ongoing New York Coverage
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I love Burt Bacharach. Part of perhaps the greatest songwriting team of the 20th century (and yes, I’m not overlooking Lennon & McCartney), his greatest hits are almost a soundtrack of the ‘60s and ‘70s with a few from the ‘80s tossed in for good measure. The majority of his songs were accompanied by the brilliant lyrics of Hal David, however, there were a few instrumentals that Burt composed on his own and “
” was one of the early ones. From his 1969 album “
,” this love letter to the PCH captures the essence of a ride from Santa Monica to Malibu. In fact, Burt told the LA Times that his inspiration for the composition was the drive he experienced in his late ‘60s Yellow Corvette Convertible up and down the PCH. Just listen to the light, mellow and melodic vibe of the song and you’ll be transported to the parking lot of Duke’s Restaurant in Malibu as you pull out onto CA 1, make a left and head up the coast to do a little grocery shopping at the Malibu Country Market. Ahhh, I’ll grab a coffee and meet you on the patio.
Arguably one of the most mislabeled artists to come out of the punk movement in the ‘70s, Elvis Costello is a lot of things, but perhaps what he may value the most is the title songwriter. And when it comes to songs there wasn’t a topic he wouldn’t touch. “
” has long been one of my favorite tunes from his 4th album 1980’s “
.” And though its title may have a little Beach Boys/Jan & Dean flair to it — as do select automotive nouns & verbs in the body of the song — it’s far from what you’d consider a car tune. Check it out and see what I mean.
In this edition of Auto Tune we spotlight the Ramones “
.” That’s right, that faux family of brothers from the borough of Queens — who all have curiously passed on far too young — gave us this 3-minute gem about the joys of touring. From the group’s 12th studio album called “
” released in the early ‘90s, the song captures the essence of bouncing around the world as a touring rock ’n’ roll band be it in a plane, train, bus or boat. If you haven’t listened to the Ramones lately, or worse yet have never heard of them, do yourself a favor and check out one of their albums or at least listen to “Touring” by clicking the video above. I just wouldn’t use it as a Rand McNally replacement (give it a spin and you’ll know what I mean).
