I never really thought about Bruce Springsteen as a car guy, but looking back over his catalog, it should have been obvious – “Born to Run,” “Thunder Road,” “Backstreets,” “Racing in the Street” – those are more than just casual nods to car culture, they’re the work of someone who’s had his hands under a […]

We got some immediate and grateful response from readers to the recent story in Hemmings Muscle Machines, illustrated with the photography of Mike Sopko, on bygone drag racing at U.S. 30 Dragway outside Gary, Indiana. (HMM #90, March 2011). Hands down, the craziest car in that story was No Big Thing, a tiny Vespa sedan […]

Tomy, makers of Tomica-brand diecast cars and playsets, announced last week that they will buy RC2 Corp., maker of Johnny Lightning-brand die-cast cars, outright, in a deal valued at $640 million. Tomy is increasing its foreign penetration, in part because toys are no longer a growth area in its home market of Japan, and in […]