If Chrysler (er, Stellantis) can get the Airflow into production soon, they have a winner. by Wallace Wyss - Back in 1934, Chrysler became the first American automaker to incorporate improved aerodynamics into a car, ie. letting aero rule over … [Read more...]
Event: Cobras at the Lyon Air Museum
March 22, 2022 By 5 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - The idea of having a car show at an aircraft museum is a natural but I didn't realize how natural until recently when I went to the third annual Shelby tribute at the Lyon Air Museum in Tustin, in California's Orange … [Read more...]
The Gebruder Beutler And Their Porsches
March 20, 2022 By 2 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Being half-Swiss, I am proud that a Swiss coachbuilder (Gebruder Beutler) was judged reliable enough to build some coachwork for the Porsche 356 cars - the Gebruder Beutler Porsches. Though from the one car I researched … [Read more...]
Ford: An American Contender Reluctantly Enters the EV Arena
March 11, 2022 By 2 Comments
Editors Note: This article is preparation by contributor Wallace Wyss for a book tentatively entitled How Tesla Killed Detroit. Reader comments are welcomed. Mike Gulett by Wallace Wyss - There are a lot of parallels between the first … [Read more...]
Editorial: Marketing – Does Lack of Models Hurt Tesla?
March 9, 2022 By 4 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - At first I puzzled why does Tesla, the world's most successful electric car brand, have so few models? And all the production ones look sorta/kinda the same. Oh, they've showed various prototypes like for the pickup truck … [Read more...]
Polestar Sport Car: Could It Upstage the Tesla Roadster?
March 3, 2022 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - Polestar, the Swedish electric automaker, announced a second prototype. We won't knock that, Tesla has introduced two roadster prototypes and still not produced the production version. Called the Polestar O2, the hardtop … [Read more...]
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