Irv’s Odometer Rolls Over to 70

Volvo’s gregarious unofficial head of brand relations, Irv Gordon, is celebrating his 70th birthday today.

Irv is famous for not only his welcoming smile and willingness to talk Volvo with all who inquire, but for being the Guinness Book of World Records-holder of the title of the most miles driven by a single owner in a non-commercial vehicle. The […]

Has the Big Noise been silenced?

We don’t often do this, but when a legitimately historic vehicle goes missing, we often try and find it.  Here’s an example. When I was writing “Miller’s Time,” the book that tells the life story of longtime Roger Penske confidant Don Miller, he mentioned that he’d like to find the race car depicted in this […]

Steinmetz’s electric before the Steinmetz Electric

While in and around Albany last week to visit the Ford hydroelectric plant on Green Island, I took the opportunity to head over to Schenectady to investigate something I had read on Make just a few days prior: an electric car that was once owned by Charles Steinmetz.
As presented by Make, a couple of the […]