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Fighting Above Your Weight Class: The Bantam American
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[singlepic id=3505 w=720 float=center] Bantam originated north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and this producer of small cars is almost unknown in the automotive world. The automaker started by selling copies of British Austin Sevens, but they would go on to be better remembered as the original creator of the World War II Jeep. [Images: wikipedia.org]
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March 14th: Steak and Chevy LUV Day
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It’s been a month since Valentines Day and it’s our day, men. Time for our ladies and our vehicles to pay us back for all that we did for them on February 14th. What best personifies this fun day for us… why that would be the Chevy LUV of course! [Image: pickuptrucks.com]
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Lotus Acquired by Chinese Firm, Undergoes Name Change
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In an unprecedented move, Malaysian auto manufacturer, Proton, has sold Lotus Cars to an unnamed Chinese investment firm. The move comes after intense pressure on Proton from numerous Asian investment firms to sell the brand to someone else given Lotus’s less-than stellar performance over the past 16 years under Proton’s control. The new owner of…
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Two Wheel Tuesday: Clutchless Biking for the Masses
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Meeting the nicest people on a Honda only works as long they know how to shift. With this in mind Honda attempted to bring more people into the motorcycle fold by offering them a slushbox on two wheels. [Image: motorcycleclassics.com]
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Defining the Minivan
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On a day when we usually look wagons, we will take a quick look a minivans. In 1984 there was only one definition for what a minivan should be, these being the Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager twins. While these two vehicles have continued to stay the course and remain the true to their original form, although…
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Two wheeled Tuesday – Your first two wheel love
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As the winter rolls on it’s time to start thinking about spending time on two wheels. The story of a person’s first experience buying a motorcycle can be just as informative as their first car. Your first motorcycle can speak volumes about your personality or it could have been strictly for cost. My first motorcycle back…
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Fastback Friday: The Fox Body Mustang
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After the need for the Mustang II was over Ford went back to the drawing board to bring the Mustang back to it’s roots. It was time to move the Mustang out of the Seventies and head towards the next decade. No one at Ford could have predicted the chassis would last in production…
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Falling in Love, with a Cobra
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I was at a race at the legendary Road America, in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin and came across this picture perfect moment. If you’ve ever been to this historic four mile track, you’ll know that there’s also a huge car show, in a way, that takes place while these races are going on. Car nuts flock to…
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1976 Saab 99 EMS: This Isn't Your High School Jock's 9-5
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For whatever reason, the Saab 9-5 was the ride of choice for many jocks and preps at my high school. A friend of mine had a dark blue one that literally blew up on the highway. I’m not ragging on Saabs though, because I actually quite like them, and once worked at a dealership that…
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Review – Fisker Karma
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A Cooler Shade of Green [Editor’s Note – Thomas Bey is a freelance automotive journalist, and a friend. He had the chance to come out to California, and drive the Fisker Karma. I tagged along to get the photos, and this review is the result of our time behind the wheel] It wasn’t the elephant…
