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  • Tango via YouTube

    Tango EV Electric Sports Car Here is a video of the Tango with a presentation on the attributes. Continue reading

  • Green Cars – You can Tango with this one

      The world is always in a state of change, but as car enthusiasts we often roll our eyes at the “green” cars that come out.  Sure we understand that oil won’t last forever, that emitting CO2 is a bad… Continue reading

  • Volvo P1800 – What do you do after 2.6 million miles?

      I’ll be frank and let you know right from the start that I have little or no love for Volvos.  With perhaps a single exception (a sedan from the 60’s that Noel owned) I have found them to be… Continue reading

  • Great Drivers – Who Are They?

    When motorsports caught my attention it was the drivers as much as the cars.  They were like move stars in a way.  The American drivers all seemed to come from a local gas station and the European drivers all seemed… Continue reading

  • The Lone Wolf is Ready for the Semi-Finals

      Back a few entries we showed a project car that was entered in this year’s DARPA Challenge.  It is based on Lotus Elise donated by Lotus Cars and being developed by a group known as Insight Racing in North… Continue reading

  • Lunch with Chris Szwedo

                          “In the Northwest Corner of Connecticut, far from the pace of the Interstates, is a place that is as private and hidden as its ability to capture the adrenaline in our imagination. Where every year men and women gather… Continue reading

  • Bonneville Salt Flats 2007 – A DSM Diary

      Photo by Thomas “Porkpie” Graf, Copyright 2007, All Rights Reserved A good friend of mine has an AWD Eagle Talon with nearly 300,000 miles on it.  His daily driver is also used as a Bonneville racer.  Here is his tale… Continue reading

  • Seeing Red – Bill Putman’s Collection of Cars

       As part of my yearly trek back to Cape Cod I make it a point to stop off and visit one of the more interesting private collections of cars in the area.  This is known as Toad Hall and… Continue reading

  • The Racing Network – more detail from Autoweek

      It is an opportunity for enthusiasts to influence this new network.  Autoweek’s Dutch Mandel has an online article revealing the person responsible for this concept as well as where things stand. Continue reading

  • A Collection of Enthusiasts

    While I was on Cape Cod I went to a car show that is held every Tuesday afternoon in the summer in the town of Bourne.  It is held in the parking lot of a technical school located on a… Continue reading