If like us you own a collector car or three – be it an antique, a street rod, or just an old favorite – this time of year marks the end of what a friend calls “car season.” The special cars get tucked away for the winter, and we are left driving something that we...
Cue Tom Jones, to the background sound of hollow, dinging slot machines and raucous drinking, and you’ve got the stage set to host one of the largest automotive trade shows of the year. SEMA – Speciality Equipment Marketing Association, (though the ‘S’ used to...
Do you want to buy Ferrari? Not a Ferrari, but Ferrari itself. Now is your chance. Fiat Chrysler has announced that it will offer a 10 percent stake in Ferrari as parts of its ambition to raise funding for its $61 billion growth plan. In a statement, Fiat Chrysler...
When I was still living in Boston a friend from back home in Jersey came up, and we were trying to figure out plans. In the midst of my offering directions, which included a bus and a train from her hotel to my apartment – a 50 minute trip that comes fairly standard...
Ever since Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio ascended to the papacy in early 2013, it was evident that he was going to be a different kind of Pope. One of those differences became evident in October of 2014 when Pope Francis decided to make Vatican City’s Sistine...
A couple of years ago I was sitting at a traffic light, and for some reason I began identifying the cars crossing the intersection by country of origin… Japan, Japan, Japan, Germany, Japan, Japan, Sweden, Japan, US, Japan, Japan, Japan, Korea, Germany,...
