Test Track Tease at Disney

This past week, I went to Disney for the first time. I was down in Orlando for a conference and we turned the trip into our vacation– someplace I’ve never been before. I’ll admit, for someone with a bit of a Disney Universe bias, I had an incredible experience. (And...

Volvo? More Like Volv-E

Green tech is a buzz word in the automotive industry right now– but as of this week, Volvo decided to take it further than that. Much further. According to a 2012 article on HybridCars.com, the Toyota Prius sold 223, 905 models in the United States. That same...

Should the Manuals be Saved?

It’s a campaign begun years ago, as automatic transmissions began to become standard equipment on new cars, replacing, um, standard transmissions.  “Save the Manuals” is the rallying cry. But I don’t buy into it. My first car was a stick, and as I write, my latest...

In Praise of the First Year Car Show

This might sound a little sacrilegious, but bear with me. Sometimes, long-running car shows are boring. Yeah, I said it. I have a handful of car shows I’ve been attending for literal decades, and I can name what kind of car is going to be in which spot before I even...

Gentleman Racing into the New Car Hobby

WILDWOOD, NJ – It is one hundred degrees in the sun, as vintage hot rods pull up to the starting line for the 2017 Race of Gentlemen event on the beach, but the crowds stretch down the sand dunes and fill the libations tent undeterred by the weather. They shout as...

The New Frontier (Museum)

We chatted with Jeff Wandler, owner of The Frontier Auto Museum in Wyoming, to talk business, vintage toys and classic car nostalgia! Can you tell us a little about the Wandler family’s early involvement in the car industry and the area? Simply Leon Wandler was born...