they used to say the prewar bugattis sounded like someone tearing fabric, and I get that from this, too
That sounds so much better than I expected it to. Wow.
Ford announced that it’s killing off basically all of its cars in favor of crossovers and SUVs. No more cars,…
Hmmm...I have an SVX, an Outback parts car, and a welder....
It’s pretty common in our rich, varied community of car-obsessives, to meet people that are really into one…
Need more green, orange, teal, etc... And less grey, black, and white vehicles.
This post of yours reminds me…
This car should be illegal.
The Orvis edition. Because let’s never forget that Jeep did this:
Believe in the Honda City Turbo II. It believes in you.
Right now, in America I think it’s easier to get an SUV than it is to get, say chlamydia. Pretty much every single…
Although I’m glad Richard Porter is back doing his thing with the GT guys, I miss a lot of what he was doing at Sniff Petrol. The guy is genuinely good.
It’s like political campaign slogans in Germany. Candidates usually have a slogan like “competent” or “qualified” or “aware of the issues,” and that’s it. Anything more grandstanding is seen as being an orange clown.
I think “Very Acceptable” might be the most humble tagline I’ve ever seen for a car. I wonder what got rejected? “Dacia Denem: It’s fine.” “Dacia Denem: I don’t mind it!” “Dacia Denem: Adequacy Incarnate.”
When a vehicle’s design, inside and out, is authentic to its mission statement and purpose, that’s beautiful. When it’s form says “this is what I am, this is what I do,” I’m impressed. So very often, cars try to be more than they are, or more than they should be, and their overwrought design language betrays that…
As much as I hate seeing the word “emotional” used to describe every new run-of-the-mill crossover or SUV, there’s…
I was 12 in 1998, and I stayed up all night listening to Le Mans on very primitive Radio Le Mans streaming.
The Toyota GT-One never won Le Mans. It will not go down as a champion. It will, however, sit as a reminder of the…