The return of the broken embargoes and the continuation of nobody caring…
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The return of the broken embargoes and the continuation of nobody caring…


The past few weeks, in general, we’ve had serious visions of broken embargos dancing in our heads and the madness doesn’t end there. Today we woke up to an article from The Detroit News regarding web leaks and how they are changing auto news. Ironically, minutes later, we had a new breach with a new circulation of leaked pics featuring the 2008 Chrysler Town & Country.

To tell you the truth, it’s just plain dumb for a site or a blog to hide behind its finger and not post something when it’s located on hundreds of forums around the globe to begin with. And in terms of the embargo game, we find the whole concept completely shady. Some journalists or/and media publications have golden access to pictures and press releases (via special passwords to press sites or directly from the auto-makers). Bottom line- Companies wouldn’t give certain people access to all this info if they didn’t want it to leak at some point.





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