My Car Quest

December 23, 2024

Ferrari F80 Design Critique

by Wallace Wyss - High-performance car maker Ferrari supposedly make the most profit of all automakers per vehicle. They have an iron hand on the dealers marketing their cars and thus can enforce who buys them. It appears by the look of the new … [Read more...]

Editorial: Tesla’s Cybercab Needs to go to Uber University

by Wallace Wyss - Elon Musk - the world's most controversial capitalist, would have us believe that buying a robotaxi is like starting your own Uber business. He envisions you own the vehicle and while you are at work, dozens of people will rent … [Read more...]

Opinion: Can We Trust Tesla with Our Future?

We, Robot is the next big thing from Elon Musk's Tesla. It sounds like something Isaac Asimov would write about. by Mike Gulett - In the past I have been a big fan of electric cars and self-driven cars. Yet, lately I have come to doubt … [Read more...]

The Actress And The Wraith: 1956 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith

First published here in June 2018 and still a very good read... by Wallace Wyss - Now there’s celebrity cars, and some people like owning them because at a concours you can drop a line like “Oh, this was the Queen’s…” or “General so-and-so … [Read more...]

Editorial: California a State that is Kind to Cars

by Wallace Wyss - As much as I, a California resident for half a century and more, think about moving to another State with cheaper housing and lower priced gasoline (paying over $4 a gallon now), one thing that keeps me here is the fact that … [Read more...]

The First Production Cobra Photos – AC Shelby Cobra CSX 2001

by Mike Gulett - Below are photos of AC Shelby Cobra CSX 2001 that I was able to take in the owner's garage many years ago. Yes, this is the first production Cobra made, owned by Bruce Meyer. In July 1962 this car was shipped to the dealer … [Read more...]