We believe this was also the plot of an episode of “Yogi’s Gang,” but memory is as evanescent as art.
The Volvo Wagon Was an Accident
If the Volvo brand were a Rorschach blot, most Americans would see a station wagon. But it’s existence was a fortuitous accident.
Click on the thumbnail above (and then click on it again) to view a crappy scan of my triumphant return to the pages of Car and Driver, or just buy the magazine on the newsstand, you chintzy bitch.
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”
How to Major in Cars

Taking the world of historic preservation beyond the realm of, “If it moves, we’re not interested.”
Driving Gary Cooper’s Duesenberg

The moon-needled, white-faced speedometer goes to 150 mph. The altimeter goes to heaven. The grin on my face goes to my earlobes.
East Germany Invades D.C.

An annual parade of the smoky plastic shit-box that (barely) put East Germany on wheels, at a museum, in Washington D.C.
4 Year-Old Test Drives Ford F-150 Pickup
My adorable four year-old nephew helped me review an all-new Ford F-150 pickup truck, and the results are predictably adorable.
And if you enjoyed that, you’ll love the special BONUS VIDEO we created.
Elon 911!
I talk to Reno 911! star Lt. Jim Dangle (Thomas Lennon) about the prospect of Tesla building a “Gigafactory” on his turf. Also, the Synchronicity. And moon power.
Putting the Cars in Oscars
OsCARS! The 8 Best Vehicles for Making a Red Carpet Splash. My latest for Car and Driver.
10 Best Gay Wedding Cars
You knew this piece was coming. But I bet you didn’t guess that Car and Driver would commission it. The world changes. The Ten Best Cars in Which to Get Gay Married (or Lesbian Married).






