	Rick Trawick DC Auto Industry Examiner \| Bio My Bio Subscribe RSS Feed Favorites

Find out more about Rick:

A life-long gearhead, Rick is an engineer who has been writing on automotive topics for over five years. He is President of the Washington Automotive Press Association and manages the automotive and travel website,

Subscribe to Rick's Email Alerts

Get alerts when Rick submits a new article

Rick has been added to your favorite examiners

View my favorite Examiners

DC Auto Industry Examiner's Articles

Showing: Cars articles

2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid road test

With the Fusion Hybrid, Ford has brought us one step closer to a true “electric car” experience. From the fully informative dashboard...
Keep Reading »

2010 Chrysler 300 road test

What more can be said about the Chrysler 300? The latest version for 2010 does little to mess with the successful formula. My test vehicle was the 300...
Keep Reading »

IIHS crash tests a 1959 Chevy, was it a set up?:

1 comment

Normal 0 0 1 347 1979 Trawick Engineering Corporation 16 3 2430 11.1282 0 0 0...
Keep Reading »

Today in automotive history, September 1, the first Lexus

Normal 0 0 1 252 1439 Trawick Engineering Corporation 11 2 1767 11.1282 0 0 0...
Keep Reading »

Cash for Clunkers ends with over 690,000 deals

1 comment

The US Department of Transportation said today that as of the 8:00 pm deadline on Tuesday night, they had received...
Keep Reading »

The real reason for the end of Cash for Clunkers?

1 comment

Do you know the real reason behind the end of the Cash for Clunkers program? According to the folks at the 24 Hours of LeMons, they had something to...
Keep Reading »

Cash for Clunkers is out of money, again!

1 comment

The National Auto Dealers Association, NADA sent a notice to its members on Wednesday that by NADA's informal...
Keep Reading »

Cash for clunkers makes it through the Senate

3 comments

The US Senate passed the “Cash for Clunkers” legislation Thursday. It is now on its way to be signed by...
Keep Reading »

New car company to market fuel efficient car

With all of the terrible news about the American auto industry lately, the last thing you expect to hear is that a new company is about to launch an...
Keep Reading »

2009 Toyota Venza road test

After several years of new product introductions that have left automotive enthusiasts yawning, Toyota has a homerun with the new 2009 Venza. Elbowing...
Keep Reading »