Image: Mecum Auctions Another Monterrey Car Week has come and gone, along with the fantastic array of classic vehicles and futuristic concepts strutting their stuff on the golf course green by the sea. Many car enthusiasts dream of attending such a lush event, though few think they’d ever be able to walk away with a … Read more
1979 Ford Probe I ConceptImage: Scott Grundfor Company The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is always full of rare one-offs, special production vehicles and concept cars. Sadly, the world just lost one of those rare cars in a fire as the Ford Probe Ghia Concept from the late ’70s burned down while in transit. Ford Has … Read more
German automaker and Porsche fanatics Ruf Automobile GmbH debuted an all-wheel drive off-road carbon-tubbed Rodeo concept car in 2020, and after several years of tweaks, the car has arrived in production-spec. Based on the same carbon chassis as Ruf’s CTR and SCR, this car isn’t actually based on a Porsche 911 despite looking a whole … Read more
In Ford’s latest attempt to piss your uncle off, the automaker is expected to significantly expand the Mustang’s lineup with new variants including a four-door coupe and a four-wheel-drive off-roader. Undoubtedly, these new vehicles will be very cool, but for some folks, they will spell the beginning of the end times. Chevrolet Is The Target … Read more
After 10 years in production the Lamborghini Huracan has gone to the great bullpen in the sky, and its replacement is a whole different sort of beast. Enter the new Lamborghini Temerario, a plug-in-hybrid supercar that has the first (and currently only) production engine that revs to 10,000 rpm. Lamborghini says the Temerario “redefines the … Read more
It’s now been two years since Rimac delivered its first Nevera hypercars to customers, a record-setting EV from the small Croatian company now also running Bugatti. So as you might expect from the advent of another Monterey Car Week, after a couple of styling-focused special editions it’s time for an enticing new variant of the … Read more
Photo: Cadillac Welcome back to Monterey car week, where every manufacturer — even those far from California — is legally mandated to reveal something incredibly expensive. Cadillac, never one to be left behind, is joining the club with this: Opulent Velocity. What Car Should You Buy: Fast, Impractical and Fun Unlike the Sollei concept, which … Read more
Porsche didn’t invent the word “Speedster” as it existed in the pre-war American motor car lexicon, well before Porsche existed. At this point, however, Porsche has pretty much owned the term since the 1950s after importer Max Hoffman slapped the name on a lightweight motorsport-oriented open-top 356 variant. After the 356 Speedster ended production, there … Read more
The mystery has been solved, we finally know what that weird Porsche 911 GT1-ish car spotted at LAX last week is. It’s Tuthill’s new GT One limited-edition road car. Only 22 of these machines will be built, and buyers can choose between a screaming naturally-aspirated flat six, or a demure and mindful turbocharged flat six … Read more
Any front-wheel-drive Chrysler product from the ‘80s until the Neon came around in the mid-nineties is a K-car in my head, and K-cars are dull, boring, and uninspiring heaps of appliance-like motoring. Even most other MotorWeek Retro Reviews of Chrysler K-platform vehicles show homely looking cars crawling their way through the quarter-mile and slamming from … Read more
