It is commonly thought that Americans invented drag racing, and in Britain that there were a few people who thought that was an absolutely spiffing idea so they adopted the American idea and re-created drag racing…
Back in the post war days of the fifties and sixties the British decided that the American idea of “badge engineering” would be a good way to keep all the traditional British marques current whilst keeping…
When the group of Liverpool lads who called themselves “The Beatles” discovered that their little ditties like “Love, Love Me Do” and “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” caused young ladies to explode in fits of screaming…
In recent years there has been a quiet upsurge in people who tend to reject the new products of the automotive industry for their soulless sameness and complete lack of tinkerability. We live in an era…
(This was our November post for Hagerty. You can see the original post on Hagerty’s website if you click here). The Lancia Artena entered production in 1931 whilst the effects of the Great Depression were still…
Essex automobiles were created by Hudson Motor Company of Detroit beginning 1918 through to 1933, after which they became Essex Terraplane, a car made famous because one was owned and driven by aviatrix Amelia Earhart and…
