My Car Quest

February 28, 2025

Editorial: Are We Going to See the Get-it-While-it-Lasts Car Sales?

by Wallace Wyss - Now that I've seen the publicity around the Ferrari Purosangue SUV, extolling the fact it has a V12, and other stories in car magazines about "the last internal combustion engine from so-and-so" I am wondering, are we going … [Read more...]

Driving an Oldie but Goodie From Your Past

by Wallace Wyss - I drop in every year on a route 66 celebration--an annual display and slow cruise to show hot rods, and mild to wild customs celebrating Route 66--an old highway that took travelers West before the interstates. I actually … [Read more...]

Chrysler’s Anti-Cobra: The Ghia 450SS

From the My Car Quest Way Back Machine - December 2016... by Wallace Wyss - Well, on paper the Ghia 450SS was the same idea—you take a shop over in Europe and you ship them an American V8 engine and transmission and stuff it into a chassis … [Read more...]

The Royal Hearses Fit for a Queen

by Wallace Wyss - I was a bit surprised to see the Royal hearse carrying the Queen of England's coffin was a Mercedes. The Mercedes-Benz E-Class hearse which carried Queen Elizabeth’s coffin from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh in Scotland was … [Read more...]

Design Critique: 2023 Ferrari Purosangue

by Wallace Wyss - Finally Ferrari has an SUV, although they may not call it an SUV. Will this Ferrari be able to compete with Lamborghini, Aston Martin and Bentley? Only time will tell. Design Critique SIDE Fairly clean with inset side … [Read more...]

Editorial: A Low Key Club Succeeds With Two Quietly Owned Marques

by Wallace Wyss - I think one of the most extraordinary phenomena of postwar car collecting is the unbelievable price rise of Iso and Bizzarrini cars, two once obscure short-lived marques. I remember in the early '70s, steel bodied … [Read more...]