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Ferrari for Sale
Do you want to buy Ferrari? Not a Ferrari, but Ferrari itself. Now is your chance.
read moreMicro Car in the Big City
On a personal level I am adamantly opposed to the concept of ‘cutesy cars’ – Keeping that mind I am desperate for a Fiat.
read moreYes, This is a Different Pope
Among the 40 attendees will not be the Pope himself, who is known for shunning the pomp and luxury that has attended church leaders previously. Pope Francis lives in a simple apartment and is not a “car guy,” frequently riding in an ordinary small passenger car rather than a limousine.
read moreThe Passing Scene
A couple of years ago I was sitting at a traffic light, and for some reason I began identifying the cars crossing the intersection by country of origin… Japan, Japan, Japan, Germany, Japan, Japan, Sweden, Japan, US, Japan, Japan, Japan, Korea, Germany, Japan… and so on.
read more707 Horsepower and Dead Last
Dodge garnered a lot of headlines recently when it launched the 707-horsepower 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, but that car helped Fiat Chrysler Automobiles come in last among eleven carmakers in the EPA’s annual “Fuel Economy Trends” report, released in early October.
read moreOne Fewer Desoto
On Saturday, October 11, the driver of a Dodge Caravan minivan ran off State Highway 31 in Lebanon Township, New Jersey, and demolished a 1950 Desoto that was parked in front of an auto body shop.
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No Cheap Porsche
The rumor mill has been reporting that Porsche was considering adding a shorter, lighter, and less expensive mid-engined roadster to its lineup, based on the Boxster and to be named 718. But if your had your heart set on getting an entry-level Porsche, let go of your dreams.
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Viper on the Sidelines
DETROIT – Chrysler Group LLC has announced that it is discontinuing its SRT (Street and Racing Technology) Motorsports racing program in the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA).
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Paul Revere, Car Guy?
The Paul Revere of whom we write today is the Paul Revere of “Paul Revere and the Raiders,” the pop group of the 1960s and 70s, who died on October 4th at age 76.
read moreWould You Drive a DS?
What’s DS? It’s a sub-brand of PSA/Peugeot-Citroen, launched in 2010 as a division of Citroen in Europe and in China, and becoming a stand-alone brand earlier this year. “We want to make DS a global premium brand, and you cannot be global without the U.S.”
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Editorial
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Murphy Auto Museum, Oxnard. CA
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This is a list of the Car Shows you will want to experience before you die.
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Moment of Decision: John's 1963 Corvette Resto-Mod: Choosing whether to Restore or Resto-Mod an older Corvette isn’t always easy.
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I have a certain appreciation for the Edsel. I was not quite six years old when the car was introduced, and as part of the introduction the dealers were offering an incentive: Come test-drive the new Edsel and receive a scale model of the car. My father took the test drive, and I got the scale model.
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Rat Rods and Concours winners
Motorama
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This third installment begins an exploration of Ford Motor Company’s involvement in also building airplanes during WWII by focusing on the story of its facility in Willow Run, MI.
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Henry Ford was able to indulge a long-standing interest in mass-producing airplanes when in 1941 the Ford Motor Company garnered a contract to produce complete B-24 bombers at a specially-built plant in Willow Run, MI.
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It may not be well-known but there is more history of automobile manufacturers who have also produced aircraft, of which Honda is only the most recent example.
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This St. Patrick’s Day, celebrate both Irish pride and the arrival of Spring by taking a drive in your 1959 Shamrock.
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On March 17, 1834, Gottlieb Daimler was born in Germany. Had he been born 100 years later, he would have seen an automotive industry the likes of which early automakers could hardly dare dream, and yet, had he been born 100 years later, that very auto industry might never have come to pass.
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