Review and Road Trip: 1998 Lexus LS400 – The South and President Clinton’s Library
I came to admire a car I didn’t like.
Category: History, Attractions, Museums
Drug Dealers, Garages, and Pablo Escobar’s Car Collection
Drug dealers have nice cars. Unfortunately for them, they die too soon to enjoy it.
60 Minutes Drives The 1987 Countach
In April 1987, Morley Safer visited Sant Agata Bolognese, Italy to experience the Countach.
Three awful cars!
It was a dark time for auto enthusiasts, and its easy to see how the Big Three handed over half the US market to Japan and Germany.
Love car brochures? Here’s a web collection going back 100 years
An American car enthusiast in Norway has scanned and shared his entire collection of brochures and ads going back to 1900.
See The USA In A Chevrolet – Using Patriotism to Sell Cars
GM calls on the cast of Glee to sell Volts and Cruzes, recalling Campbell-Ewald’s 1952 ad campaign. Despite market share below 20%, GM insists that “Chevy runs deep.”
Highway Memorabilia for Auction
An auction in Post Falls, Idaho features hundreds of pieces of memorabilia including gas pumps, scooters, gas signs, oil signs, tires, oil drums, road signs, and more. Could be a great way to decorate a garage or man cave.
Betty White: National Treasure, Cadillac Enthusiast
The Gen-Y crowd pulled their collective head out of Dane Cook’s ass and rediscovered this gem of a comic actress, petitioning her on Facebook to host Saturday Night Live, a performance that earned her an Emmy. And she happens to love Cadillac Sevilles.
50 MPG, Spokane to Portland, 1992 Honda Civic Hatchback
In 2005 I took my dad’s 1992 Civic hatchback through rural Washington to Portland and Multnomah Falls. Six years later, I regret not buying the car for myself.
SPRING BREAK! In Detroit?
I’m not entirely sure what kind of person packs their bags for spring break and heads to Detroit. Most people align their sense of adventure with beaches, sunshine, and scenery. I, however, felt compelled to see America’s fastest-shrinking city. While there, I drove Woodward at night, visited the Chrysler Museum, saw the Ford Rouge factory where they build the F-150, and enjoyed a coney at Lafeyette’s.