As you’ll see, throughout both sides of the magazine, this month we recognize and celebrate the 60th anniversary of Mercedes-Benz’s...
Not sure why, but I seem to be having a number of automotive epiphanies lately, as a result of driving...
Alfa Romeo’s return to the American market is great for Alfisti and enthusiasts in general. At the time of this writing, the American automotive media was in the throws of rapture over the long awaited return to these shores of fabled Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo and its exciting new 4C...
I don’t know if it was coincidence or not, but at least a half dozen times—throughout the course of this...
As brought home in living color on your television screen—or sadly perhaps your front room if you live on the...
Conundrums of nomenclature in the automotive world Each month, I end up reading every word—on both sides of the magazine—at least four times or more. It’s enough to make even the most died-in-the-wool enthusiast feel a bit punchy. During one of these seemingly endless read-throughs this month, I found myself...
It’s come to my recent attention that I have an alcohol problem. Truthfully, I had no idea, but apparently, I’ve...
Gentlemen, please put the pens down. Now, place your checkbooks on the table and slowly back away from the podium…no...
Parachute pants, rollerblades and the archetype of the boutique Supercar Not sure what the water cooler talk around your office is like, but in ours it tends to revolve around the obscure minutiae of cars and racing. Things like what driver had, or has, the longest continuous professional career (arguably...
Whether you read about it in Vintage Racecar—or almost any other automotive publication—over the past year, chances are good that...
What if you could change cars as frequently as your wardrobe? Since I’m currently single-handedly underwriting the University of Southern...
Over the course of the past month, a surge of activism has swirled through the American car collecting community. What has triggered this rallying cry to action, you might ask? Preservation? Youth involvement? Nope…taxes. On May 23, the U.S. Department of Commerce posted a request for public comment on “Section...
Last November, in this space, I addressed the hot button issue of where tomorrow’s enthusiasts and collectors will come from....
There may be a cold wind a-coming… There’s nothing worse than a pundit, bragging, “I told you so.” So, I...
There’s an old adage about “the steady march of progress.” The truth, in fact, is that when it comes to technology and innovation, game-changing, massive leaps in progress are highly sporadic. Years or even decades can go by with just small, incremental gains before one key discovery or innovation comes...
You may have read the news piece we posted a week ago about Jaguar’s announcement that their Classic division will...
As you’ll see throughout this month’s magazine, this issue prominently features and highlights the rich, 100-year history of BMW. For...
…I was jumping up and down on the hood, like a chimpanzee in heat I think, like a number of enthusiasts, I started restoring and working on classic cars because I loved the cars, but couldn’t afford a pristine example, so I had to buy an inexpensive beater and do...
After several false starts, the U.S. is finally getting a major classic car exhibition of its own… A little over...
It’s hard to believe it is already January 2013! With the coming of the New Year comes renewed attention and...
Can you hear that sound? It’s me, beginning to climb way out on a limb. Like most enthusiasts, I was anxious to digest the results of this year’s Scottsdale and Amelia Island auctions. For the past 12-24 months, not just the automotive media, but now even the mainstream media, have...
Can a fictional spy save the world…and a car company? I write this column on the eve of Halloween. While...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher Jaguar is apparently a cat with more than six lives to live. Last month is this space,...
As classic car enthusiasts, we live with a foot in two completely different worlds. One foot is firmly placed in the past, with steel and iron and rubber molded into a moving object from a time when computers were science fiction and electricity’s predominant purpose was to light up your...
Do these bellbottoms make my car look fat? Show of hands…how many of you sported a pair of bellbottoms in...
There’s an infectious disease running through the concours community, and it’s not what you think? Whenever we interview people within the hobby, we always ask ‘”How did you get the bug?” The idea being that involvement with classic cars and collecting is a contagious disease that once contracted, can never...
Being ejected from the car…that’s half the appeal! As I’ve mentioned off and on, I’ve found that my automotive tastes...
One of the interesting things about getting older—at least as a car enthusiast—is looking back on all the cars that...
Today, I’m going to confess two of my most deeply held, darkest secrets: 1) For the past two decades, I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time at my local bagel shop; and 2) I’ve never been a fan of the Corvette. I know! I know! It’s not right. How could...