Enter benefactor Nicola Bulgari who, through his NB Center for American Automotive Heritage, has ensured a future for America on Wheels as part of a grander plan to transform Allentown into a global destination for classic car fans. Museums rely on both benefactors and visitors for funding, and when the needed traffic failed to materialize […]
Turbo-Thrift inline-six to the legendary 409, which made as much as 425 horsepower. Most cars split the difference between these two extremes, and this 1963 Chevrolet Impala SS two-door sport coupe, for sale on Hemmings.com, is a perfect example. As ordered, it came with the 283 V-8 (good for 195 horsepower), mated to the two-speed […]
The shadows seem to indicate that we’re looking east, but there’s also the on-ramp in the foreground, the bridge in the background and the span of water in between the bridge and the opposing lanes of traffic. To confuse the issue even more, the bridge’s website has the photo adjacent to a section of text […]
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News This model year represented the first time we received the “facelifted” 2002, with its all-black plastic grille and larger, rectangular taillamps, along with — starting in January 1974 — the aluminum impact bumpers that added 9.5 inches and 110 pounds to the car. 1974 also represented […]
The initial bite is hard and abrupt. The pedal doesn’t have much travel, so all the braking power seems to be up top. Tap the brakes, the nose dives and you lean forward. I felt like I was learning to drive again. This past week I took our long-term 2016 Kia Optima home for the […]
A Performance package for the BRZ Limited model with the six-speed manual transmission will go on sale at Subaru dealerships in the winter of 2017. The package bundles Brembo brake calipers and larger brake rotors, Sachs Performance shock absorbers and 17-inch black aluminum-alloy wheels. CHERRY HILL, New Jersey — The updated 2017 Subaru BRZ coupe […]
“In the event of a crash necessitating airbag deployment, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling,” said NHTSA in its recall summary. “An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.” WASHINGTON — Mitsubishi Motors […]
2016 Toyota Tacoma: A Devil in a Detail by Jonathan Elfalan, Road Test Editor on May 30, 2016 We do this not to be annoying nitpickers, but rather to identify things that could possibly be irritants or cause issues for a long-term car owner down the road. When an editor begins rating cars for […]
The 2016 Honda Civic is staggeringly good. Perhaps our loaded Touring trim and the accompanying turbocharged engine represents its best foot forward, but nevertheless, to me, the new Civic exists on a pedestal high above all others in the segment not named Mazda 3. In fact, when driving the Civic the other day I […]
That means customers will be able to set up an appointment and know instantly what time is available without going back and forth with an advisor, along with how much the service will cost based on menu pricing. DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts — Colonial Honda of Dartmouth is ushering in a real-time instant-service appointment feature on its […]
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