Filed under: Concept Cars, LA Auto Show, Scion, Subaru 2015 Subaru Outback review The Subaru Outback strikes an interesting balance between the needs of the everyday crossover shopper and the wants of car enthusiasts. It’s more of a tall wagon Read more
As Bob Gerometta points out in his story about the birth of the 4-4-2, because the car got a late start in the model year and there was so little fanfare surrounding its launch, barely 3,000 were sold in that Read more
The Oldsmobile Golden Rocket concept. Still image from video below. Surreal. Ethereal. Dreamlike. These hypnagogic adjectives may rarely come up in conversations with your buddies as you wrench on the car. But the next time they’re over to help you Read more
In the 1960s, there existed a very special Pontiac dealership in Royal Oak, Michigan. Owned by Ace Wilson Jr., Royal Pontiac offered some of the fastest, best-performing, and most-sought-after Pontiac GTOs of the era. In the 1960s, there existed a Read more
Presumably, the Battery Street Tunnel in Seattle, pictured here in a July 1954 photo from the Seattle Municipal Archives, passed the carbon monoxide test that the caption tells us the city was then conducting, otherwise we’d be looking at a Read more
Long a favorite of public works departments from coast to coast, the Dodge Power Wagon has earned a reputation for durability rivaled by few other four-wheel drive pickups. Finding reasonably clean survivors can be a challenge, since many were worked Read more
Photos by the author. A thousandth of an inch at a time, using a bit that spun at 33,000 RPM, Jim Graney etched his line cuts. Thousands of them, all of different designs, all in reverse, committed to zinc and Read more
Rendering of the proposed second floor hot rod and custom gallery. Images courtesy Petersen Museum. Last August, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles detailed its plans for a complete interior renovation to go with the exterior redesign announced in Read more
Raymond Beadle. Photos courtesy NHRA. One of professional drag racing’s honest-to-nitro immortals has left us. Raymond Beadle, famed for his exploits with the Blue Max series of Funny Cars, died Monday in his hometown of Dallas at the age of Read more
When shopping for a second-hand 911, a used and abused track rat might not be at the top of your list. Here’s Magnus Walker to explain why you’re wrong. Read more…