Jan 5, 2022
Remembrance From Andrew Franl; In Kevin Kalkhoven, motor racing lost one of its giants, family Frankl lost a great personal friend. Only a couple of years ago we were skiing together with his lovely wife Kimm in California’s Northstar resort where his family lived. ... Continue reading
Kelley Blue Book Helps Car Shoppers Navigate Electric Car Tax Credits
Apr 22, 2021
Electric cars undoubtedly are the wave of the future, and growth in the segment is on quite an upward trajectory. According to data from Cox Automotive, electrified vehicles accounted for 7.8% of the total Q1 2021 sales, up from 4.8% in the same period last year. ... Continue reading
Italian Super-car Road-trip - A Lamborghini Huracán Delight
Apr 7, 2021
I was greeted by the awesome matte pearlescent white spyder V10, waiting for me next to the dark glass walled reception, intimidating and inviting all at once. Before I could retrieve the black key fob with its proudly engraved bull, I immediately ran into my old dear friend and automotive legend Antonio Gini, who up u ... Continue reading
When They Were New Back Story: 1998 Honda Prelude Type SH and 1998 Acura NSX
Jan 23, 2021
If the letters VTEC and NSX make up part of your vocabulary then you might want to add some more abbreviations to your petrol-head dictionary - ATTS and Type SH. They belong to the new 220 Bhp, 150mph Prelude. That's the good news, in fact just the start of it. The bad news is that Honda UK have imported only two cars, ... Continue reading
Five Days of Heaven - Lamborghini Huracan Performante Spyder Meets Big Brother Avantador S
Jul 3, 2020
No other manufacturer builds this car anymore on this scale, with reliability, global dealers and relative affordability. I’ve never owned a Lamborghini but if I did it would be V12. I can imagine the ownership experience is vastly different from Ferrari and Aston Martin: it’s still the most radical ‘old school b ... Continue reading
TACH Automotive News Library Indexed By Single Topics (1993-2023)
May 23, 2020
Single Topic Automotive Content Index ... Continue reading
Best of the Best – The Frankl Family Tests Lamborghini’s Finest
Oct 14, 2019
Hail the SVJ (the J is for Jota) and what a difference this “J” makes to the world’s best super sports car. Already in a class of its own - which other racing chariot is equipped with such a glorious normally aspirated V12, is mid-engined and under €500,000? Launched in 2009 with a unique and very stiff Boeing ... Continue reading
Formula E Hits The Streets Of Monaco And F1 Snores In Spain +VIDEO
May 24, 2019
By Nicholas Frankl Senior Editor and Motorsports Correspondent THE AUTO CHANNEL. OK – I’ll say it – I’m impressed. I know, you won’t believe an ‘old’ petrol head like me who has, since the birth of the electric race series, been a ‘non-believer,’ but I’m impressed. ... Continue reading
F1 - 1000th Race, Nicholas Frankl Shares Memories
Apr 29, 2019
I don’t recall much of my first F1 championship race. It was May 1971, Monaco (where else you, might say) and I was traveling with my yet-to-be-discovered twin sister, Annabelle, who was still ‘cooking’ beside me inside our mother, June. ... Continue reading
2015 Car Reviews, 2015 Truck Reviews
Dec 30, 2018
2015 Car Reviews; 2015 Truck reviews, When They Were New Prices ... Continue reading
A Bahrain Night to Remember- F1 Report From Nicholas Frankl
Apr 12, 2018
Get the inside scoop on the race and personalities in the desert. Candid thoughts, opinions and suggestions from the movers and shakers of f1 racing worldwide. ... Continue reading
Lewis Hamilton Seals The Deal In Mexico
Nov 12, 2017
F1 is on a roll and Lewis Hamilton is driving it! Arriving in Mexico City I was immediately immersed into this discombobulated and congested ‘traffic’ chaos. And I’m not talking mainstream Los Angeles 405 or New Jersey tunnel rush hour mess, I’m talking seriously unhinged mayhem a la Bangkok / Hanoi / Bali! Sin ... Continue reading
Austin’s Epic F1 Weekend With Nicholas Frankl
Oct 26, 2017
F1 sporting boss Ross Brawn: "I'm proud of how the weekend in Austin went. We are doing small things to improve the show and what we did on Sunday worked well, even though you wouldn't do that everywhere. But what is particularly pleasing is that the teams are now seeing what direction we're moving in with Formula 1." ... Continue reading
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