Getting new perspectives on familiar topics is good. So I always look forward to my annual trip to the New York Auto Show with my friends' son Luc, who's 9 this year.
He's not necessarily your average 9-year-old; he lives in Manhattan, speaks fluent French (one parent is from France), and goes to grade school deep in the canyons of New York's Financial District. But he shares one trait with many (most?) 9-year-old boys: He loves cars.
We spent three hours at the show today, with Luc happily evaluating the cars we saw, green and otherwise. With a hybrid crossover at home and environmental lessons at school, Luc expects most cars to be at...