Russo and Steele announced they are forming a partnership to explore establishing their name and automobile auctions in China. Chase the money bunny overseas to the most explosive market, since America came online with the industrial revolution, sounds like smart … Continued
By now, you’ve probably heard confirmation the rumors are true, VW plans to buy every automaker on earth except for Opel and Saturn. Ouch. It’s interesting to see the posturing going on with VW. They buy the 20ish percent stake … Continued
Distraction has been the theme for me the last week and here’s why, I bought another car. It’s nothing special unless you love Barney, bastardized originals or projects. This is all three. I couldn’t resist the opportunity to own something … Continued
When people talk about improving the eco-footprint of a vehicle, we automatically tend to imagine novel engine technology, solar power, and so forth. But that’s ignoring one vital component that really can make a difference: the tires. Yokohama’s new tire … Continued
You may have noticed a slightly different take on the automotive world the last few posts. That’s because we have welcomed another writer to our wall-o-auto, MaseD. Welcome MaseD We look forward to hearing more from you!
Last year this time I was invited as a quest of the North Bay Cobra Club to visit Bill DenBeste’s collection located just north of Santa Rosa in the North Bay. The journey took us two plus hours from SF’s … Continued
I went zip lining with a die-hard Detroiter in the auto biz last weekend in Vegas baby. That means we talked cars. A lot. First, it was our friend’s Ford F-150 that we drove to the zip line location. If … Continued
The video below we saw on World Car Fans reminded me of the famous art cars introduced by Hervé Poulain. 16 of them were produced in all. Since the subject here is M1, I picked out Warhol’s M1. Whether the … Continued
The daily blog will take a break for the holiday weekend as we enjoy turkey, mash potatoes, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, stuffing, wine, cheese, nuts, chips, beer, sausage, pizza, pork chops, sushi, chinese orange chicken, turducken, pad thai, sourdough, ice … Continued