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Autonomous Cars vs Human Drivers
We already know the what: Coming in the near future are driverless, fully autonomous automobiles. We know the where and the when, too: not on Mars or Krypton but right here on Mother Earth, possibly as...
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Playing Ferrari Owner for a Week in the Fabulous GTC4 Lusso
LOS ANGELES, California — “This your Ferrari?” Before I’d answered, the guy was pressing his nose against the passenger-door glass to look inside. I didn’t feel like explaining. (“Actually, I’m an auto...
View ArticleThe 33-Year Engagement
Thirty-three years. That’s how long I’ve been in this business—test-driving cars, writing about cars, learning about cars, and telling curious onlookers in the next lane, “This is not my car.” But...
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Remembering David E. Davis
Unlit Arturo Fuente in hand, I scanned my home library’s shelves for something to peruse while enjoying an afternoon cigar. I passed over the NASA section (“You have more space books than I do!” said...
View ArticleVanishing Point: A Car Movie Done Right
I was barely six hours into a 12-hour flight across the Pacific, and I’d already finished my book. Ugh. I checked my iPad. Dammit, forgot to load any e-reading. I sighed, tucked the book and iPad away,...
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Blue Oval vs. Ferrari: The Rematch
Peruse the 2018 Ford vehicles website, and you’ll see a range of relatively affordable, fairly conventional wheels: Fusion sedan (“from $22,120”), C-Max Energi SE hybrid ($27,120), Explorer SUV...
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Playing in the All-Stars Game
I’ve been a judge in annual “best car” competitions, with various magazines, for decades now, and I won’t deny the obvious: For a car enthusiast, taking part in such a contest is the equivalent of a...
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Sunset Boulevard
Long before I moved to Los Angeles, Sunset Boulevard held an elevated place in my imagination. As I knew from countless movies and TV shows, Sunset was a magical ribbon of asphalt that wound its way...
View ArticleMr. Toad’s Mild Ride
That year I lived alone. My life was changing in dramatic fashion, and among the many consequences was that I had to find a new place of my own. In need of something to smile about and inspired by the...
View ArticleOld Rush: East Coast Defenders’ Range Rover Classic
For anyone alive “way back when,” how could you possibly forget 1995? Dean Martin died, and never again did the moon in the sky look like a big pizza pie. Starbucks unveiled the frozen...
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