I don't know how I missed this but on April 3rd theCarConnection's daily blog included an article on the passing of Larry Griffin, a long-time editor of Car and Driver. I'd never met Larry...
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The Great Race 2008, I'm sorry to say, may turn out to be the Great Fiasco of 2008. But don't blame the organizers. Bill Ewing, CEO of Great Race Sports, has informed participants that the...
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I once had a brief career as a public relations person, first with VW/Porsche, then with Ford. To suggest that I wasn't cut out for the work would be an understatement, for to succeed in that...
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I once had in my possession a brass model of Volvo's first car, the ÖV4, given to me by Volvo Canada. The ÖV4 was nicknamed "Jakob". Foolishly I dispensed with it because the model...
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The two cars seen above may not, at first glance, have anything to do with each other. The one on top is a 1949 Nash Airflyte 4-door sedan, the car on bottom is a new BMW concept, the CS....
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Felipe Massa, one of the fastest drivers in the world, races for Ferrari's F1 team. He's paid millions and can buy any car he wants. How nice, then, to see Felipe with a new Fiat 500 as his...
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I still find it hard to believe that a luxury marque I grew up with and once was the standard of America could so quickly fade away. How could the factories, the designers, the dealers, and the...
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Who are these people? And what is that odd-looking VW window van doing in the background? The new year should be about the future but this being a classic cars site, let's take a brief glance back...
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Some of the most intriguing examples of automotive art can be found on program covers that advertise concours, motor races, and similar events. Too often these are tossed after the affair is over but...
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It was the evening before Christmas and salesman Charlie Moss, last to leave the auto dealership, was about to lock its doors, having endured a dreadful December. Sales that month were normally slow...
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There have been many "urban legends" involving the motor car. The first I'd heard of was the infamous 100 mpg carburetor in which Detroit's "Big Three" (or the oil...
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An article in "Classic Driver's newsletter" regarding an international automotive annual sent me scrambling to my bookshelves in search of a much older issue. Unfortunately (for the...
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My friends at Hemmings are eager to reach what they call "The Next Generation," classic car owners who will keep the old-car hobby vibrant for decades to come. A noble intent that I...
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On the 50th anniversary of the Ford Edsel, TIME and Dan Neil, Pulitzer Prize-winning automotive critic and syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Times, looked at the 50 greatest lemons of the...
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The year was 1958. I was working as a radio announcer in Toronto with a station that allowed me 15-minutes weekly to talk about my favorite sport, motor racing. Quite a concession considering that...
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Americans will soon be celebrating Thanksgiving but few will be aware that it is also celebrated in Canada, although on a different day. My American cousins know that their holiday honors the arrival...
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Harley Ferguson is a long-time cyber-friend, beginning when I was editor of About.com's cars site. As he now lives in Tokyo and my home is several thousand miles across the Pacific, it's...
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So who is that lady, lying on her back, bosom slightly revealed, with cameras clicking from every direction? She's Sophia Loren, she's 71, and she's still sexy. Luck, genes, and a...
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Our long-time visitors will be aware that I'm one of those car guys equally fascinated by trains and boats and planes. I've had experience with three of the four though no one has offered the...
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