Collecting
They Like the Cars, but Love the Engines
By DAVE WALLACE Jr.
The Slant Six Gathering in the San Francisco Bay Area brings together people devoted to that durable Chrysler engine.
The Hemi-powered Charger Super Bee is something of a Transformer: it turns a family car into a street racer.
The Slant Six Gathering in the San Francisco Bay Area brings together people devoted to that durable Chrysler engine.
For 2014, Lexus tried to make its IS models more sporty. While the company succeeded with the IS 350, the 250 is for those who want a Lexus, but not necessarily a sports sedan.
The latest owner of the Indian Motorcycle brand has introduced three bikes and hopes to compete with Harley-Davidson.
A California company has begun offering helmets for off-road motorcyclists that provide protection in hard and soft collisions.
Ford Fiestas on the Rhine. Analysts suggested that the new-car market in Europe had hit bottom and was weakly bouncing back.
September numbers were up, but the gain was less impressive than it sounded, because it compared with September 2012, a horrible month for European car sales.
Germany’s delay of a plan to reduce carbon emissions on vehicles starting in 2020 has been criticized by environmental groups.
Driving in Midtown traffic in a normal-sized vehicle can be trying. But to the author’s surprise, navigating a 32-foot-long R.V. through the frenzy of cars around Times Square proved to be quite manageable.
In an effort to attract Learjet customers, Aston Martin brought cars to an event at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in Manhattan.
In an effort to reach affluent potential customers, Aston Martin is pairing its fast, expensive cars with Learjets.
The deal will make Advance Auto Parts a new giant of the car-parts segment, with annual revenue of more than $9.2 billion.
The IS 250 and IS 350, redesigned for 2014, take the Lexus performance sedan back toward its sporty origins — with different degrees of success.
The unlikely object of affection at the center of one club of enthusiasts is an obsolete 6-cylinder engine that Chrysler stopped using in the 1980s.
The 2014 Corolla has emerged longer, lower, wider and just a little bit wilder. But it still risks getting lost in the crowded compact-sedan class.
With a little persistence, some elbow grease and a mom’s support, a young man’s dream car — in this case a VW camper van — was brought back to life.
The redesigned Santa Fe comes in two versions: a muscular midsize crossover and a Sport model that trains its sights on best-selling compacts.