HISTORY: HOT RODDING 101

Posted on April 15, 2020 by MartynL

Hot rodding historian and author Pat Ganahl takes us on a guided tour of the golden years of hot rodding (and customizing) via vintage images dating back to the 1930s, many never seen before. This is a unique look at the HISTORY: HOT RODDING 101, documenting how and where the hobby started. 1967: L.A. Roadsters/Bay Area Roadsters annual meet. Fred Enke photo. Silly me. This didn’t turn out the way I expected, or wanted. Pretty soon I was calling it a Herculean task. Now I realize it’s a Sisyph...

JAGUAR LAND ROVER: COVID-19 SUPPORT

Posted on April 15, 2020 by MartynL

‘Jaguar Land Rover Steers Through The Time Of COVID-19 With A Little Luxury’, blogs John Scott Lewinski at Forbes.com JAGUAR LAND ROVER: COVID-19 SUPPORT: The minds that promote everything Jaguar Land Rover are putting the company’s social media feeds to work telling you two things: Whether you own a vehicle under their banner or not, you are not forgotten during this COVID-19 lockdown; and it’s all right to enjoy yourself a bit while we wait for it all to lift. Between Jaguar, Land Rover an...

ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE CADILLAC: BLACKWING

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 by MartynL

Cadillac raises the bar for road & track performance again, launching ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE CADILLAC: BLACKWING variants of the CT4-V and CT5-V. Cadillac’s fourth generation of its V-Series sub-brand, currently spearheaded by the ’20 CT4-V and CT5-V will eventually include ultra-performance variants that carry the Blackwing name. The future, track-capable vehicles will be called CT4-V Blackwing, above, and CT5-V Blackwing, representing the apex of Cadillac performance and driver engagement....

NY to LA: CORONAVIRUS CANNONBALL!

Posted on April 12, 2020 by MartynL

Pandemic aside, the need for speed reigns supreme - NY to LA: CORONAVIRUS CANNONBALL! – and sets a new, somewhat controversial cross-country record. Turtle Garage’s Philip Richter blogs about the legendary 2020 Cannonball Run, starting at the Red Ball Garage in New York City and, after less than 27 hours, ended at the Portofino Hotel and Marina in Redondo Beach, California. In his latest Turtle Garage newsletter, Richter showcases responses to, and media coverage of, running the event while the...

TYPE 41: BUGATTI ROYALE

Posted on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 by MartynL

In the 1920s, Ettore Bugatti created the most luxurious car in the world – TYPE 41: BUGATTI ROYALE – truly fit for a King! With the Type 41 Royale, in 1926, Bugatti presented the strongest, largest and most luxurious automobile in the world, characterized by unimaginable power and opulent equipment. For Ettore Bugatti, the Royale was the culmination of his creation. It was a vehicle that knew no competitors in terms of performance, quality and image. TYPE41: BUGATTI ROYALE was a vehicle for empe...

SPEED THRILLS: BRUMOS COLLECTION

Posted on April 4, 2020 by MartynL

Much more than a ‘Porsche Museum’, the Matunes take us on an historical trip through generations of racing orchestrated by a legendary name in Porsche sales and racing. It’s all about SPEED THRILLS: BRUMOS COLLECTION. Open less than three months; the Brumos Collection in Jacksonville, FL is already making noise on the automotive front as a destination worthy of any enthusiast’s bucket list. Before you even enter the museum, you are overwhelmed by the sight of a Porsche 918 and replica Bentley “...

AMELIA ISLAND: ROGER PENSKE CARS

Posted on April 1, 2020April 2, 2020 by MartynL

Thanks to our intrepid Team Matune, we celebrate Roger Penske’s racing successes showcased this year at AMELIA ISLAND: ROGER PENSKE CARS. It’s Saturday afternoon at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance (AICE) and cars begin moving onto the show field, including a unique array of cars associated with Roger Penske. They come from his years as a driver, a team owner and constructor. Leading a line of impressive racers is Shamrock Motors’ 67 Lola T70 in the Sunoco Blue so often associated with the ...

PLUG-IN PORSCHE: TAYCAN TURBO

Posted on March 31, 2020 by MartynL

Porsche calls it the ’20 Taycan Turbo, although there’s no forced induction in this sleek four-door sports sedan. Heck, there’s not even an engine, as we know it in the PLUG-IN PORSCHE: TAYCAN TURBO, blogs Dan Scanlan. In this modern world where an electric car’s horsepower is listed as kilowatts, our Taycan tester scores into the Supercar range. It generated up to 500 kW, or 670 horsepower, with a massive 774 pound-feet of torque, and was capable of a head-snapping, launch-controlled run to 60...

ROLLING BONES: HOT RODS

Posted on March 29, 2020March 29, 2020 by MartynL

The Matunes bring us head-turning ROLLING BONES: HOT RODS, sharing the Amelia Island Concours show field with world-class classics, antiques, Concept cars and vintage racecars. In years past, The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance (AICE) has recognized hot rod builders Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and Posies Rods & Customs. This year they chose to feature the Rolling Bones Hot Rod Shop in Greenfield Center, NY. They build very traditional hot rods, many finished in faded paint with great patina for th...

GALPIN AUTO SPORTS: DRIVEN

Posted on March 26, 2020 by MartynL

The new Discovery channel series premieres on Monday, March 30, 2020 at 9 p.m. ET/PT and will follow the Galpin team as they restore one-of-a-kind cars. Kicking off the first episode of GALPIN AUTO SPORTS: DRIVEN is a DeTomaso Pantera that Carroll Shelby had built for Lee Iacocca. Galpin Auto Sports, a division of Galpin Motors, takes center stage in a new automotive series, DRIVEN on the Discovery channel. The series follows Galpin President and COO Beau Boeckmann, custom car builder Dave Sh...