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Reilly Brennan, Editor-in-Chief

Reilly Brennan is the Editor in Chief and Programming Director for AOL Autos. An award-winning journalist, Brennan has written for Motor Trend, Automobile… Magazine, Winding Road, Monocle. A Detroit native, his boyhood bedroom window was within earshot of the sonic blur of Woodward Avenue, the automotive artery of the city. Prior to joining AOL, Brennan was the general manager for NextScreen, a media startup in Austin, Texas, where he managed the company's automotive business. Prior to NextScreen he managed corporate communications projects at General Motors, including the group's NASCAR and Le Mans racing efforts. Despite its sales failure, he holds steadfast to his belief that the MKII Volkswagen Golf GTI was a high point in automotive achievement.

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Published Nov, 19 2009

Blind Man Gets 'First Look' At New Volvo

By Reilly Brennan
There are secrets and then there are secrets. Having been in the car business for over a decade, I can tell you that vehicle manufacturers are some of the most secretive types in the entire world. When they're working on a new vehicle, they keep their lips sealed; even spouses of employees can't get a peek at what's coming in the future. It's like state secrets. In fact, I've been around parts of ...
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Published Nov, 13 2009

New Saab Buyer To Close 81 Dealers

By Reilly Brennan
Saab's new buyer has a different strategy for the brand than the company's current owners, General Motors. Sweden's Koenigsegg Group AB recently announced that they would close 81 of Saab's 218 dealerships when they take control at the end of this year, a reduction of more than one third of their retail network. General Motors announced earlier this year that they would sell the Saab brand to Koen...
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Published Nov, 11 2009

2010 Chevy Equinox: Yes They Can

By Reilly Brennan
Oh, man. There aren't cars like this quite often. These are the sorts of things that you remember for a long, long time. We're not talking life-changing, but this is definitely in the category of significantly memorable. Sitting in that row at the ballgame where they hand the free hot dogs out. Hauling in the biggest fish on the boat. Winning the 50/50 raffle at the basketball game. We've just ret...
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Published Nov, 04 2009

Runaway Toyotas: Fact Or Fiction?

By Reilly Brennan
Recently, we learned about a tragic story that's made us look twice down at our feet whenever we get in a car. Late this past summer in San Diego, a family of four died after the vehicle's accelerator pedal stuck to the floor; the driver, a California Highway Patrol Officer, couldn't get the car to stop. Eventually they crashed into another driver and hit an embankment, bursting into flames. He di...
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Published Nov, 04 2009

Chrysler Admits Faults, Unveils New Plan

By Reilly Brennan
If you wanted to see a group of executives perform a public mea culpa, I wish you could have sat next to me today for Chrysler's new business plan meeting in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The beleaguered automaker, recently out of bankruptcy and now owned in part by Italy's Fiat, admitted faults and promised the future would be different. The company's head of quality, Doug Betts, explained that problem...
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Published Oct, 30 2009

Is This The World's Worst Car Parker?

By Reilly Brennan
If you drove your vehicle into -- no, up and over -- another vehicle in a parking lot, would you care enough to leave a note? Some might be more inclined to pound their chest like a gorilla for this feat of monster-truckism, but we'd hope any reader of AOL Autos would simply stop and wait for the owners of the other vehicles to arrive. A Canadian woman followed none such instructions, allowing her...
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