A few PAPA journalists were lucky to spend a few days recently in this gorgeous Rolls-Royce Dawn Black Badge convertible. Here’s a link to my column in the Business Journal, though FYI, it is behind the paper’s paywall. As tested price: $477,550.

Hello PAPA,

This email is to introducing myself as your new Honda media relations contact.

I’m located in the LA area and am a member of the Motor Press Guild (MPG) and am interested in learning more about your organization and becoming a member.

I’m very excited about my new role as the Honda PR Western Media Relations Manager and look forward to assisting you in any way that I can to make your job of reporting on Honda and our products as easy as possible. I’d also like to offer myself as a partner in helping to facilitate your reporting and storytelling. Let me know what you need and I’ll endeavor to provide it.

As you may already know I’m a gearhead and communicator by inclination and sought out a career with Honda, where I’ve been since 2001, first in the Powersports (Motorcycle) Division as a technical writer, then in various Honda and Acura auto PR roles since 2013.

Alas, under the current circumstances we may not meet in person for a while but I look forward to a time when we can. In the meantime I’m only a call, text, or email away.

There is also a great deal of information to be found on Honda’s media facing website, https://hondanews.com/en-US/honda-automobiles, such a press kits, specifications, feature, prices, EPA MPG figures, photos, videos and more.

Cheers, Carl.

Carl C. Pulley

Honda Public Relations | Western U.S.

carl_pulley@ahm.honda.com (310) 781-0146

Check out Cathy Droz’s videos and reviews of two hot rides and a little ditty about Eddie Money. Cathy is one of the original PAPA members. She is the author of “A Woman’s Guide to Buying a Car,” an interesting read not only for women looking to buy a car, but for those who may not have heard Cathy’s story. Growing up in New York, she learned from her dad the ins and outs of car shopping, and then was given the responsibility to make a good deal on a new family car.