ON IMAGE
BACK IN the 1980s, one of the late GM divisions—okay, it was Pontiac—asked me to speak on image enhancement. These comments continue to make sense today. To wit: 1. Drive … Continue reading
DAFFY AND THE TESTAROSSA
I WAS looking for something else entirely and uncovered this treasure, examination of which raises several questions. Why celebrate precisely 16 years of service? As it turned out, this occasion … Continue reading
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA
AS I observed back in Road & Track, June 1991, “Partway across the vastness of Delaware, I realized I had made a dreadful mistake.” The idea was simple, if not … Continue reading
HOLMES AND CAR MAGS
THOUGH I wouldn’t call Sherlock Holmes an automotive buff, he has had a non-trivial intersection with car magazines. Here are three examples. In April 1985, Joe Rusz and I traversed … Continue reading
HAVE SOME MADEIRA, M’DEAR
THE ISLAND of Madeira is an autonomous region of Portugal, 323 miles off the African coast, due west of the Straits of Gibraltar. It’s also a great place for driving … Continue reading
CHAUCER’S FUTURE SHOCK
IT’S SAID we live in a time of future shock. And certainly I would agree with this as to our means of communication. Mobile devices, for example, evolve with astounding … Continue reading
ACADEMIC GALA
LET’S CELEBRATE the 150th anniversary of the Morrill Act, the federal statute that created Land Grant institutions of higher learning. Justin Smith Morrill, U.S. Representative, Vermont, introduced the bill as … Continue reading
MILLIKEN M-1 TAKES TO THE (VIRTUAL) AIR
BILL MILLIKEN built and flew his own airplane. Maybe that’s not so remarkable, but he was a college student at the time and the year was 1933. And this is … Continue reading
HE’S GOT A LOT OF BALTS
I WITNESSED history up close on a Saab Baltic Tour. It was May 15-18, 1990, a mere couple weeks after Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania declared their independence from a crumbling … Continue reading
FIA EV RACING GETS AMPED
A CONSORTIUM of international investors, Formula E Holdings Ltd, has gained commercial rights for the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile’s Formula E Championship. Rio de Janeiro is the first city to … Continue reading
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