While there are many great cars in the world, only one can hold the title of the greatest WUTmobile.
Read More2022 Recap & Resolutions
A somewhat brief overview of what happened in my 2022 and some plans for the upcoming year.
Read MoreIn Memoriam: Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car Magazine (2005–2017)
Yesterday evening I arrived home to find my final issue of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Cars waiting for me on my kitchen counter. That issue was different, both in the fact that it was wrapped in plastic protection, and that it contained a letter announcing it would be the ultimate issue. My favorite esoteric magazine had been the latest casualty in the ongoing war of print vs. digital.
Read MoreMeet the Month: May the Anonymous Ford GT Be with You.
This little red riding Ford, appearing through the mist at last year's Caffeine & Carburetors in Waveny Park, is May's featured car for the 2016 Bearded Best calendar.
Read MoreMeet the Month: Santo's Ubiquitous '555' Is Our Number One Alfa for April.
It gives me great pleasure to introduce this month's cover car. Not only is it from an event that I recommend to anyone on planet Earth, the Lime Rock Historics, but Santo Spadaro is a name that should ring a bell in more than a few automotive households.
Read MoreMeet the Month: March Madness with Tony's Mopar.
I first saw March's car a few years ago in early 2014 at a Cars & Croissants in Berkley Heights, NJ. Since then, Tony Esteban's 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8 "Sinister" has been a staple at key C&Cs, as well as a usual suspect at his own gathering of pals, the Wednesday night North Jersey Mopar meet. Sinister has evolved over the years and is in the operating room as we speak. Please take a moment to get to know a little more about Tony and his SRT, and make sure to say hello at the next C&C you see him at.
Read MoreMeet the Month: George's Jag Pounces Ferociously on February.
We are already 1/12 of the way complete with 2016 and it's that time where the month's cover car is introduced by its proud owner. February showcases the 1968 Jaguar E-Type of George Sweeper, who's owned this Series 1.5 OTS (open two-seater) for just about 45 years. That's a mechanical companionship that not many of us can brag about and George shares his with such humbleness. Please enjoy the following Q&A regarding his relationship with one special Jag.
Read MoreSpots of Color on an Otherwise Grayscale Horizon.
Winter.
I have no use for this season. I don't ski. I don't snowboard. And there is no longer the need for the $15 I made from shoveling my elderly neighbor's driveway. The bitter cold doesn't excite me. My car doesn't look better on winter wheels and snow tires. Worst of all, there are minimal car shows. The colorless frontier spells perennial depression for some, while turning others into seasonal hermits.
Read MoreMeet the Month: January and Ian's Tesla Roadster.
Please take a moment to allow January's cover car, a 2011 Tesla Roadster, to be introduced by its proud owner.
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Read MoreThe Golf R: VW's Hottest Hatch.
R. Generally a letter applied to modern Volkswagens in the form of sportier lower valences, flat-bottomed steering wheels and some version of their 'Mallory' alloy wheels. But when it follows the word Golf or is prefixed to the number 32, it is much, much more than that.
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