GMC is betting millions on this all electric new-generation Hummer. by Wallace Wyss - Remember 30 plus years ago when Arnold Schwarzenegger saw a convoy of military Humvees and thought that would be a fun car to drive? He bought one and then … [Read more...]
Another Lost Prototype: 1975 Opel GT-W Génève
September 26, 2020 By 10 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I am going out on a limb here and saying if the 1975 Opel GT-W Génève did not have an engine and transmission it was just a rolling mockup, one step up from a clay model, so not a real prototype engineering wise. There's a … [Read more...]
Editorial: Are America’s Big Three Car Makers In Too Much of a Hurry to Go Electric?
September 18, 2020 By 5 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - There is a scene in the movie, The Wizard of Oz where the intrepid Dorothy works her way up to the stage where the Wizard is pontificating and peers behind it and sees a little man with a big microphone. I am wondering, as … [Read more...]
Spyker Is Back!?
August 31, 2020 By 2 Comments
by Mike Gulett - Spyker announced on August 28, 2020 "a far reaching collaboration" between Spyker and Boris Rotenberg, owner of SMP Racing and BR Engineering, his business partner Michail Pessis, co-owner of SMP Racing Monaco as well as owner of … [Read more...]
Pinin Farina’s Missing Cadillacs
August 18, 2020 By 6 Comments
General Motors was having a love affair with Italy in the '50s. These are the love childs...but some were lost in the wilderness... by Wallace Wyss - On occasion you find a one-off special named after the person who is buying it, or maybe … [Read more...]
The Cadillac Allante: Almost a Home Run and Dirt Cheap Now
August 17, 2020 By 15 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - General Motors trusts its designers. But there are those rare moments when higher management says "Why don't we try someone else with this new design?" When that happens there is a lot of resentment back at the GM Design Center … [Read more...]
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