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,...
As scandal-tarred Volkswagen downgrades diesels, Chevy hopes to fill the void
DETROIT -- While Volkswagen steps aside from diesel vehicles, Chevrolet is filling the void. Early next year, Chevy will launch...
DIESEL DOOMED?
There are two mysteries in the history of the diesel engine.
One is the disappearance of Rudolf Diesel off the steamer Dresden...
From Down Under to Dearborn; Ford’s Auto Archives Move Ruffles Aussie Feathers.
The large, leather-bound journal, embossed H.C. French, contains typed single-space pages detailing Hubert French’s 1923 investigation...
Bill Milliken’s FJ40 Road Trip Across Space…and Time
I knew that crossing the country in a vintage Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser would be an adventure. I owned one when I studied at Colorado...