1982 AMC Eagle Station Wagon

Posted on May 25, 2019 in Editorials | 2 comments

I live in Colorado, where the AMC Eagle sold as well in the 1980s as the Subaru Outback does now, and so I see the all-wheel-drive versions of the American Motors Concord and Spirit everywhere here. This means they show up in Denver-area self-service wrecking yards like clockwork, and I photograph them when they do (and I walk right by most air-cooled Beetles,...

All Tires Should Self-Inflate

Posted on May 25, 2019 in Safety | 5 comments

Ever since the advent of tire pressure monitoring systems, I’ve thought tires should have the capability of self-inflating. If the car can know when the pressure is low and then alert the driver, it should be able to activate a system to re-inflate while driving, too. That bothers me every time the TPMS light illuminates on my dash, because it means I have to...

Infiniti Q60 Concept by X-Tomi Design

Posted on May 25, 2019 in Concept | Comments Off on Infiniti Q60 Concept by X-Tomi Design

I had a hunch a couple of months ago when I first heard about the Infiniti Q60 Concept, that the model would be a total blast in the near future, and the proof is not far away. The concept has been rumored, rendered many times and recently revealed in some gorgeous official images. But now, the famous designer X-Tomi Design could not stay away and signed the...

Strange Brew – The Cars of Buch-t

Posted on May 19, 2019 in Antique | Comments Off on Strange Brew – The Cars of Buch-t

Of course life is bizzare, the more bizzare it gets, the more interesting it is – David Gerrold This week, while perusing through the usual car sites, I came across a Wikipedia Commons page that astounded me. The page was created by a user named Buch-t, and includes hundreds of photographs of cars from museums and events in Germany. The amazing part is that I...

Prewar Motoring – Driving a 1935 La Salle through D.C. traffic

Posted on May 4, 2019 in Featured | 2 comments

Randy Denchfield’s 1935 La Salle Convertible Coupe. This past May, while driving up to New York City to visit my family, I made a detour to the Washington D.C. area to photograph this lovely 1935 La Salle Convertible Coupe for my forthcoming Cadillac book. Owned by Cadillac collector Randy Denchfield, it’s one of two ’35 La Salles in his collection, and without...