It never occurred to me until now just how much a Lotus Seven is like a Jeep CJ. Both are simple to the point of austerity, but they are that way for a purpose, whether it be for off-road utility or for putting the driver in touch with road, as a sports car should. This […]

As the undisputed stars of American cardom, the Scottsdale auctions always bring a rich harvest of Duesenbergery, and at least four are already consigned, with even more on deck for auctions later in winter and spring 2011. It’s a rare Duesenberg indeed that doesn’t have extended stories attached, for good or ill, but I’ll start […]

Back in the export-or-die Fifties, British car companies tried everything they could think of to tap into the prosperous U.S. market. Here, American buyers step right off a BOAC four-prop Douglas DC-7C airliner to find their spanking new Triumph TR3s waiting for them on the tarmac. (How eager was Triumph for cash? We wouldn’t be […]