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...
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of Congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an American safely to the Moon before the end of the decade. A number of political factors affected Kennedy’s decision and...
I’m in high school when I first stumble across the show. A self-proclaimed gearhead from the start, Top Gear was quickly to become an obsession for me. I watched the show ad nauseum, getting into the college routine of rolling Netflix over dinner, three bumbling...
The other shoe has dropped, and the BBC has confirmed that Top Gear Host Jeremy Clarkson has been, to use the British term, sacked. Formally it was announced that Clarkson’s contract “will not be renewed,” but the effect is the same: The individual most closely...
It has been announced that Hanna Motorsports’ jet-powered funny cars, the “GOJO Firebird” and the XLERATOR “Top Secret” Firebird, will be appearing at four NHRA National Events in 2015. If you’ve not seen a jet car in person, you might want to make note of these...
