* Up on Truckfax, they recently celebrated Fargo, Mopar’s maple-leaf truck brand. Until now, I’ve never given pause to wonder why Chrysler chose the name of a North Dakota town for its Canada-only brand. Did Chrysler execs at the time just associate anything northerly and cold with Canada?

* While researching this week’s blog post on […]

Oh, Canada, what automotive treasures you have up there. I still absolutely need a CMP, and last time I was up there, I spotted a right-hand-drive Nissan Skyline GT-R out on the streets. Now I see on Hemmings.com this 1981 Toyota HJ45 Land Cruiser “Troopy.” I really should make another run north of the border […]

In a recent discussion with Bob Austin, the former head of PR for Volvo Cars, I learned the history behind the unique and very special Volvo Saved My Life Club.  I, and some of my family members, have been protected from serious injury because of the safety that was engineered into the Volvos that we were driving, so I […]