by Wallace Wyss - General Motors trusts its designers. But there are those rare moments when higher management says "Why don't we try someone else with this new design?" When that happens there is a lot of resentment back at the GM Design Center … [Read more...]
A Connoisseur’s Monterey Car Week – 2017
August 13, 2020 By 19 Comments
Wherein a motoring scribe describes four days in the motoring paradise that is Monterey Car Week. Thursday of Monterey Car Week is the day of the Tour d'Elegance where many of the cars scheduled to be on display at the Pebbie Beach Concours … [Read more...]
Malibu Car Show Comings and Goings
August 11, 2020 By 4 Comments
Yes, we hear (some of) you asking how many times can you cover the same event? The answer is: "as long as the event keeps rotating which cars and people appear, contributor Wallace Wyss will cover it." In the absence of formal organized car … [Read more...]
Editorial: The Pros and Cons of Retro Styled Cars
August 10, 2020 By 7 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - At first glance you think "well, why not--that old design had a lot of fans." Or you can come up with an all new shape, spend $100 million, and it's a dud. I could mention the Mercury Mercur but I might well as mention all … [Read more...]
Malibu Car Show Redux
August 8, 2020 By Leave a Comment
This time there were two Malibu Car Shows... by Wallace Wyss - Photographs by Richard Bartholomew - As a brush fire sent a five mile column of smoke skyward 40 miles East of Los Angeles, up in Malibu the car people came again, enjoying … [Read more...]
Monterey Car Week – One Man’s Story From 2016
August 5, 2020 By Leave a Comment
With the many car events canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic we will not see the car action we are accustomed to at this time of year. Today we reach back into the My Car Quest archives and re-post this summary of Monterey Car Week from 2016 to … [Read more...]
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