The recently announced Dodge Viper ACR isn’t just boasting of new Carbon Ceramic brakes with six-piston calipers or specially designed high-performance tires. There’s more to it than the hand-built 8.4 liter V-10 engine, or the 645 horsepower and 600 lb.-ft. of...
In 1957, when Veasey Cullen got his first Rolls Royce at the ripe age of 12, there was no ‘antique cars’ section of the newspaper. Instead, the 1924 Silver Ghost was listed under ‘used cars’, and when a local police officer saw Cullen and his father getting the car...
While Steve Byrnes was battling cancer, there was a remarkable outpouring of support from the racing community, ranging from this past weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway being renamed the “Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes”...
Most car shows tend to choose and stick to a theme, demonstrating a focus that I have always imagined to be the result of an admirable dedication to a specific person or group of people’s passion. I can only imagine, because I can’t really understand.Don’t read me...
Originally published for the Ford Mustang 50 year anniversary. In a rented room at the Fairlane Inn, a now defunct motel off a Detroit highway, a group of men gathered to talk about the future of the automotive industry. They were a secret coalition, made up of...
These days most people assume that if the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration identifies a vehicle defect, a recall will be ordered. But the better assumption may be, when a safety defect is identified. This week the agency concluded an investigation into...
