Nissan Is Named

This Week in Motorhead History On June 1, 1934, the Japanese based automobile manufacturer Jidosha-Seizo Kabushiki-Kaisha changed its name to Nissan Motor Company. It had been founded the previous December and would produce the company’s first Datsun the following...

Why Didn’t Early Electric Cars Have the Spark?

Electric and alternative energy cars are all the rage right now. With the ever-fluctuating price of oil and the instability of the regions where it is most plentiful, as well as the umbrella threat of climate change appearing as smog and pollution before our eyes,...

Who the Heck is Bertha Benz?

This month, in 1944, Bertha Benz died. And anyone who loves cars, knows cars, or has ever sat in a car, you should care. Arguably, without Bertha Benz and her spontaneity, resourcefulness and courage, Benz & Cie., later to become Daimler-Benz, might never have...

Car-acter Development

Alright, I’m sorry I made that terrible title a thing. I love puns more than is advisable. This atrocity is in reference to my fictional characters’ relationships with the cars they drive or would drive, had they been invented yet. I’m a dyed in the wool classic car...

Ford Mustang, Better With Age

On April 17, 1964, Ford unveiled a car that would fundamentally shift the auto industry into the new age, and with it, change buying practices, target new demographics and ultimately shake the foundation upon which capitalism was built. At the 1964 World’s Fair, in...