Virtual field trips debuted in the early days of the Internet with an awesome promise: They'd take students to exotic places no school bus could, they'd be a boon to low - income classes without a travel budget, and nobody would get stuck in the
car listening to the
umpteenth verse of «99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall.»
What Detroit does with its
umpteenth and perhaps final shot at redemption will determine whether American
cars like the Vette are still around twenty years from now.