Home - Auto Cars Fans

What Is This Hongqi H7 Doing in Michigan?

Posted on Nov 25, 2021 in Editorials | 2 comments

TTAC reader Morpheus (who has an awesome name by any standard) sent in this shot of a Chinese limo driving around Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Hongqi H7 isn’t built by some neo-capitalist Chinese outfit, either, as the brand has been in existence since 1958. It’s also properly presidential. Hongqi (which translates to Red Flag) has built limousines for The Party’s...

Postwar-styled Deuce roadster named America’s Most Beautiful Roadster

Posted on Nov 20, 2021 in Featured | 2 comments

If there was any doubt that the vintage look has arrived in the modified-car world, one needs to look no further than the last few winners of the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster award, which have all featured a period appearance combined with the extraordinary fit and finish that it takes to compete at such a high level. This year’s winner is no exception....

How To Sell A Car

Posted on Nov 12, 2021 in Antique | Comments Off on How To Sell A Car

One of the most important rules in selling any car is to include great photos. In fact, the better the photo, the more money you will get when it’s time for the cash to change hands. Recently, on a trip through eBay Motors, I found these gems. The cars are nice, but not very rare…but the pictures are fantastic. This is how to sell a car…though I am pretty sure...

Forgotten fastback: Oldsmobile’s striking Delmont 88 Holiday Coupe

Posted on Oct 23, 2021 in Featured | 2 comments

If you like the aggressive lines of the fastback body style as well as the spacious luxury of a full-size automobile, think Delmont. If you’ve never heard of a Delmont, you’re not alone. It’s one of those forgotten models from the Sixties, thanks, in part, because Oldsmobile only built it for two short years – 1967 and ’68. Its full name was the Delmont 88, and...

When’s the Last Time a Rear-view Mirror Made the News?

Posted on Oct 12, 2021 in Safety | Comments Off on When’s the Last Time a Rear-view Mirror Made the News?

The first backup camera ever invented was made of glass and adhered to the front windshield. It was called a rear-view mirror. I looked toward Wikipedia for more history on the veritable safety device, because there just isn’t much chatter about them these days. Here’s what I found: The earliest known rear-view mirror mounted on a motor vehicle appeared in Ray...

Autonomous Driving: Augmented Safety Supersedes Curious Attraction?

Posted on Oct 10, 2021 in Technology | 1 comment

Cars of the future? What will they look like? I recall this very conversation with my schoolmates. It was a weekly topic. In junior high, I was captivated by the looks of so called “nice cars” at the time. I didn’t understand engine performance or specs; I could not identify luxury features or accessories, but I trusted my eyes. The lady up the street drove a...

Shelby’s Gone. Any More Like Him?

Posted on Oct 8, 2021 in Racing | 2 comments

Shelby and the Ford GT40 Caroll Shelby (1923-2012), whom tgriffith wrote about today, was one of the last true Car Guys. There just won’t be any more like him. Here’s why. Shelby’s career began with sports-car racing, and there he made his greatest mark. He could never have created the Cobra or the muscle cars that followed had he not raced for Aston Martin,...

The Tale of the Round Door Rolls-Royce

Posted on Sep 18, 2021 in Editorials | 1 comment

I’ve tangentially touched on the topic of this post, the famous art deco “Round Door Rolls-Royce”, before when discussing Audi advertising and some Detroit history. On my recent trip to Los Angeles to drive a McLaren 675LT (you think Jack Baruth is the only TTAC staffer who can swing the loan of a supercar?), I took the opportunity to visit the newly renovated...

New Technology Addresses Distracted Driving

Posted on Sep 13, 2021 in Technology | 2 comments

One morning, Sunil Vallath was talking to his wife (then fiancée) on the phone. With both of them being in other countries at the time, conversing over the phone was common. Without warning, Vallath was suddenly thrust into a situation that haunts him to this day. “It still gives me shivers to think of what could have happened if luck had run out on us that...

From Pebble Beach to Udaipur India

Posted on Sep 12, 2021 in Antique | Comments Off on From Pebble Beach to Udaipur India

Recently I was lucky enough to receive an email from a fellow auto journalist named Claus Muller. Claus is a collector, racer and Managing Director of the Munich Café Racers. He wanted to inform me of an article that he had written about a recent trip to India. What he didn’t mention was that the trip was for him to be a guest of his Highness Arvind Singh...

Winter Car Hacks? Try Good Common Sense Instead

Posted on Sep 9, 2021 in Safety | 1 comment

Winter has set in across the United States, which is something of which the people of upstate New York need no reminder. When winter snow and ice make their annual return, websites like to give advice on how to deal with the effects on cars. Advice on everything from driving through blizzards to de-icing your car with onions can be found with a simple Google...

Quick question: Is filming yourself hooning on public roads okay?

Posted on Sep 8, 2021 in Featured | 2 comments

So the last week or so, the autoblogosphere – not to mention the citizens of San Diego – have worked themselves into an uproar over the video from which the still above was taken. It features some bro tearing around San Diego sans permits in his jacked-up off-road buggy in an attempt to get his sponsors some attention. Coincidentally, we had just run the...

New York Model A club proves that some kids are still interested in old cars

Posted on Aug 24, 2021 in Featured | 2 comments

1931 Model A Roadster, the group’s latest youth restoration project. Those who insist that today’s youth don’t care about cars (and care even less about old cars) could learn something from the Adirondack A’s Model A Ford Club. Since 2012, the Clifton Park, New York, group has completed three Model A Ford builds with the help of 13- to 16-year-olds from local...