Archive for March 19th, 2010


Sale of the week: Collector cars in Florida
Financial Times
But it is the American “muscle cars” of the 1960s and 1970s that are likely to raise the pulses of fortysomething collectors who grew up on TV and movie ...

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Challenger R/T
Waxahachie Daily Light
When it comes to vehicles that get the most attention, American muscle cars by far top the list. If my test vehicle for the week is a muscle ...

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Less Drama in Detroit as Lutz Leaves the Stage
New York Times
Flying the notoriously unreliable military jets of the 1950s, Mr. Lutz said, meant encountering situations “where if you didn't perform in a flawless manner ...

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New York Times

For Families With No Fear of Flying
New York Times
The four-door Panamera takes Porsche, long known for its lithe two-door sports cars, even more deeply into the mainstream of the auto market. ...

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Top ten: Movie chase scenes
Autoblog UK (blog)
Tarantino's ultra-violent tribute to grindhouse cinema is also an extended love letter to the American muscle car's place in movie history. ...

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BNET

iPhones and Android are the Future of the eCar
BNET
The car audio store was to the 1990s what the speed shop was to the 1950s. The car audio scene even had it's equivalent to the quarter mile strip: dB drag ...

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Wired News

6 Cars So Alluring They're in an Art Museum
Wired News
This car blends the classic lines of European sportscars with the futuristic cues popular among American automakers in the 1950s to create a car that still ...

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Classic Rallies (blog)

Fantastic range of cars on offer at Barons, Sandown Park
Classic Rallies (blog)
Two very different cars represent the 1950s. The the strikingly glamourous 1951 Chevrolet Styleline DeLuxe BelAir 2 Door Sedan has undergone a total ...

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ThatsRacin.com

Rex White easily passed test to become a racing champ
ThatsRacin.com
By Tom Higgins - TOM HIGGINS' SCUFFS Rex White readily and laughingly recalls the first race car he ever saw go on a track. "It was in the early 1950s at ...

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National Post

A car can come in handy when you are travelling in parallel worlds
National Post
I'd journey to the fairly recent past, maybe the 1950s or early 1960s, then drive around for a couple of days in a vintage car. I'd drink in the atmosphere, ...

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