Here’s the proposition – take maybe, oh, 2,500 horsepower, divide it into six supercars that list for a total of around $1.5 million and invite people to play King For A Day for several hours around that auto enthusiast’s playground known as Southern California – places and roads like “Malibu”, “Santa Monica”, “Pacific Palisades”, “Pacific […]

Did you know that Jaguar wasn’t always “Jaguar”? It began life in the early 1920s as the Swallow Sidecar Company, building sidehacks for motorcycles and then, in the 1930s, it began building cars, like the SS90 and SS100, so named because they were “Standard-Swallow” models. However, the company’s “SS” designations didn’t set well after World […]

R8? Undoubtedly a ground-breaking and game-changing car when it was introduced in 2006. Mid-engine V-8, great looking, plenty of power (in the low 400s), terrific handling – what more could you want? “More horses”, said some, to which Audi replied with a powerplant provided by its Italian cousin, Lamborghini, a V-10 with 525 prancers. “Almost […]

These days, there are many Bentleys to choose from. There’s the GT, a hardtop or convertible, most of which are available in several flavors (V-8s, W-12s, Speed models plus the new LeMans editions). At the other end of the price spectrum, there’s the Mulsanne (which also has a LeMans variant). But what if you want […]

What is it about Lamborghinis? They thrill the senses, what with their angular masculinity and their amazing song. They certainly don’t look like anything else on the road. How do that do that, year after year, making such fresh statements? The Gallardo (the “entry-level Lambo”) is a really interesting car. Named after a famous breed […]

Time for speed.

Let’s get one thing straight – whenever someone writes about the “best” or the “top”, such as the world’s best motorcycles, readers offer comments like “You forgot the 1951 Zündapp KS601 Green Elephant”. Well, don’t get your leathers in a twist – this article is about four of the most-interesting, and in many ways revolutionary, […]

Did you know that Jaguar wasn’t always “Jaguar”?  It began life in the early 1920s as the Swallow Sidecar Company, building sidehacks for motorcycles and then, in the 1930s, it began building cars, like the  SS90 and SS100, so named because they were “Standard-Swallow” models.  However, the company’s “SS” designations didn’t set well after World […]

Happy 50th Birthday, Lamborghini. My, how you’ve grown, from an upstart founded by a tractor manufacturer to one the world’s greatest supercar constructors.  And to think that it all started with Ferruccio Lamborghini’s dissatisfaction with how he was treated by Enzo Ferrari when he sought a better clutch for his Ferrari — yep, Ferruccio owned […]