Where wood meets magnificence: Chrysler’s Town and Country nameplate turns 75

Posted on Mar 17, 2021 in Featured | 2 comments

1947 Chrysler Town and Country. Appropriately, and unlike pretty much every other car, one of the most celebrated nameplates in Chrysler’s history, the Town and Country, originated not with a sketch or a design brief, but with a name that eventually became a car. That nameplate has also proved one of Chrysler’s most versatile and longest lasting, with its 75th...

An Unexpected Japanese Classic: The Honda Mobilio

Posted on Mar 16, 2021 in Editorials | 1 comment

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. The Town & Country I worked so hard to import into Japan was supposed to be my wife’s. I had planned to buy whatever I wanted and, although I hadn’t quite decided on what that was going to be, classic Japanese iron was on my mind. The second-generation Toyota Soarer and the ’90s-era Toyota Celica GT-Four were leading...

Audi S4 Goes for Joy Ride: Would It Bother You?

Posted on Mar 15, 2021 in Safety | Comments Off on Audi S4 Goes for Joy Ride: Would It Bother You?

Remember the joyride scene in the 1963 Ferrari California Spyder from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”? In the movie, a valet takes the classic Ferrari for an afternoon spin but has the car back in the garage before anyone notices it’s gone. The scene was a lesson in how to properly take a car that isn’t yours for the ride of your life. Doing so in real life is...

A Time of Death and Heroes

Posted on Mar 11, 2021 in Antique | Comments Off on A Time of Death and Heroes

Race cars are neither beautiful nor ugly. They become beautiful when they win. – Enzo Ferrari It was Henry Ford who said that “Auto Racing began 5 minutes after the second car was built,” and since the very late 1800’s we have been in awe of the brave and somewhat crazy men who risk their lives for competition. Motorsport of today is a multi-national, big money...