Prognostications about the future are most always wrong. But in a life that revolves around driving, we still keep our eyes up and on the horizon.
Introducing “The Orphan Chronicles”
Can the world tolerate one more automotive franchise from me? Car and Driver certainly hopes so. Introducing “The Orphan Chronicles,” an ongoing historical series about faded and under-appreciated American car brands.
First up: Anderson Motor Company, of Rock Hill, South Carolina. “A Little Higher in Price, But Made in Dixie”
Top New Cars of 2016
A completely subjective list of my favorite new cars of 2016.
Why I Fucking Hate Star Wars
Preparing for this weekend’s Rogue onslaught with a reprise of this all-you-can-eat buffet of Force-ful vitriol.
Spell PARKING Without PAIN
New Valet App Lets You Spell PARKING Without P-A-I-N (and End Up With More Than GRK)
Drinking, and Driving
My newest franchise launches today in Autoblog, focusing on two of my favorite (but decidedly separate) activities: cars, and cocktails. First up, exploring/debunking the apocryphal origin story of the enticing/disgusting mixture of Calvados and Dubonnet known as The Bentley.
Beige, Boring, and Beloved
The proprietary eponym of the automotive world turns fifty.
Click on the thumbnail (and then click again, if you’re old) to view the story, or just buy the magazine on the newsstand, you chintzy bitch.
Aston Martin Builds a New Old DB4 G.T.
“Think of it as Frank Lloyd Wright having returned from the dead to oversee the Guggenheim’s renovation and pen the addition.”
Italy vs. England = America
Alfa Romeo’s new lucky clover, and Jaguar’s new snarling kitten battle for the hearts of America’s dwindling sport sedan buyers, and everyone’s a winner.
Click on the thumbnail above (and then click again) to view a crappy scan. Or just buy the magazine on the newsstand, you chintzy bitch.
High Roller
Rolls-Royce provides a first peek at its biggest (or at least its heaviest) product news of the decade.