[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] A few years ago, I was invited to be one of the instructors at a Hagerty Driving Experience, a program the insurance company staged from time to time to teach young drivers how to manipulate a manual transmission. Sure, I said. I’d learned to drive in cars with manual transmissions, and had made…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] E-Type UK, a brand that’s well known for restoring classic Jaguar E-Types with utmost precision has decided to take a different path with the announcement of the new brand “Unleased.” This new sub-brand won’t only restore classic Jaguar E-Types, but will bring them into the modern world via a hefty list of updates…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Superformance, producer of 1960s-era continuation component sports cars, and Everrati, a British company that produces electric powertrains, have announced a partnership that will begin by electrifying the Superformance GT40. “I’m very excited about the partnership we are announcing today.,” Superformance chief executive Lance Stander is quoted in the joint news release. “Justin (Lunny,…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Lovers of Land Rover’s rugged, mud-plugging Defender are still reeling at parent company Jaguar Land Rover’s 2015 decision to stop making this iconic 4×4 after 67 years, despite the fact that a new iteration has since been put in production. One person rankled more than most was British billionaire and lifelong Land Rover…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] As we’ve reported here previously, I’m in the process of donating my automotive library to McPherson College in Kansas. I’ve already delivered two U-Haul trailer loads of books, the second in the past few weeks as part of my 75 Days of Summer drive. I’ve told the folks at the only college in…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Any Bentley is a very special, an exclusive motorcar just for the fact that it is a Bentley. I say that having owned a few of these magical cars over the years as well as having driven these cars from the earliest W.O. examples to the very latest models. The next level up…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Strange automotive bedfellows indeed. Huzzah! It’s 1975, and then Porsche chairman, Ernst Fuhrmann, meets with then Soviet automotive industry minister, Viktor Polyakov. The discussion on the table is how Porsche can help Lada build better cars. While that seems like an unlikely marriage, let’s remember Porsche wasn’t the profitable behemoth in the 1970s…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Do you remember the Estoque? Yes, that evocative sedan that Lambo showed us more than a decade ago. The concept car broke cover at the 2008 Paris Motor Show. This, of course, was pre-Aventador, back when Lamborghini was just trying to garner market reaction to the idea of a four-door sedan. [bsa_pro_ad_space id=15]
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Volvo XC60 Polestar Engineered dead in Australia and Pininfarina’s new concept headline today’s top Drive stories. As we continue toward a single publishing platform, some great news stories are being published on both CarAdvice and Drive. If you’re a keen reader of CarAdvice, you might be missing out on some of the unique…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Rimac unveiled the production form of C_Two concept last month. Christened with the name ‘Nevera’, this electric hypercar debuted with jaw-dropping specs. Stuff like 1,900 horses from a quad-motor setup, 0-60 mph in 1.85 seconds, etc. were the best for any production car. It came with a heavy price tag, too, costing around…