Contemporary review originally published in Road & Track Sport-Utilities, Pickups & Vans Buyer’s Guide 1993; republished by the author No doubt, from the bottom of its 16-in. Michelin mud-and-snow tires to the top of its Paris-Moscow-Beijing Rally externally mounted rollbar, the Land Rover Defender 110 looks like a prop for a Banana Republic window display. […]
Ginetta Regeneration (Ginetta G4 and G12, Ginetta G 12 and Ginetta G 32)
News report originally published in Road & Track Exotic Cars Quarterly, spring 1991; republished by the author Ginetta, the tiny British firm that has been cottaging away at building cars since the late Fifties, is reviving a couple of its greatest hits as well. The company’s forte has been a variety of cars, virtually all […]
1976 Triumph TR6: Symbolizing the twilight of the British sports car’s reign
History/driving impressions originally published in AutoWeek July 18, 1994. The hood is narrow, much more so from the driver’s seat them when viewed from outside. The edges are emphasized by the slim fender ridges, sharp as exclamation points. The passenger sits only an elbow’s nudge away. This, for a 1976 model, seems like an old […]
1951 Dellow Mk I: Sports car evolved from traditional British “trials” racers
History/driving impressions originally published in AutoWeek December 13, 1993; republished by the author If you can think of history as waves of rising and falling situations, sentiments and circumstances, then the story of the Dellow makes sense. It was the peculiar juxtaposition of people, the times and events that led to the production and competition […]
Sixty-Three and Counting (Mac McGrady’s Nash-Healeys)
His addiction began in 1953, explains Leonard Nelson “Mac” McGrady. As a son of an automobile dealer, McGrady had seen many cars, but when he first saw a Nash-Healey, he knew it was a car he would have to own. That special day didn’t come until 1968. Then, says Mac: “If you have one Nash-Healey, […]
The Big Three-0: Range Rover has [30th] birthday, and Brits celebrate en masse
Event report originally published in AutoWeek on October 16, 2000; republished by the author Thirty years to the day, Range Rover enthusiasts gathered at the Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon, England, to celebrate the model’s birthday. The celebration fell exactly 30 years after the press conference announcing the first upscale off-road 4×4, a combination of […]
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