Monthly Archives: January 2012

Last weekend, America’s premium endurance race, the Rolex 24 at Daytona took place.  The great 24 hour race is a real test of speed and endurance.  It appears that the days of the parade finishes at these endurance races are … Continue reading →

The first event in the 2012 Rally America season took place this past weekend with the running of the Sno*Drift Rally in Michigan.  Subaru took off from their results last year by continuing their winning ways. David Higgins in the … Continue reading →

Early in January I got a note from Brian Harper asking me about the Winter Marathon rally.  Brian is the Deputy Editor of the Driving Section of the National Post, a major Canadian newspaper.  Brian said that he was going … Continue reading →

Over the past couple of weeks the center of the North American collector car world has been Scottsdale, Arizona.  In this desert town, many of the major US auction houses have been holding auctions.  And because of the concentration of … Continue reading →

At the New England Auto Show in Boston I got a chance to take a look at the new 2012 Hyundai Veloster.  This is yet another Hyundai that is beginning to elbow its way to the front of the styling … Continue reading →

Recently Triumph Motorcycles introduced the Steve McQueen Limited Edition Bonneville T-100 motorcycle.  The motorcycle has skid plate, matt khaki and black livery which makes the bike look much like a World War II motorcycle.  Also note how the Triumph name … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago I attended the New England Auto Show in Boston.  One of the cars that caught my eye was the 2012 Lincoln MKS.  It is an impressive looking car. 2012 Lincoln MKS As soon as this … Continue reading →

Beginning on Friday, this weekend marks the opening of the 2012 Rally America season with the 46th running of the Sno*Drift Rally.  Typically, Sno*Drift which is based in Atlanta, Michigan is a snowy stage rally, but with the warmer snow-free weather … Continue reading →

This past weekend the 2012 World Rally Championship season opened with the Rallye Monte-Carlo.  And as has become very common in WRC competition, the rally was won by Sebastien Loeb driving a Citroen DS3.  In fact, this was the sixth … Continue reading →

Harald Von Langsdorff forwarded a Lawrence Hacking story to me this weekend that was published on http://www.wheels.ca about an accomplishment at the Dakar Rally that I had not noticed, but was very pleased when it was drawn to my attention.  … Continue reading →