I’ve been receiving a few submissions for the “Best car I’ve ever owned” series. I haven’t had time to reply yet, or post them on site, but will get to that in due course. Thanks very much to those who have sent stories and pictures in. You’re ace. In the meantime, maybe we can spend a moment considering a pair […]
My post from yesterday – Subjective Question: What’s the best car you’ve ever owned – yielded some absolutely wonderful stories about people and their cars. Your stories spoke of the type of car culture that I worry about losing given the current generation of kids and their preference for smartphones over a set of smart wheels. Thanks so much for
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On paper, the Saab 9-3 Viggen is the best car I’ve ever owned. It’s the one I paid the most money for. It had the most powerful engine, the highest level of equipment, the best interior, the best paint (color and finish) and the highest safety rating. It’s close. Top 3, even. But it’s not the best car I’ve ever
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Given Saab’s new potential (at least in part) Chinese ownership, I’m trying to open my mind to the possibility that the Chinese can be cool, even if it seems like China is on a completely different planet. I’ve seen a few amazing China articles in the last week. This one in particular will absolutely blow your mind: Trendwatching – Made
I was going to write about just one of these films, but then I figured why not turn it into a list? There have been some absolutely brilliant motorsport films in the last few years. Here, in no particular order, are my Top 5 Car Movies. Note: All these films are documentaries. As is pointed out in comments, there are
I haven’t been this excited about a coming motor vehicle for some time, but yesterday’s press release stating that Mazda and Fiat would be combining their resources to produce both the next generation MX-5 and a new Alfa Romeo Spider is music to my ears. Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A. (Fiat) and Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) have signed a non-binding Memorandum
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Last weekend was interesting (for me, at least. Hopefully for you, too): I took my Alfa Romeo GTV6 to Baskerville Raceway for the Club Motori Italia 2012 Regularity event. This was my first event in the GTV6 and the regularity style of competition was the perfect format for what I wanted to do – learn how to drive my car
There was some major auto advertising news yesterday: GM has decided to quit advertising via Facebook. They will still have their various pages on Facebook, but after analysing the results of their significant ad spend, they’ve decided that Facebook ads have little effect on their consumers and they’re going to save their money for use elsewhere. There are two big
My first (and third) car was a Holden Gemini. If you missed that story, the link is your friend. The first Gemini I owned was, shall we say, less masculine than an 18-year-old Australian boy would like. To its credit, it was a rear-wheel-drive car and Geminis could actually be quite fun to drive. BUT….. it was also Baby Blue
I feel like a proud Dad! The guys at the Hemmings group of magazines are long-time Saab fans so it’s no big surprise that I’ve got to know a couple of them over the years. When I wrote about acquiring my Alfa Romeo GTV6 recently, I got an email from Mark McCourt asking if I’d mind if they did a
I like the Jeep Wrangler. In fact, when I first visited my wife’s family in Canada back in 2004, I wanted to move to Vancouver and buy a Jeep. They were everywhere. They’re a cool looking vehicle, styled to look as tough and capable as they’re reputed to be. When Chrysler was poised for closure in the height of the
