Tag: Adventures in Automotive Journalism

I knew I shouldn’t have clicked the “open” button on the news release, but I couldn’t help myself, and now it’s a couple of...

One of my favorite cover photographs during the dozen years I spent as an editor at AutoWeek magazine was shot by Bill Delaney and...

The BMW engineers were huddled together, with worried looks on their faces.  Was something wrong with their equipment? Was this a mechanical issue or a...

Needless to say, I was worried when I pulled into my driveway and the state trooper pulled in next to me, lights on but...

Doug Shepherd and I were hanging there, suspended just above the roof of what was left of the Toyota Celica All-Trac, it’s wheels now...

Part 2 Almost casually, Michael Pfeifer announces from the driver’s seat, “We’re going to do a lane change.” Sounds good, until he adds, “Usually we do...

Part 1 “You have to understand,” a veteran Porsche engineer finally said to me. “Throughout our careers, we have been taught that if a journalist...

Kurt Antonius was not happy. The head of media relations for American Honda had invited a handful of editors from the buff-book car magazines...

Call it fate, irony, or even the Hand of God, but in 1997 I had planned to drive as close to Hudson Bay as...

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and to publicize the launch of its DB7 Vantage...