2012 HONDA CROSSTOUR
ONE OF my reasons for buying a 2012 Honda Crosstour was to preserve the hair on the top of my head. In fact, I’ve driven more than a thousand cars … Continue reading
54.5 MPG AND THE MISINFORMED
THE FEDS have announced that Corporate Average Fuel Economy for cars and light trucks in Model Year 2025 will be 54.5 mpg. However, whenever politics meets technology, guess which wins? … Continue reading
WHA’CHA CALL IT?
GROWING UP in Cleveland, Ohio, I knew that strip between the sidewalk and the street as the “tree lawn.” Eventually, I came to learn it had different names in different … Continue reading
CECIL B. DEMILLE—AVIATOR
THE NAME Cecil B. DeMille conjures up thoughts of Hollywood epics, not to say the classic film set comment, “Any time you’re ready, C.B.” Or, if you’re into old time … Continue reading
PREPOSITION ALERT
WE OF a certain age have been taught by Mrs. Grimbly not to end a sentence with a preposition, such as “Who are you going with?” Winston Churchill famously (though … Continue reading
HOLMES IN JAPAN
THE NEAREST that Sherlock Holmes ever got to Japan was his hiatus in Tibet, but this didn’t keep him from becoming one of Japan’s most popular folk heroes. Watson’s first … Continue reading
DON’T DIS THE I.C. ENGINE!
CONVENTIONAL ENGINES of the internal combustion variety aren’t going away any time soon. These powerplants are getting cleaner, more efficient—and they’ll hold a cost advantage over those of hybrid electric … Continue reading
THE GENERAL GAMBOLS
THIS PHOTO of U.S.A.F. Gen. Curtis LeMay originally appeared in the January 1960 issue of Road & Track. A comment was added, “We’d humbly suggest that the general should fasten … Continue reading
ENERGY ECONOMICS: ALUMINUM AND ICELAND
WHY EVER should Iceland, perched at the confluence of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, have a viable business of producing aluminum, even importing the ore all the way from … Continue reading
THE DELLOW SPORTS CAR
THE DELLOW sports car is so English, it makes one’s teeth ache. Built between 1949 and 1956 in tiny numbers (perhaps 300 total), it was designed for the uniquely British … Continue reading
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