Penske May Step Up to the Plate for Saturn

Posted on May 21, 2014 in Racing | Comments Off on Penske May Step Up to the Plate for Saturn

Hard for me to believe, but Roger Penske is 72 (which puts him in my age bracket), and the man is still larger than life in the automotive world. After a career in everything from Formula 1 racing to buying and selling dealerships, “The Captain,” as he is known, is now fishing for Saturn from The General. As we reported, GM has put Saturn on the block, along...

The Car Features Worth Being Thankful For

Posted on May 16, 2014 in Safety | 1 comment

With ESC… My wife and son were in a car accident earlier this week. Thankfully no one was hurt and the car is being taken care of by the friendly folks in car insurance land. But there’s nothing quite like getting a phone call telling you the people you treasure most have been in an accident, and the relief after learning that they’re perfectly OK. It’s a...

Lost and Found overflow – Chevrolet’s overhead-camshaft and hemi-headed big-block V-8s

Posted on May 6, 2014 in Featured | 2 comments

While researching our recent story on the 50th anniversary of the Mark IV big-block Chevrolet V-8, we came across something odd, something we’d never seen before – and it appears not many other people had seen it before either. Two photos in the GM Media database that showed two experimental big-blocks that very well could have set the American high-performance...

To Russia, With Love

Posted on May 4, 2014 in Antique | Comments Off on To Russia, With Love

This week I started to notice a trend happening with Chris on Cars, where every new user lives in Russia. Once I started checking, I realized that more than half of my readers were from Russia. So, I assume that makes me a celebrity there. I am probably as loved as Paul McCartney, or Vladimir Putin, and certainly better looking than either without my shirt on....