Carrera Panamericana
It’s perhaps the longest “motorable” highway in the world. Only the Darién Gap on the Panama - Colombia frontier prevents...
2016 Los Angeles Auto Show
Eight Great Picks from the LA Show
There was a time when an automotive writer could check in for two hours on the second day...
Hilton Head Concours: Gracious hospitality and great cars overcome hurricane debris and an unexpected mishap
HILTON HEAD, S.C. — Every car show has a flavor. Some have the “Run What You Brung” feel of a Cars and Coffee gathering...
Les meets Luigi, and a decade-long quixotic quest ends in triumph
Ponce de Leon searched for the Fountain of Youth. Captain Ahab hunted Moby Dick. Les Burd’s obsession was finding the original...
A Bolt from the bowtie
Nothing’s new about electric cars. The first vehicle to top 60 mph -- in 1899 when some thought such speeds might lead to organ...
Charging ahead
Anyone who has traveled the world with an electric plug adapter for different sockets in different countries will be familiar...
Modern Day Travels with Charlie; A Tale of Two Car Cuys
Hersheypark – that locus of chocolate fantasies – is just 160 miles from my home in New Jersey. But my recent trip to Hershey...
Thank You, Brock Yates
Paul Ingrassia asked me to write something about Brock Yates for Revs Institute. Paul, I’m sure, did not know that Brock changed...
Racer, Writer, Rebel, Car Guy: Brock Yates was the defining automotive journalist of his day.
He derided federal automotive-safety regulators as “killjoys and pecksniffs.” He maybe could forgive Nixon for Watergate,...