Apr 2, 2001
Every year since its inception 85 years ago, the Indianapolis 500 race has been paced by a standard production car usually driven by a celebrity or automotive personality. Buick, Cadillac, Ford, Lincoln and many more have lead the pack in the opening moments of the event. The purpose, of course, is for the free exposur ... Continue reading
Mar 26, 2001
The auto business encompasses many aspects from research and development to consolidation advertising and marketing. The following tidbits cover many of these eclectic business aspects. ... Continue reading
More Cars We Don't Get To Test
Mar 19, 2001
Periodically we feel compelled to write about certain vehicles we are aren't allowed to road test. Be it for insurance reasons, vehicle availability or just being in a small market, this latest list of rebuffs are particularly painful ... Continue reading
Mar 13, 2001
There's more to the auto business than just the making and selling of cars and trucks. The following are some interesting items that have cropped up in the past few weeks. ... Continue reading
Chevy Corvette Wins At Sebring
Feb 26, 2001
If you heard an unmuffled roar emanating from the throats of Corvette owners and fans all over the country a couple of Sundays ago, it's understandable. The reason for the outburst was because that vaulted marque wound up in the winner's circle at the 2001 running of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series Rolex 24, ... Continue reading
How To Get Your Car Ready For Summer
Feb 26, 2001
Now that I've nearly closed my tool box for good, I don't spend much time in the shop anymore. I go in to my son's repair business for a couple of hours every day, do a little light engine machine work (mostly on my own vintage stuff) in the back room, then go back to the office to write and edit the auto features that ... Continue reading
Collectible Alfa Romeo Spider Roadsters
Feb 19, 2001
Alfa Romeo is a very old and prestigious company. These words were among the first spoken to an old friend who went to work for that Italian auto maker several decades ago as a factory field representative and troubleshooter. The speaker was an old-world Alfa employee who was interviewing my friend for the position. He ... Continue reading
Ford, Chevy, Dodge Trucks Ready For Battle
Feb 19, 2001
The NASCAR season of big-time racing is underway and as it has for the past half-dozen years, the Craftsman Truck series looks to be as hard fought as ever with relatively well-financed teams fielding pickups from Ford, Chevrolet and Dodge. ... Continue reading
Feb 12, 2001
Sometimes events in the auto world affect a great number of people and sometimes they affect just a few. Here's a couple of recent happenings; one that had an impact on a single individual, a couple that involve huge populations and one that involves just you as a TV viewer: ... Continue reading
Need A "Tune-Up"? It May Be Too Late
Feb 5, 2001
In the old days, a customer would come into a repair shop with a vehicle that was sluggish, misfiring, getting poor fuel mileage and/or starting hard and the common request was for a tune-up. This archaic phrase should have been put to rest with eight-track stereos but it persists in being a part of our automotive voca ... Continue reading
An Unheralded Auto Safety Pioneer
Jan 29, 2001
Look deep inside a NASCAR driver's helmet (or any helmet, including the one you use when you're riding your mountain bike) and the chances are better than good that you'll find a sticker that states that it was approved by the Snell Memorial Foundation. The chances are also good that very few riders, skiers, skateboard ... Continue reading
Jan 22, 2001
The auto industry is always making new vehicles it hopes will capture the imaginations of potential buyers. Today's feature lists a few of the current crop of concept cars that may or may not make it off the end of an assembly line ... Continue reading
Jan 15, 2001
There's always something going on in the worldwide auto industry and as technology and innovations roar ahead, sales and marketing trends roar along with them. Here is what's going on in that world now: ... Continue reading
Jan 8, 2001
I recently received a press release from Jaguar outlining a special display of the various roadsters it has offered to the public during its 60-some-odd years in the business. The display is at the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, which runs January 6 to 18 and as far as I can tell, all Jaguar sports cars, past and prese ... Continue reading
Jan 1, 2001
Some weeks ago we did a semi-historical feature on the assorted vehicles that have carried Ford-built engines under their hoods. In all we found around 120 of them; some famous and some very obscure. ... Continue reading
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