Earl Ross died on Thursday at age 73.Who was Earl Ross? He was the only Canadian driver to ever win a race in NASCAR’s top series. He made 26 starts in what was then the Winston Cup series during his career, recording his only victory on September 1974 at the...
The tumultuous relationship between the New York Times and Tesla has become somewhat of an urban legend. Depending on who you ask the Times journalist, John M. Broder didn’t drive the car correctly, pushing it past advisable speeds, and forcing too much power from the...
Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle and other VW models here in the US may be down (see Beetle Bomb, here), but Volkswagen says that its sales of its various brands in China rose 11 percent in August as compared to the previous August. This outperformed the industry as a...
I was recently covering a story on the future of American racetracks and the challenges they face today, when I stumbled upon something interesting – the problem with racing electric cars. As nearly any article concerning the future of the automotive hobby is wont to...
Tasco Turquoise. Fiesta Red. Buttercup Yellow. Hawaiian Blue. Alaskan Gold. No, they’re not the street names of the latest in hipster college kid hallucinogenics. They’re the line up of paint colors for the Big Three American Automakers of the 1950’s and ‘60s, and...
Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle (the new Beetle, not the New Beetle) are down this year, down 7,600 units on the year as compared to last year.We probably can’t blame the car – VW sales overall are down almost 33,000 this year, so it’s not only the Beetle that is...
