The story of the Intermeccanica Torino/Italia is one that doesn’t get repeated often nowadays. It started with Jack Griffith, the New York car dealer (see “Hot Rod Hero,” HMM #92), who attempted to follow up his TVR-based Griffith 200 and 400 with the clean-sheet, Bob Cumberford-designed, Mark Donohue-engineered, Chrysler V-8-powered Griffith 600, but ran out […]

The automotive performance world was dealt a sudden blow on Wednesday when word of Joe Mondello‘s passing began to circulate. Mondello had undergone surgery to treat an intestinal blockage, leading to complications that claimed his life. He was 74. Most car enthusiasts today associate Mondello with Oldsmobiles and drag racing, as this was where he’d […]

We’ve oft lamented in this space that toy companies seem to be doing the same cars over and over again – four 3-inch Porsche Panameras have been announced for 2011, for example – so when we see something new, we celebrate. Siku has done exactly this with its new Gumpert Apollo. The Apollo has been […]