by Wallace Wyss - Ferrari has cut the roof off its hybrid SF90. So now they have an open air car that can run on all electric if need be (albeit for a mere 15 miles). Ferrari also noted that the car can be equipped with the “Assetto Fiorano” pack … [Read more...]
A Homage Concept Car Is Respected In and of Itself – The BMW Z8
November 27, 2020 By Leave a Comment
by Wallace Wyss - Sometimes it all depends on a person with a strong mind. In this case, when BMW wanted to make a dream car to honor the old 507 two seater from the Fifties, a BMW executive thought "Why stop at a concept?" And so it was; the … [Read more...]
There Will Always Be An England – Right?
November 22, 2020 By 5 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I used to love that saying, particularly when thinking of how, with stiff upper lips and eyes to the sky, they withstood the Blitz during WWII. But now that the Prime Minister has announced no internal combustion cars will … [Read more...]
Business: Tesla Steams Full Speed Ahead…
November 19, 2020 By 6 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - It is to laugh, if I didn't have reasons to cry. I'm talking 'bout the Detroit Big Three and their abject failure to match Elon Musk as he built Tesla into the world's leading electric car maker. I grew up in Detroit … [Read more...]
The Malibu Car Show Is Still Going Strong
November 16, 2020 By 1 Comment
At least as of November 15... by Wallace Wyss - I wish I could report from Concorso Italiano, Pebble Beach etc. But no, this is a parking lot report. The New Normal. But the parking lot is in a shopping center in Malibu, with the closest … [Read more...]
The 1964 Ford GT40: The Auspicious Beginning of a Champion
November 11, 2020 By 1 Comment
Frequent contributor Wallace Wyss wrote to me "Ford has generously posted some pictures on the net of clay models of GT40s so I wanted to write about the trials and tribulations of the first year of the GT40. They show how laughably naive Ford was … [Read more...]
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