In my garage, as in yours, there is no shortage of things on which to spend money. To haphazardly throw money at broken things is a fool’s errand, though. So before I allow cash to slip from my wallet ...
Pour one out for another great engine: Volkswagen has built the final VR6. “After 34 years and nearly 1.87 million units produced, the iconic VR6 engine says farewell,” Andreas G. Schleith, a ...
In April of 1987, CBS dedicated a segment on 60 Minutes to the Lamborghini Countach. Broadcaster Morley Safer went to Italy, toured the factory in Sant’Agata Bolognese, and rode shotgun with test ...
Too long for its garage, the 1964 Buick Wildcat always slept with its tail in the wind. In truth, this was lucky, because the ocean-view 1930s estate in Montecito, California, otherwise treated the ...
Jean Jennings, the pioneering automotive writer for Car and Driver and Automobile magazines, died today. She was a friend of long standing. My recollection of our first meeting remains vivid. Let me ...
Sanjeev (I kid, I kid!), I was recently given a 186,000-mile 1997 Dodge Ram 1500 with a 5.9-liter Magnum V-8. Its transmission is slipping a little when reverse is engaged. The ATF is low, though it ...
Dan Gurney’s name permeates the history of American motorsports like perhaps none other. The smiling, blonde-haired hero who traded paint in machinery of all types and took checkered flags the world ...
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Some cars, to folks of a certain age who remember them, disappear off the radar: Datsun B210s, Ford Elites, Chevrolet Monzas, Plymouth Caravelles. But once in a while, one will pop up, and I’ll ...
This story first appeared in the November/December 2024 issue of Hagerty Drivers Club magazine. Join the club to receive our award-winning magazine and enjoy insider access to automotive events, ...
Jeff Frahm bought new and kept a 1985-1/2 SVO Mustang, 1990 Taurus SHO, and 2002 SVT Focus. Courtesy Jeff Frahm Jeff Frahm calls his 2015 Mustang EcoBoost, which uses a turbocharged 2.3-liter inline ...
My 1968 International Harvester Travelall. Mini for scale. Jamie Kitman With all the happy talk around Volkswagen’s new Scout brand of late, it seems a good time to revisit Scout’s progenitor, ...