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As those who have the “pleasure” of listening to me ramble in person might be annoyed to hear, one of my favorite one-liners is “it takes all types to make a world.” I often use this as a stand-in for ...
Rome is not an especially rainy place. So when the cloudy skies opened up with a relatively unusual downpour on March 8, 1989, tourists fled the city’s scenic piazzas for sanctuary in sites like the ...
About ten years ago, I bought a 1987 BMW E30 325is that had a seized compressor. I resurrected its air conditioning by finding a used compressor, flushing the system out, and recharging it with good ...
After carving 43 miles of smooth asphalt that rises through meadows and dense forest on its way to a mile-high peak, a driver might conclude that the Cherohala Skyway was made purely for the fun of it ...
Every ad for the 24 Hours of Lemons promises wheel-to-wheel action, budget-beater creativity, and the glory of hustling a “$500” hooptie around a real road course. And sure, there’s plenty of ...
The rear-wheel-drive sedan powered by a naturally aspirated V-8 is an endangered species, and one of the last ones left on the new-car market is about to retire. Limited to merely 500 units for the ...
One of the most important car reveals of the year just happened. If you frequent these halls, you’re forgiven if you missed it; it’s not a spicy new Corvette, or some world-beating version of a 911, a ...
Steve Morris knows his way around powerful engines. He’s built mills for Pro Mod racing as well as Drag-Week-winning turbo V-8s that have to survive punishing conditions. He’s developed his own engine ...
“Welcome to the field of dreams,” says Kingsley Cars Managing Director John Sawbridge as he points at row after row of classic Range Rovers in various states of disrepair. It’s safe to say that ...
Best known for its Land Rover Defender updates, British restomodder Twisted has turned its attention to the humble VW Beetle. The result is the TBug which Twisted describes as “Desert Rebellion ...
Apologies to Freddie Mercury, but I couldn’t help but think of his “And bad mistakes, I’ve made a few” line from “We Are the Champions” when Kyle Smith suggested this week that we share our most ...
The Vistiq, Cadillac’s first electric three-row EV not named Escalade, may wear the crest of a 122-year-old company, but first impressions suggest it hews closer to themes that originated with ...