Muscle Building Blog

General Motors is taking a cue from Silicon Valley venture capitalists, buying stakes in start-ups whose gadgets might revolutionize the auto industry.

South Korea's Hyundai flexing its might as it sets sights on Toyota Oles Gadacz recalls the days a decade ago when Hyundai Motor Co. was ridiculed as the 95-pound weakling of the auto industry, a purveyor of cheap and poorly made compacts.

The auto industry has glanced around, surveyed the landscape and apparently decided it's OK to market bmuscle/b cars again.

This is the kind of business sense $50 billion will buy you: I wanted a Chevy Camaro. I'd never really liked American sports cars before. But the 2010 Camaro -- a revival Chevrolet has been talking up since 2006 -- is so much more sleek than your typical muscle car. And since my BMW 330 started showing its age (nine) around the same time that the death of the U.S. auto industry hit the headlines, I thought: Why not do a little something to help? So, after seeing a newspaper ad promoti