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Bill McNealy, Jr. had an ambitious but ill-fated plan to save AMC as it faced dire straits in the late '70s. Joe Ligo shares the details.
An old-school external mechanical voltage regulator mounted to the inner fender wall in my 1973 BMW 2002. Rob Siegel Whether internal or external, mechanical or solid-state, voltage regulators usually ...
Storied racers, one-off prototypes, and opulent luxury tourers make up the most expensive American cars ever sold at auction.
I was taking a victory drive in my 1969 Lotus Elan +2. I’d just identified and solved an over-voltage issue (another article in itself) as well as dealt with a few annoying thunks and rattles, and was ...
Joe Ligo, producer and director of the PBS Documentary "The Last Independent Automaker," outlines AMC's rich advertising history.
The looks of a classic Ferrari with the soundtrack and maintenance of a muscle car is a tempting combo, and these cars offer it in spades.
The AWD, twin-turbo Corvette is here—but Chevy didn't name it after the model's godfather, Zora. Here's why the ZR1X deserves Zora's name.
In the 1980s, GM's Monte Carlo and Grand Prix aerocoupes were modified to compete in NASCAR with the wind-cheating Ford Thunderbird.
Selling a car is a skill you don't think to teach your young kids. Include them, and you'll set them up for success—and have a ton of fun.
No matter the concept, the "Bugeye" Austin-Healey Sprite is one of the ultimate blank canvases for sports-car satisfaction.
But car parts, due to their role in our collective automotive passion, are their own special category of stuff. Because of my four decades of activity in the BMW Car Club of America, I’m a known point ...
The software and tech enabling the latest new-car features could render those vehicles unrepairable in the not-too-distant future.