For more than a few generations of car enthusiasts, it has gone without saying that the new year will bring about beauties and beasts from all corners of the car industry. When the season for international auto shows begins, we are inundated with all makes and models,...
I confessed in an article recently that, despite my aversion to ‘cutesy cars’, I am madly in lust with the Fiat 500, both classic and moderns iterations. The Fiat 500, along with the Mini Cooper, and to an extent, the Volkswagen Beetle, are symbols of classic...
by Carl Weyburn The first Volkwagen Beetle to arrive in the United States was unloaded in New York in 1949, one of just two sold here that year. But by 1964, just 15 years later, Beetles were a ubiquitous sight on US roads and a fleet of 60 cargo ships were bringing...
“An earth-shaker from Great Britain” is how the influential writer Ken Purdy described the original Jaguar XK-E, a car stunning in looks and performance when it made its debut on March 21, 1961, and a car that remains stunning in looks and performance to this day. How...
On February 28, 1940, Mario Andretti and his twin brother, Aldo, were born in Montona, a town on the peninsula of Istria which at the time was a part of Italy. We mention Aldo because, while today Mario is known worldwide as a championship-winning racing driver, few...
During a visit to St. Petersburg, FL in early February we made an all-too-brief side trip to the Tampa Bay Auto Museum in the northern suburb of Pinellas Park. This amazing facility was opened in 2005 by Mr. Alain Cerf, the founder of privately-owned PolyPack, a...
