BMW has ambitious plans for electric vehicles, projecting that at least one of every two sales by 2030 will be fully electric. As its sales grow, the German automaker intends to challenge Tesla’s dominance of the US electric vehicle market. As a reminder,...
After the Japanese got serious about making motorcycles in the late 1960s, bikes from every country became more sophisticated, more refined, more practical, and more reliable. Back then, no American or European motorcycle company would ever admit it; fortunately,...
The Amphicar 770 is the most successful civilian amphibious production car of all time, 3,878 were sold between 1960 and 1968 with a few hundred surviving to the modern day thanks to their enthusiastic owners – one of whom was US President Lyndon B. Johnson.The...
TeslaEverybody loves a story on Tesla. So when Tesla debuted its Yoke steering wheel on the new Model S, many people had mixed reactions. It became even more controversial when CEO Elon Musk confirmed the company had no plans to offer a regular round steering wheel on...
The Cougar was the shining star for the Mercury division of Ford Motor Company, having sold just shy of 3 million units during its years in production, more than any other nameplate ever produced by the Mercury brand. In its early days, the Cougar was a derivative of...
I took my car to the shop in Los Angeles before driving back to New York City this week because the drive belt was squealing and I wanted a general wellness check in any case. They said the water pump was leaking, and also the rear brake shoes needed replacing, and...
