Along came a topless 850: 1967 Fiat 850 Spider brochure

Posted on Oct 24, 2017 in Featured | 2 comments

Fiat created an inexpensive and youthful masterpiece with their new-in-the-USA-for-1967 850 Spider, an open-top sibling to the equally new and pretty 850 Sport Coupe. While the Sport Coupe was styled by Felice and Gian Boano and built in-house at Fiat, the Spider came from the pens and craftsmen at Bertone. Its design was clever, combining the 850 platform’s...

The Littlest Supercar turns 25

Posted on Oct 9, 2017 in Antique | Comments Off on The Littlest Supercar turns 25

“And in the end, it is not the years in your life that count. It is the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln If someone asked me to name the greatest sports car ever made, I am sure my answer would include names like Ferrari, Lamborghini, Alfa Romeo or Jaguar. These were marques with history, pedigree and tradition that instantly evoke a time of motorsports...

Unintended Acceleration’s New Victim: Ford Taurus

Posted on Oct 5, 2017 in Safety | 3 comments

I’ve never been in a car that accelerated on its own. Well, this one time, I was in a Dodge Viperthat leaped to 100 miles per hour faster than I could buckle my seat belt, but I was a passenger. The driver giggled in glee as I tried to hide my panic. Yes, that was an episode of unintended acceleration from my point of view, but not one that would cause any...

Panoz Abruzzi Straddles the Line Between Ugly and Beautiful

Posted on Oct 1, 2017 in Racing | 2 comments

Little-known carmaker Panoz has taken the wraps off its all-new supercar, the company’s first since 2008. Coinciding with Le Mans week in France, American Le Mans Series founder Don Panoz has revealed the new limited-production Abruzzi Spirit of Le Mans road car. We don’t know too much about what’ll power the Abruzzi, other than the car will make 600-plus...