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SHELBY AMERICAN CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SUPER SNAKE WITH NEW GENERATION CAR

As a Shelby Mustang owner and a longtime Shelby American fan, I’m always interested in what this company has going on. And thought you might be as well, so here’s the company’s press announcement from last Thursday at Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale. — MS • Celebrating the first Super Snake, Shelby American unveils the 50th Anniversary…

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Early Rodders morning Cruise-in, LaCanada, CA

As you’ve likely noticed from these pages, I make it my point to attend “breakfast cruises” or “Cars N Coffee” events all over the world whenever I can find one. I love these deals, as they are the “perfectly formed” casual car show — get your car out of the garage, bring those fluids up…

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CHECKER MOTOR CARS™ CONFIRMS 2018 AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTION

I have always loved Checker automobiles. They are the anvils of the automotive jungle, tough, simple, and pure of purpose. I’d love to have one as an ideal beat around town and leave it at the airport kind of car. Or to take Linda out a for night on the town, kinda New York style.

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Porsche Opens New $60 Million Experience Center and USA Motorsports HQ in Los Angeles

Porsche has doubled down on its customer outreach and Motorsport HQ investment in North America, with the grand opening of its sparkling new 53 acre Experience Center in Carson California. It is similar in concept to other Experience Centers, allowing current and potential Porsche customers an opportunity to improve and expand their driving abilities, while…

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American Car Dreamer in Cuba

You may (or may not) know much about Cuba, that mystical little island that sits about 90 miles off the south coast of Miami. You probably do know about the world’s appetite for the finest Cuban cigars and rum, the latter being the primary ingredient of the perfect Mojito. Maybe you’ve heard that president Obama…

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REVIEWED: Cuba’s Car Culture, by Tom Cotter and Bill Warner

Disclosure: before I say a word about this book, I must disclosed to you that the two guys who wrote and photographed it are great friends of mine. But I promise to be as objective as I can be. And I’ve recently been to Cuba, and have seen the scene down there, so am qualified…

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Motor4Toys 2016 does the good deed

It’s only appropriate that I get off my lazy behind and post this while it’s still the holiday season, and in the same year in which this event took place, dontcha think? Motor4Toys is a monstrous, several thousand car morning cruise in that stems from the good karma of a young guy named Dustin Troyen.

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Amelia Island Concours Announces Special Classes for 2017 Show, Honoring Al Unser

Amelia Island is one of the world’s greatest concours; I’ve been attending for years now, and it is my honor to be a member of its esteemed judging team. About half the show is dedicated to more classical type concours cars, the rest given to sports and racing cars; prototypes, and at least one “special”…

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THE INAUGURAL CLASSIC AUTO SHOW DRIVES INTO LOS ANGELES JANUARY 27-29 2017

Europe’s huge and uber successful indoor classic car events, like France’s RetroMobile and Techno Classic Essen in Germany, are marvelous gatherings, and I often wonder why we don’t have any such things in the U.S. So now it’s happening, as a group has assembled to present the Classic Auto Show, very much along those lines,…

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Toyota USA Automobile Museum

I bet you didn’t know that Toyota has now been selling cars in America for more than 50 years. And those decades of new models, sales records, trucks and motorsport, the company has an interesting history here. Toyota Motor Sales America was for the longest time based in Torrance, California, close to my home and…

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