My Car Quest

May 8, 2024

Archives for August 2020

Editorial: The Pros and Cons of Retro Styled Cars

by Wallace Wyss - At first glance you think "well, why not--that old design had a lot of fans." Or you can come up with an all new shape, spend $100 million, and it's a dud. I could mention the Mercury Mercur but I might well as mention all … [Read more...]

Malibu Car Show Redux

This time there were two Malibu Car Shows... by Wallace Wyss - Photographs by Richard Bartholomew - As a brush fire sent a five mile column of smoke skyward 40 miles East of Los Angeles, up in Malibu the car people came again, enjoying … [Read more...]

Something New – The Iso Rivolta GTZ by Zagato

by Mike Gulett - Zagato has announced a new car and "the rebirth of the IsoRivolta brand", although the official announcement will not come until October 2020, along with the price. They plan to make only 19 with 9 already sold. The photos … [Read more...]

Monterey Car Week – One Man’s Story From 2016

With the many car events canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic we will not see the car action we are accustomed to at this time of year. Today we reach back into the My Car Quest archives and re-post this summary of Monterey Car Week from 2016 to … [Read more...]

Editorial: A Fresh New Small Idea For A Concours

by Wallace Wyss - The pandemic torpedoed many of the premier concours, but I am glad to see some new ideas are coming along for future ones. Among the ones I applaud is the announcement (I saw it in Larry Edsall's article in Classic Car Journal) … [Read more...]

My Car Quest Wins An Award – Again!

by Mike Gulett - My Car Quest has won an Automotive Heritage Awards Journalism Award - yes this very blog you are reading now - for the second consecutive year! Under the category of Best Heritage Blog or Column for 2020 My Car Quest won the … [Read more...]