ROB’S NEW MOON
ROB WALKER, rest his soul, was a grand prix team owner and a contributing editor of Road & Track (he called Dottie Clendenin his “editoress”). Because people may ask, I … Continue reading
HYDROGEN I.C., PART 2: MAZDA
MY FIRST hydrogen internal-combustion drive came in 1994 when Mazda invited me to Vancouver, B.C., to experience a special Miata. This one had an RX-7 rotary engine fueled by H2. … Continue reading
NORMAN GRANZ—JAZZ IMPRESARIO, CAR NUT
BACK 60 years ago, jazz was a big deal. Musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Dave Brubeck made the cover of Time magazine. And, in no small part … Continue reading
THE ENGLISH MOTORWAY, 1959
WE THINK of freeways, expressways, motorways, autobahns, autoroutes and autostradas as ubiquitous. And, in fact, in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, France and Italy, respectively, these high-speed limited-access highways are … Continue reading
HONDA ARGENTO VIVO BY PININFARINA
LET US celebrate the memory of Sergio Pininfarina, who died earlier this year at age 85, with one of the less familiar cars of his Italian design house, the 1995 … Continue reading
NOT YOUR AVERAGE AUTO EXEC
THE MARQUIS Jules Félix Philippe Albert de Dion was instrumental in founding the De Dion-Bouton automobile company in 1883. His name is forever attached to a particular bit of suspension … 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
CLARK GABLE, CAR ENTHUSIAST EXTRAORDINAIRE
THE GOODING & Company auction this Sunday, August 19, features a car immensely rich in wonderful tales, a fabulous 1935 Duesenberg Model JN Convertible Coupe. Not just any JN Convertible … Continue reading
1990 MAZDA MX-5 MIATA
I HADN’T THOUGHT of the Miata as a “Classic Bit” until I unearthed a photo from its Japanese introduction. (If it’s not a classic photo of the car, it certainly … Continue reading
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