Remembering Earl Ross

Earl Ross died on Thursday at age 73.Who was Earl Ross? He was the only Canadian driver to ever win a race in NASCAR’s top series. He made 26 starts in what was then the Winston Cup series during his career, recording his only victory on September 1974 at the...

Meanwhile, in China

Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle and other VW models here in the US may be down (see Beetle Bomb, here), but Volkswagen says that its sales of its various brands in China rose 11 percent in August as compared to the previous August.  This outperformed the industry as a...

Beetle Bomb

Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle (the new Beetle, not the New Beetle) are down this year, down 7,600 units on the year as compared to last year.We probably can’t blame the car – VW sales overall are down almost 33,000 this year, so it’s not only the Beetle that is...

Blue Plate Special (Black and Yellow, too)

SEMA’s Washington, D.C., staff has reminded us that California Legacy License Plates are available for pre-order, and that without sufficient orders the program may be truncated. California Legacy License Plates are new license plates in one of three classic designs...

Studebaker Did It First

Into the void left by the disappearance of the Chevrolet Astro and GMC Safari small vans have come the Ford Transit Connect and Nissan NV200 van.  Now Toyota wants a piece of that market, gauging interest with a distinctive concept van that, with its apparently...