by David Lawrence - California fine artist Wallace Wyss (name rhymes with "reese") is a Ferrari aficionado pedal-to-the-middle (has owned two). In choosing which ones to depict in his paintings, he is drawn most to the '50s and '60s … [Read more...]
Design Critique – Bentley Batur
December 9, 2022 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - While design of an economy car is critical to its success, I think at the other end of the scale, it's much more entertaining. When you're talking say $2,000,000 per car, that can give a designer a lot of latitude in which way … [Read more...]
Design: Is The 2023 Nissan Z Too Retro?
December 4, 2022 By 6 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I am a big fan of retro. I like it when an all new design takes something from the models' history and incorporates it. Say the Bentley Continental S/C--it had a Sedanca de Ville roof that was like Bentleys of 50 years … [Read more...]
This New Electric Car Looks Just Like a ’67 Mustang
November 30, 2022 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - The '67 Mustang is a nice design nostalgically but is it worth tooling up for a 2023 car? Some Brits think so and at the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show Charge Cars showed their prototype called the '67 (notably not mentioning the … [Read more...]
The Importance of Being Nostalgic
November 27, 2022 By 5 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I happened to see in a recent issue of Motorsport, a fine British vintage car magazine, an ad for The Goodwood Revival 2022. The ad caught my eye because it was in black and white (or perhaps that brownish alternative that … [Read more...]
Editorial: The Multi-Car Collector
November 17, 2022 By 8 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - By now everybody in the car collecting field knows Jay Leno, with over 160 cars in his garage (airplane hanger) had an accident when his 1907 White had a flash fire showering his face and arms with gasoline. A spark was emitted … [Read more...]
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