Last Sunday, my wife and children and I were headed to a kids’ birthday party in nearby Decatur. We were riding in the 2013 Buick Encore, a compact crossover vehicle, when an erratic and unpredictable move by another driver very nearly caused a crash. Once our vehicle came to a complete stop and each of my passengers assured me that […]

With Valentine’s Day here, I’m thinking about love. And cars. I certainly love cars, but do they love me back? Any science fiction fan will tell you machines are incapable of love. But I still managed to find the seven best new car options that will make you feel loved by keeping you warm and comfortable, by helping you out […]

Robert Farris of Speedwell Engineering, LTD invited me on a tour last Saturday of an inclusive collection of interesting automobiles. Spread over two locations, the private collection totals about fifty vehicles from the brass era to the modern era. Race cars, elegant pre-war classics, muscle cars, European GTs and exotic supercars are on display side-by-side, most in show-quality condition. The […]

My friend Robert Farris of Speedwell Engineering, LTD posted on his Facebook page today a photo of the engine compartment of a 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB he’s tuning up for a client. The photo shows the 275’s triple Weber carburetors lined up atop the Colombo V12, a glorious sight on its own. But I egged Robert on to post a […]

For those of us who don’t reside on the west coast, Volkswagen Type 2 pickup trucks and panel vans are not too common a sight. Even in the vintage VW haven that is California, passenger buses are generally more common than Type 2 work trucks. But despite their relative rarity, both the panel vans and single-cab and double-cab pickups are […]

The latest press release on the new Porsche 918 Spyder really jogged my memory, but not because I’m quite old enough to remember watching Martini liveried 917s and 935s win endurance races in the 1970s. No, it was the late eighties that came to mind, when I was barely a teenager. At that time, I saw for the first time […]

You can’t be too careful. Especially if you’re a billionaire and/or you live in or travel to dangerous places. That’s why Conquest Vehicles in Toronto builds the Knight XV. The 13,000-lb, 8-foot tall and 20-foot long truck, built on a Ford F-550 Super Duty chassis, seats six in bulletproof luxury.

My wife, sister-in-law and I used to play a fun game on the road. It goes like this: pick two cars, and ask, “which would you rather drive?” Those answering have to pick one. It started out with crappy-looking cars – a beat-up CRX with a rear bumper made of pressure-treated lumber versus a slightly newer but equally beat-up Altima […]

Two late model cars, one a Camaro and the other a Mustang, pulled out of their spots at today’s Caffeine & Octane show together. Here are their sounds. C&O_July2012_Camaro&Mustang

11 months, 3000 pictures and a lot of coffee. That's what the creator of this video said it took to perform a rebuild on this engine he purchased on Ebay. I know some of my friends will recognize this motor immediately. Others will have to see a bit of the car shown later in the video to identify it. Either […]