The ’55 Bel Air was more than a car, it was a gleaming turning point. For a young Air Force soldier it stood for promise and ...

Horsepower was always a part of Lexy Barlow’s life. Her first taste of it was a thousand pounds, had four legs, and was fueled by hay. From a young age, Lexy was a competitive show jumper at a very ...

Deep in the throes of winter, just about every car person wishes for days of clear roads and warm weather that enable driving and comfortable wrenching. Even those lucky enough to have a garage or ...

Invicta, Minerva, Squire, Marmon and Packard are names that have long since disappeared. But before the Second World War these companies’ Town Cars, Broughams and Phaetons (more words you don’t hear ...

Bob Allen Jr. (left) and his brother-in-law at the 1986 Mopar Nationals. Courtesy Bob Allen Jr. Did your parents have the coolest car on the block when you were a kid? We don’t mean a ’60s station ...

Tell people you write about cars, run a picture car company, and own forty of the infernal wheeled things, and they’ll often inquire, with a smile, “What’s your favorite?” Though not unreasonable, ...

Apparently America doesn’t need the regular long roof BMW 3-Series, nor the mighty M3 version—and certainly not the ultimate CS speedwagon that’s just been offered to the rest of the world. Lighter, ...

There’s much more to Sweden than Ikea, fika, and those neat-looking “moose ahead” signs. The country has given us some of the greatest rally drivers, and it’s this part of Swedish heritage that ...

Last week, we joined Toyota in sunny southern California at a ranch just north of the Mexican border to fix that deficit. We’ve waited a long time to meet the sixth-generation 4Runner (it broke cover ...

This past weekend, the Petersen Automotive Museum and the greater Los Angeles automotive enthusiast community came together for a good cause: relief for those who battled and were affected by the ...

I vividly remember one of the first moments in my journey to becoming the mildly condescending yet somewhat entertaining automotive journalist you see today. It started with an answer that shut down a ...

Diagnosing an engine that isn’t running like it should is a pain. Doing the same procedure on an engine you just rebuilt is downright infuriating. This is one of the few times where we mechanics know ...