Category: Places
2012 Grand National Roadster Show
On a perfect Southern California weekend, the best roadsters came to Pomona to once again vie for the title of America’s Most Beautiful Roadster (AMBR). The Grand National Roadster Show, or GNRS as the veterans call it, is the longest-running indoor car show in the world, now celebrating its 63rd year. The show started [...]
Bond, James Bond cars on exhibit at Beaulieu National Motor Museum
For those who happen to be in Jolly Olde during 2012 and approximate anything like a James Bond fan, or just a fan of the cars in the movies about Britain’s most famous spy, the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, England, will host a collection of fifty of the “best loved and most iconic James [...]
The Best of Italy and France Car Show
Every year for the past 16 years on the first Sunday in November, a group of diehard auto enthusiasts have been meeting at a local park in Van Nuys, California, to celebrate the Best of France and Italy cars. Started by four friends, Tina Van Curen (owner of Burbank’s own Autobooks-Aerobooks), Chuck Forward, Sam William, [...]
Boss Track Attack means training and track time for Mustang Boss 302 owners
Buyers of the new 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 are getting a special treat, the Boss Track Attack. Even if the track-tuned pony promises owner gratification just by being itself, the Boss Track Attack days, a free day of training and track time at Miller Motorsports Park driving track-ready Boss 302 Mustangs, should serve as [...]
Jaguar R Performance Academy: Learning to drive your Jaguar R car fast…for free*
Five hundred and ten horsepower isn’t to be trifled with, but one of the best way to de-trifle the driving the Jaguar XFR sedan and the XKR coupe and convertible is Jaguar’s R Performance Academy. The competence of the Jaguar XFR and XKR is a given. More than just pretty faces, the R Jaguars [...]
Pennsylvania National Fire Museum: Fire trucks (and more) for boys of all ages
One of the most seats most coveted seats in all of driving most coveted by little boys of all ages is the one occupied by the firefighter at the rear steering position of a tiller ladder truck such as the 1935 Mack AP Model on display at the Pennsylvania National Fire Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [...]
Saab Bilmuseum, the museum in the center of the Saabista’s world
The center of the earth for Saab enthusiasts is a place called Trollhättan, the origin of Saab and where all but the Saab 9-4x are made now. And the holiest of shrines in Trollhattan is the Saab Bilmuseum, “bil” being Swedish for “automobile” and museum, well, you get the picture. The name of the Saab [...]
