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An American Car Dreamer in Cuba

Some of you know that I recently spent a week in Cuba, checking out the warm weather, beautiful women, tasty Mojitos, and crazy car scene down there. I was planning to put up a huge gallery of photos for your review and hopefully your enjoyment, but my friends at Road Kill magazine and online have…

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Best of France and Italy 2016 was indeed the Best

I’ve told you before that this is a great show every year, and this year, it was again. All of the usual Italian and French made or designed subjects, plus a cross section of the strange, rare, and often wonderful. As you may know, this event is owned and promoted by my friends Chuck and…

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Bruce Meyer Announced as Grand Marshall of The Classic Auto Show, powered by Velocity

Some news about an interesting series of events, grand Marshalled by a great friend of mine, that I though you might enjoy reading about. Iconic classic car collector to lead ribbon cutting ceremony and feature cars from his private collection at inaugural event ATLANTA, GA, October 19, 2016 – The Classic Auto Show powered by…

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You must visit the Unser Racing Museum in New Mexico

You may love the Unser family, or you may not. No matter, any true racing fan will respect their considerable accomplishments. Nearly two handfuls of Indy 500 wins, several championships in a variety of series, Pikes Peak, Formula 5000, IROC. The Unsers have been there and won that. If you are heading by or through…

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Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles Opens in Grand Style

I apologize for being such as sloth at maintaining the site over the last week or so, but I’ve just been really busy, and spent the last two days at PECLA, which is the newly minted and most amazing Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles; I drove the training courses on Monday and attended a star-studded…

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DRIVEN: 2015 VW Jetta GLI 2.0 SE

After all the diesel emissions cheating fiasco noise, finally some positive things to say about Volkswagen. I like VW products, and I generally have great respect for the engineering and carmaking prowess of the company. Yes the emissions testing debacle was a major mess up on the company’s part, but we’re not here to talk…

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San Marino Motor Classic concours, 2016

This amazing show has grown beyond the scope of a “regional concours” and continues to gain in quality and scope of a much more national or international level. It is my honor to serve as a judge for this event, but I would attend every year I could no matter. Part of its magic is…

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Automotive Fine Artist Jay Koka publishes “30/30” Anniversary book of his fine work

Cars are art to me, and I suspect to most of you, if you are visiting this page. And fine art covering cars is also a passion of mine. Fortunately, there is a large community of varied artists (painters, illustrators, sculpturists, photographers and more) that focus their talents on the automotive universe. Jay Koka, AFAS,…

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Calendar Alert: Motor4Toys is Sunday, December 4

If you’ve been on this blog for any length of time, you’ll know that Motor4Toys is among my very favorite morning cruise in car shows. And not only is it a fabulous display of a couple thousand run-what-you-brungs, it’s also all for charity for kids. Your donation of a toy covers your car admission, and…

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