by Wallace Wyss - Warning: it's just a concept. But I can say that if the production model is only 12 months away that this must be close to the final production car. I think it is a beautiful advance for Mercedes and has what German automakers … [Read more...]
Mercedes-Benz Vision EQS – An Electric Car With The Looks to Beat Tesla
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Classic Car Design Critique: Iso Grifo
October 15, 2020 By 9 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - When I first became interested in the Iso Grifo nobody knew what they were except for the founders of the Iso & Bizzarrini Owner's Club. So they were dirt cheap, I think about $7,000 in the early '70s for one with some … [Read more...]
Should Clone Cars be Allowed?
October 13, 2020 By 4 Comments
A philosophical question... by Wallace Wyss - Of course they are here, they are called replicas or continuations. Many are not exactly clones. I think they've been around as long as cars have been around--you want a certain car, it's no … [Read more...]
Design Critique: De Tomaso Mangusta
October 6, 2020 By 21 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I remember the first time I saw one, in roughly 1968-'69, before the Pantera was announced, in Michigan outside a car museum, in Hickory Corners. The owner was crawling underneath it to adjust the transmission with Allen … [Read more...]
Concepts That Didn’t Make It: Cadillac Sixteen
October 5, 2020 By 2 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I've been covering the auto industry for, oh, 55 years or so and missed the grand era of the '30s. I saw a picture of the 2003 Cadillac Sixteen concept car recently and realized how much I miss outsize characters like Bob Lutz, … [Read more...]
Where The Cars are the Stars
October 3, 2020 By 3 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Can you imagine Magnum PI being filmed without a red Ferrari? Even though, as MOTORT1 website pointed out recently, it was rather illogical that a p.i. should drive so noticeable a car, in Miami Vice they started out … [Read more...]
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