Driving, in its most traditional form, is young. Even with a lifespan of over 200 years, dating back to the very first Benz Patent Motorwagen from 1885, driving is barely a blip in the history of the whole human species. It has aided in only a handful of wars, helped...
In 1968, when Ted Dillard was eleven, his father brought home an electric car from his job at Massachusetts Electric. “It’s up to your generation,’” he told Dillard.“‘This technology’s been around. The problem is the batteries, and it’s up to your generation to...
When BMW’s version of the MINI Cooper landed in the states more than a decade ago, it was a minor revolution. Sure, the automotive industry has always had a knack for churning out retro flavor-of-the-week cars that sell almost entirely on nostalgia and design (PT...
Believe me when I say I wanted to write a lovely little news bite about the 25th anniversary of the Mazda Miata, and the reveal of the fourth generation Miata MX5. I was as excited as any gearhead, set to watch the livestream of the reveal for the 2016 model, ready to...
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is the Holy Grail of car shows. Only the very best, rarest, and highest-valued cars may appear, and their owners must be invited to share their beauty with the crowd. Anyone can attend, however; at least, anyone with sufficient...
It starts with the smell – moth balls and bad motor oil. The metallic taste of rust in the air dances with dust, floating around in sunbeams that have snuck in through cracks in the wood. You hesitate to touch the worn leather, but you do anyway. Fifty years of insect...
