The author, Wallace Wyss, tells me he used to think "What good are Bob Cumberford's design critiques on cars made decades ago if it's too late for the automaker to change the design?" Then he had an epiphany of sorts and realized that people want to … [Read more...]
Opinion: Autonomous Cars May Be Here Sooner Than I Thought
December 29, 2024 By 2 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I know it's a 180-degree turn for me, who has written before that autonomous cars are not safe yet, there's bodies in the road to put it brutally. But now that I read headlines like "Trump Administration Could Ease … [Read more...]
Tesla vs The Detroit Way
December 27, 2024 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - I see a lot of Teslas. Having grown up in Detroit and worked in marketing new cars I thought I knew How It Should be Done. But as I see Teslas, I see here is a guy (Elon Musk) breaking all the rules. For instance: - … [Read more...]
A Life Following Carroll Shelby – Interview With Wallace Wyss
December 21, 2024 By 7 Comments
Most of us Ford fans have a shelf full of books on Shelbys and Cobras, but rarely do we hear how these books came about, what actually inspired them to be written in the first place. In this case, we were able to hear straight from the horse’s … [Read more...]
Editorial: The Fire Next Time
December 11, 2024 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - As I write this once again Malibu is burning. I find from knowing residents there, it is a stimulating place what with the sea and mountains and show biz folks but it is prone to fires when the Santa Ana winds--with gusts up … [Read more...]
Is Jaguar Lost?
November 25, 2024 By 15 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - It had such a great tradition. Started by Sir William Lyons before the war and the great XK120 came after the war. The C-type, the D-type and the victories at LeMans. For a while it was the most stylish import on the … [Read more...]
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