The 1964 Ford GT concept. Photos courtesy Ford Motor Company. In January of 2015, Ford announced that an all-new Ford GT supercar would be hitting dealer showrooms in late 2015 as a 2016 model. In June, at Le Mans, it Read more
Filed under: Videos, Audi, Hatchback, Performance Xcar thinks that the latest Audi RS3 is so good that the turbocharged model is helping to define a new segment called the hyper hatch. Continue reading Xcar flogs the 2016 Audi RS3 Xcar Read more
This is sort of an experiment. I want to know if, by just posting some vintage ads, an otherwise rational human can be made to have feelings of desire for a Ford Mustang II, widely considered to be the least Read more
Filed under: Celebrities, TV/Movies, UK Chris Evans says there will be a female Top Gear host. The BBC says there might not be. Continue reading Chris Evans says Top Gear will get female host, BBC says not so fast Chris Read more
The Lazer 917 was a reasonably popular kit car back in the ‘70s and ‘80s that would let you take that old Beetle your neighbor’s kid rolled and turn it into something that looked like a Porsche 917 built by Read more
Still image from video below. New car introductions were quite a bit different in 1960 than they are today, and to roll out its space-age 1960 models, Ford spared no expense. Complete with its own musical score and revelers bedecked Read more
In my newspaper days, I always appreciated how certain newsroom photographers had a knack for going out and getting great shots from everyday occurrences, and the photo above, published in July 1965 in the Greenville Daily Reflector, illustrates that knack. Read more
In 1967, if you wanted the most luxurious wagon your friendly neighborhood Ford dealer offered, you’d have driven away in a Country Squire. The top-of-the-line Country Squire was the 10-passenger model with third-row facing fold-down seats, like this car featured Read more
Photos courtesy Mitch Medford, Bloodshed Motors. In the old George Romero zombie flicks, the living dead shuffled around like narcoleptic grannies in their bunny slippers. More recent movies have the undead jumping, climbing and running as fast or faster than Read more
Best-in-Show Pre-War went to the 1913 Mercedes 37/95 owned by The Nethercutt Collection. Photos courtesy San Marino Motor Classic. The idea of a supercar, developed without regard to cost to produce the maximum performance attainable from a road-going automobile, is Read more