Dec 5, 2024
If you know anything about me at all, it’s that I’m damn proud to count the incomparable Mario Andretti as my racing hero, and more importantly, my friend. He was born February 28, 1940 in what was then Montona, Italy, now due to post WWII redistricting...
Nov 3, 2024
I was on staff at Motor Trend when Lexus brought out the first RX300 and we all knew that it would change the SUV landscape, by crystalizing the definition of what we came to call the luxury Crossover SUV. That first RX was smartly sized, had just enough...
Oct 25, 2024
I’m proud to say I’ve been involved with this show since its barest beginnings just five years ago, and a small yet mighty volunteer Committee continues to innovate and improve this highly worthwhile Automotive Experience, as they call it. Things that...
Sep 19, 2024
The magic release date was just 48 hours ago, my DeLorean The Rise, Fall, and Second Acts of The DeLorean Motor Company is now available in hardback. I’m very pleased and proud of it, and I believe and hope it’s a story you’ll enjoy —...
Sep 10, 2024
Click on any image to see full screen in high res Throughout the Prius’ years on the market, its seldom, or more likely, never won an award for its looks. Some were strange, a few simply ugly. Guess what; while you may or may not have been...
Jul 6, 2024
The Mk II was so unique and special that it spawned its own Continental Division of the Ford Motor Company Lincoln used to make great cars. Unfortunately, that statement is now longer completely nor technically true — because Ford’s Lincoln brand...
Jun 14, 2024
I’m excited to tell you about my next and newest project — the first new (in some years) and up to date book about the story you thought you knew. DeLorean, the man, the car, the company, the trial, the fall, the big movie, and today. There have...
May 6, 2024
Please click on any photo to see it full screen in high resolution The compact Hyundai Kona came to market as a 2018 model, in a variety of trim levels with a few powertrain choices. It practically defined the term “Cute-Ute.” And it was. Yet also a...
Mar 24, 2024
During one’s lifetime, we all own at least one vehicle with “personality.” Mine was a 1962 Ford Econoline van. It was the barest and most stripped version produced, with a 200 cubic-inch straight-six motor, 3-speed manual trans, two front seats, and the minimum...
Jan 23, 2024
Premium EVs are here. And you’d have to look a long way to find a nicer one than this decidedly upmarket two-row Genesis. Unlike some EVs there are few choices in terms of motors, drive wheels, and extended range batteries: The EGV70 comes one way, and...
Jan 13, 2024
We’ve all done it. Eyeballed a car/truck/bike/boat/plane looking a bit down on its luck if not outright abandoned, that immediately sparked our restorational imaginational. If I got my hands on that thing, I’d make it bitchin. I guess it’s all an...
Jan 4, 2024
Hyundai has quickly become one of the industry’s most major forces in the development and production of EVs. Two of its slicker offerings are the Ioniq 6 sedan and the Ioniq 5 four-door hatch (or demi SUV). Both are based on much the same technical and...
Dec 24, 2023
Like Ford GTs? So do I – perhaps my Favorite Cars in the World, which is why I thought you might enjoy this news….MS “Museum Visitors to Experience Trio of Automotive Marvels Assembled for First Time” Ford Motor Company Media Archive, Petersen Automotive...
Dec 15, 2023
I love motorsports history, especially that of the Indy 500, Formula 1, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Click on any image to see it full size in high res Since the first Indianapolis 500, held in 1911, won by Ray Harroun in a Marmon, 73 people have died at The Speedway...
Nov 27, 2023
Since its introduction a couple years back, the compact 4-door only Ford Maverick pickup has been hot property. They’ve been tough to get and often sell for a premium over the window sticker MSRP. There were all sorts of supply chain issues for certain...
Nov 11, 2023
The late great Dean Moon was a character and three-quarters. Truly one of the early high priests of hot rodding, besides being a dragstrip and Bonneville racer, Moon was a sharp-eyed photographer, and major producer of hot rod and racing parts. His famous...
Nov 1, 2023
Clara and Henry Ford had but one child, he being Edsel Bryant Ford, born November 6, 1893 in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan. Ford the younger became a highly influential member of the Ford family dynasty, and also in...
Oct 18, 2023
I can’t tell you how many so-called experts proclaimed that as soon as pure EVs became more practical and prevalent in the marketplace, the conventional, non-plug-in regenerative hybrid (HEV) would be instantly...
Oct 6, 2023
Click on any image to see it full screen in hi res Detroit, Dearborn, Pontiac, Lansing, and Flynt are just some of Michigan’s many car company towns. In Dearborn — definitely Ford country —...
Sep 4, 2023
(Click on any image to see it full screen in high res) Toyota introduced its (and nearly everyone else’s) foray into the hybrid car world with the original Prius, and for some years, the only way you could get Toyota’s innovative regenerative hybrid...
Aug 29, 2023
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (August 20, 2023) — A prewar Mercedes-Benz roadster that was first owned by the Shah of Afghanistan—one of just three similar cars surviving in the world today—was awarded the top prize at the 2023 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. This...
Aug 17, 2023
Click on a photo to see it full screen in hi res As you’ve likely heard me say before, its true: cool cars are where you find them, often right under your nose. Check out this crazy trio of vintage Oldsmobiles (remember that brand? Opposite of what the...
Aug 3, 2023
You can click on any photo to see it full size and in high res. The joys of benchracing aside, I generally dislike “Me and My Car” stories. You know, when someone – friend, clubmate, or journalist – prattles on and on about some car they have or had and why...
Jul 12, 2023
To Tread Upon Hallowed Ground Lapping The Ferrari Factory’s Test Track [Doubleclick on any image to see it full screen in high res] Some places are sacred; Mount Everest, the Wailing Wall, the Taj Mahal, or the Coliseum in Rome. Places that move you, for their...
