Hybrid vehicles over the past year have been in record high demand across the nation. Including here in Washington, those trendy, gas-savers with really neat-o screens to monitor battery levels are hard to say "No" to--especially since the state introduced a sales tax exemption for new hybrid cars reaching 40 miles per gallon on highway mileage. more ›

Seeing as how this last Tuesday was the forty-seventh anniversary of the 1962 World's Fair here in Seattle, we've spent a fair bit of time checking out all the great HistoryLink info on the Century 21 Exhibition (as it was otherwise known) and came across an interesting little tidbit: the Ford Motor Company, at the prompting of Joe Gandy, a local dealership owner, invested in developing the "An Adventure in Space" exhibit, one of the fair's signature pieces. And at the end of their exhibit, Ford showcased its most cutting-edge concept car, named the Ford Seattle-ite XXI. more ›