Volkswagen bids farewell to the Beetle in this animated video…..
The Unexpected
We have previously featured collections and museums that are hidden, or that perhaps have surprising content, but we at least went looking for them. We […]
NY IMS 2014
Manhattan, NYC. The Holiday Season. Motorcycles. Not a bad combination. With dates shifted around, the New York show is now in mid December. Manhattan is […]
The Wizards of Weissach
Source :Jalopnik This is the Weissach package of the Porsche 918 887 horsepower 0-62 time of 2.6 seconds (motorcycle territory) 78.4 mpg 6:57 around the […]
Type 14
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia was the dream of designer and builder Wilhelm Karmann. He had built the Volkswagen beetle cabriolet, and wanted to design a unique […]
NYAS 2013
The New York auto show is one of the big three annual auto shows in the country along with Los Angeles and Detroit. At these […]
NYIAS 2012
I am not sure why the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) has the word “International” included. There is no New York Domestic Auto Show, […]
Classic Velocity News April 2012
Ferdinand Porsche 1935-2012 Ferdinand Alexander Porsche died yesterday at age 76, which officially ends another great era for Porsche. F.A., or Butzi, as he was […]
Audi F103
The German automotive landscape of the 1960s was an interesting place to be. It seems as if everyone was almost part of, or owner of […]
Blue Propeller, Red Propeller
So much of the modern auto and motorcycle world evolved from the ashes of WWII, that it was almost like a reset of the industrial […]
NYAS 2011
The New York Auto Show is more often than not an annual trip into Manhattan to spend time in the non-vintage world. 2011 was not […]
NY International Motorcycle Show
The Moto EquinoxJust in time to break up the incessant east coast snowstorms, the New York International Motorcycle Show (NYIMS) took place from January 21st […]
GS Challenger?
It is rare that I am spending any significant time on a new car or motorcycle. Even more rare, if it is not German. However, […]
Auto Revolution 2.0
The turn of the century must indeed be a magical time. So many of the significant events in history seem to have taken place around […]
The Porsche Parts Palace
Porsche North America decided that it needed to add a distribution center in the northeast to complement Atlanta GA, and Ontario CA. Citing good access […]
Small is Big
The annual pilgrimage to either the Philadelphia or New York auto show is always revealing in one way or another. This year we had to […]
A Visit To The Petersen
The Petersen Museum in Los Angeles is a much-celebrated place. It claims to be at the epicenter of the US car culture due to its […]
Lessons on Listening
What with electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, new models, and refreshed models, there seems to be a particularly rich feast of fresh automotive meat available at […]
And now for something a little different..
As you may have already figured out, I like vehicles and manufacturers which tend not to worship at the cookie-cutter temple. This is true even […]
Shouldn’t we be further ahead by now ?
A visit to the Larz Anderson Automotive Museum Being in Boston with a few hours to spare, I went to visit the Larz Anderson Museum. […]