Navigating the thicket of multitudinous and sometimes conflicting state laws regarding collectible vehicles – and that includes everything from hot rods and street rods to kit cars, antiques, dune buggies, lifted and lowered vehicles, you name it – can often be frustrating and confusing, especially if you don’t live in Vermont, where we’re sure they’d […]

photo courtesy 1stopdiecast.com Hot Wheels’ Garage series, now in its third year, has finally figured out this whole premium-diecast thing: $3 price point, metal body and chassis, soft tires, and attractive cars done to a high level of detail. (In other words, they discovered Johnny Lightning’s old niche, a decade on.) Now that they’ve got […]

Oh look, it’s EcoMotors International, some new greenie-car startup company with a “revolutionary” engine design. I bet it’ll save all the polar bears while running on a blend of hemp oil, wildflowers and moonbeams. Ha! Just what flavor of hippie vegetarian baloney is this? And what automotive genius is running this company? Let me guess: […]