Roughly six decades later, Cadillac revived its many-cylindered heritage with a pair of concept cars. The 750-horsepower, V12-powered Cadillac Cien arrived in 2002, while the eponymous Cadillac Sixteen followed the year after, producing an astounding 1,000 horsepower from 13.6 liters of displacement. Even crazier? Cadillac managed to shoehorn a version… read more »
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The Saturn V was the king of all rockets, a towering, 363-foot monument to escaping the surly bonds of Earth, its 7.6 million pounds of thrust defying not just gravity but also its own 3,100 tons of mass on the way towards pushing manned spaceflight further into the solar system… read more »
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Sometimes car companies give away more than they’re letting on when a concept car rolls out onto the stage at one of the world’s major auto shows. I’ve been putting together a series of features over at The Drive that explores forgotten concept cars that played a major role in… read more »
Read MoreJanuary was a packed month, what with the Detroit auto show kicking off several weeks of travel and test drives. read more »
Read MoreI was recently forced to part ways with my Mazda Miata track car, leaving me without a dedicated road course vehicle for the first time in several years. read more »
Read MoreIt appears as though my pining for top-down weather was premature, as we have been walloped by rain for the last 5 days straight. Depressing, but productive from a writing perspective, and it has helped me keep my ear to the ground and find some interesting subjects for this week’s five thoughts about the auto industry. Let’s take a look at some of the more interesting stories from the automotive biz over the past week. read more »
Read MoreMy new Cadillac had spent its entire life in Florida – which is apparently the rock chip capital of the universe – because while most of the paint on Cadillac was in great shape, the front bumper, hood and quarter panels were a pastiche of chips and small scratches. read more »
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