There have been times, throughout the decades of production of the Volkswagen Beetle, where its future was uncertain. When the car was first produced as a funds-raising con during World War II, eventually to be adopted by the British and used for military vehicles, a...
For years, Dad would drive us out to the far reaches of western Jersey, where our picturesque summer camp with its water slides and canoes would prove the background for childhood memories and adult memoirs alike. After I outgrew camper-dom, I began working at the...
What’s an automotive journalist? I guess to me, this seems obvious. After all, I’ve spent the last six years of my life studying reporting and communications in the classroom and on the street so that I could bring my passion to others who share it. But, of...
Recently, Elon Musk sent out an ill-advised Tweet declaring that Tesla was going private, purportedly with funding from Saudi buyers, whom he had acknowledged had not yet closed the deal, but undoubtedly would. This came as news to the Tesla team as well as the buyers...
Okay, I’m not going to say that it’s more difficult to get my hands on a copy of the 1988 film, Tucker: The Man and His Dream than it is to get my hands on a real Tucker, but it’s pretty damn close. The technology-savvy partner and I scoured the Internet, looking even...
