The Subtle Rise of the Self-Driving Car

Several years back, I wrote a long-form article on self-driving technology and the road we, as an industry, would have to take to achieve fully autonomous automobiles. With the exception of a single source, who believed that his then 13-year-old daughter would serve...

So You Want to Have a Car Show

Finding the Perfect Location While a cold front may have descended upon most of the United States, it’s not too early to start planning out the most important elements of your upcoming car show, cruise night, cars and coffee or concours. Each of these unique...

Aren’t Your Glad(iator) There’s a New Jeep Pickup Truck?

While there are arguably several models on the road today with more off-road capability and performance ability, the Jeep Wrangler has long been a held up as the symbol of adventure and strength across rough terrain. The seven-slot grille has become synonymous with a...

Those We Lost 2018

Tatsuro Toyoda, the second son of Toyota Motor Corp.’s founder Kiichiro Toyoda and uncle of current President Akio Toyoda, and who served a relatively short tenure as president of the company in the 1990s.  Toyoda died on December 30, 2017.  His time at the head of...

The Dirt Track is a Fickle Mistress

We spent a December Saturday at the East Coast Indoor Dirt Nationals in Trenton, NJ, recently, where we were reminded that a dirt track is a living, breathing thing, even when you dig it up and move it indoors. Dirt track operators across the country are all too...

Social Media and Your Car Show

For many of us, late fall means the last gasps of a late car season. There may be a few bright and sunny days, a couple bursts of warm weather, but the east coast, the Midwest and the north have begun the trek toward hibernation and winterization, tops up, covers on...