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  • A STAR IS BORN: THE AUTOMOBILE DRIVING MUSEUM'S INAUGURAL JAPANESE CAR SHOW

    The southern California car show calendar is bursting at the seams. On any given weekend, a car enthusiast in the L.A. area can choose from dozens of events to satisfy their need to ogle amazing automobiles, from small-group hangouts in shopping center parking lots to huge, professionally organi... View Post
  • CARS YOU SHOULD KNOW: THE PORSCHE 916

    The idea was so simple, so perfect: take Porsche's most powerful street engine and drop it into their lightweight mid-engine platform. Dominate Ferrari. Make grown men swoon. That was the concept behind the Porsche 916, an extremely potent variation on the company's low-cost joint venture with... View Post
  • MODEL CITIZEN OR CRAZY PERSON: MAN WITH VANS

    One of the most active subsets of model car collectors is the marque specialist. These are people who focus their diecast collecting efforts on a single make or model of car; one of the best-known such collectors was the late film director John Frankenheimer, who maintained a collection of bespo... View Post