by Wallace Wyss - It was nothing like the 100 or so Ferraris I saw the day after attending a cruise-in cars-and-coffee at the art deco-restyled Petersen museum but I gotta admit that the Teslas I saw at the Zimmerman Museum in El Segundo, CA the … [Read more...]
Editorial: One Black Cloud on the Horizon of the Old Car Hobby
February 27, 2022 By 4 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I ran across it in one of the editor's columns in a British car magazine. I can't remember the magazine but the editor's complaint was that he couldn't drive his old collector car where he is used to driving because it wasn't … [Read more...]
Editorial: A Shotgun Marriage Proposal
February 15, 2022 By 5 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - For you newcomers (born after 2000) you might not know the old American phrase "shotgun marriage." That's when a young man has been instrumental in creating an offspring but it so happens he's not the marrying kind. That's when … [Read more...]
Design Critique: The Murray T.50
February 10, 2022 By 9 Comments
A V-12–powered, $3 million three-seat hypercar that echoes the glories of its predecessor. by Wallace Wyss - So here you have Gordon Murray, a successful designer whose McLaren F1, was once the belle of the ball in race inspired street … [Read more...]
Design Critique: 2022 Kia EV6
February 3, 2022 By 7 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Used to be, SUVs were ugly except maybe the Range Rover. But the newest Korean EV from Kia is really bringing some new design cues to the SUV making it interesting... for an EV. Here's my scoresheet: FRONT A little … [Read more...]
Do We Need a Yoke Instead of a Steering Wheel?
January 26, 2022 By 21 Comments
Or do we want a yoke? by Wallace Wyss - I am in the throes of writing a book on Elon Musk tentatively entitled How Tesla killed Detroit. One thing I am going to say in the book is that Elon Musk does just about whatever he wants to … [Read more...]
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