So the news came over the wires this week that Volkswagen will be buying controlling interest in Italdesign – not shocking news given the extent of the affiliation of the two companies in the past, but interesting nonetheless. To help toast the marriage, as we’re fond of doing here, let’s place the happy couple at […]
With educations in both engineering and auto design burning a hole in his head, along with the joyful determination of youth, Bob Johnson set out to build himself a car. It was 1966, and Bob had just finished two years at the Art Center School in Los Angeles when he decided he wanted to pursue […]
* Earlier this week, marmer submitted for the Automotive Alphabet a couple Guy Big J pictures, which reminded me that I’d yet to re-post BigLorryBlog’s mention from a couple weeks ago as to how the Big J got its name. Jaguar enthusiasts will be quick to note that it came about after the kitty-cat brand’s […]