Bitter SC

The Bitter SC was the successor to the Bitter CD chronicled here before (see Sweet Bitter). It entered the market in 1979, even as CDs […]

BMW 700RS

If this seems like a good model name for a motorcycle, you are partially right. The BMW 700 was a very important vehicle for the […]

January Janus

The late 1940s and the early 1950s represent one of those periods where the automobile and the motorcycle world were experimenting with hybrids. In this […]

Petersen Porsche

The Petersen Museum is routinely regarded as one of the world’s best.  From the building itself, now with an artistic exoskeleton, to the contents, it […]

Cuban Cars

Friend of the blog Ed Solomon snapped a bunch of great pictures while on a tour of Cuba. A few of the German ones are […]

New is Old….Again

It\’s official, we have run out of ideas. Electric cars, not new. Medicinal herbs, not new. Organic food, not new. Driverless cars, not new. Faded […]

Limerock 2018

The annual pilgrimage to Limerock Motorsports Park is always great for vintage racing, and a lovely drive through bucolic northwestern Connecticut. This year, Bugatti was […]

Down the Lane

Nashville, Tenessee naturally brings to mind Country Music and the Grand Ole Opry, Whiskey, and the smoky mountains. A great automotive museum ? Not so […]

Simeone Revisited

The Simeone Foundation Museum is not one of those that has an entirely new collection periodically. It focuses on a core group of sports cars […]

The Cult Turns 50

In the course of the average human life, you don’t get to celebrate too many 50 year anniversaries that happened entirely on your watch. Even […]

Don Garlits Museum

Your eyes do not deceive you. You may be asking, what could the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing possibly have to do with a […]

A Bavarian Shoe

Even from the official launch, the E36/8 has produced polarizing reactions. Love it or hate it. It is hard to believe that these cars are […]

Framo 2-3-4 Wheels

Innovation in frames and platforms was the norm in the early days of the internal combustion engine, and many companies were simply trying to find […]

Goliath GP700 Sport

Goliath was founded by Carl Borgward in Bremen, and has been mentioned in these pages before (see The Many Faces of Borgward and Maintaining Tempo). […]