Given both of their ties to Ford Motor Company during the Sixties, one would have thought Carroll Shelby and Alejandro de Tomaso would have crossed paths more than once, but the two (with plenty of input from Peter Brock) only Read more
Photo courtesy the Historic Vehicle Association. The note closed with wishes for a Happy New Year to nobody in particular. The author of the note couldn’t have known whether anybody would even find and read the note; even if they Read more
The Design Center, part of the Tech Center campus. Photo courtesy General Motors Media Archive. It is, in a word, massive, spreading across 25 primary buildings set on 330 acres of land with a 22-acre lake at its center. Served Read more
Photos by the author. Some say he sings with the whales and has taught them all the popular show tunes. Some say his steely glare can melt ice cream – the really hard stuff that’s been open in the freezer Read more
Lego’s had a separate line just for the truly, irredeemably smitten gearhead for years, the Technic line. Where conventional Legos were defined by bricks, Technics went beyond mere masonry into the realm of engineering, and was full of moving gears Read more
Elon Musk just sent out this cryptic tweet and teaser image of what may be a modified Model S that’s due to be revealed on October 9. And he’s hinting at something else. Maybe that upgraded Roadster we’ve been promised? Read more
Filed under: Classics, Coupe, Performance, Videos, Alfa Romeo, Design/Style, Racing Nothing quite sounds like a vintage Alfa Romeo four-cylinder engine at full gallop, especially in motorsport trim. With a combination of low-frequency burbling played over a high-pitch scream, they really Read more
Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Performance, Europe, Paris Motor Show, Hatchback, Chevrolet, Lamborghini, Renault, Luxury, Racing Lamborghini Shows Asterion hypercar concept The media days of the 2014 Paris Motor Show might technically start tomorrow, but the party has clearly begun Read more
San Franciso, 1906. Still image from video below. Where do they come from, those evil hoards of crazed drivers, seemingly placed on Earth for no better reason than to annoy the heck out of the rest of us? They drive Read more
“In 2001, the phone rang and an itty-bitty voice says, ‘Do you want to buy a Chevelle? My son was making it a race car in 1977 and I need to move to assisted living and don’t have a place Read more