I'm often curious about obscure cars with attractive names. The Diana is an example, me having once had a splendid affair with a Diana (woman, not car) who'd been married to a famous NHL...
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With a new Indiana Jones movie just launched there is considerable interest in authentic memorabilia from the previous films. And what could be more authentic than the 1937 Mercedes 300 that was used...
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Two bests don't always add up to better but in this instance they most certainly did. The car is a Rolls-Royce, a marque known from its earliest years as "the best car in the world."...
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Now that the Car of the Year season is upon us - a time when automobile journalists choose a "best car" that they will start bitching about as soon as something better comes along - it's...
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The folks at Autoblog have been having a good time at the SEMA show in Las Vegas, loading the site every day with plenty of photographs and background information. Most of the cars (and trucks) are...
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It wasn't the first car sold by Sears, Roebuck but it was definitely the last. Essentially a Henry J built by the Kaiser-Frazer company, the Allstate was conceived by Henry Kaiser as a means of...
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For those with short memories 50 years may seem a long time. For those of us who were there it feels like yesterday. For Toyota, it is time to celebrate its first half-century in the United States....
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The citizens of Los Angeles and its visitors will once again have an opportunity to spend an evening with a knowledgeable guest at the Petersen Museum. On Tuesday, October 16 Charles Gould will...
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Bill Sadler gained fame with his V-8-powered sports racing cars in the 60's and went on to greater recognition as an ultralight aircraft designer. No big eights in those babies! When I first met...
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The boys at the Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum either have a surplus of BMW Isettas or they have too much time on their hands. They've built what has to be the oddest drag racer ever to hit the...
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At first glance I'd have sworn the car in the photo is a Datsun. At second glance, too. But it is a rare - in North America - 1972 Honda 1300 Coupe 7. The story behind it is quite fascinating,......
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Speculation in the auto industry, especially in Europe, is of a vehicle type called the shooting brake, which some pundits suggest is the next little big thing. Here in North America you'd be hard put...
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Chrysler claims to have invented the minivan but that's mere marketing hype, albeit clever stuff. Volkswagen was actually first in 1953 when Dutch distributor Ben Pon sketched an idea that would make...
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Britain's Royal Mail drivers must have been a hardy lot in 1953/54. During that period their Morris Minor vans were delivered without heaters because the mail bosses believed the workers would...
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Some American auto journalists, not knowing what to make of the Smart, which will soon go on sale in the US, have begun labelling it a "microcar." If so, the Smart is in good company. Dozens of mini...
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Wandering past the Blackhawk exhibit at Pebble Beach I came upon not one, but two, restored Amphicars, presumably up for sale. Introduced in the 60's when people were into small runabouts but couldn't...
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