Ever-shrinking microchip technology has allowed more and more functionality to be added to cars, putting a stop to the idea that the smallest vehicles must be stripped of all extra features. Engineers know that lighter cars are the most fuel-efficient, but legislators—and the driving public—insist...
Doris Day admits the color flatters her; husband Marty doesn’t mind and son Terry’s happy as long as the floors hold up and there’s room for bop dancing...
Enzo Ferrari forged his reputation on the race track before becoming a car manufacturer in 1940, so it is no surprise that the marque founded by the fiery Italian has the most successful record in Formula 1. As well as being a major name in...
She looked and talked like Grace—but in California, she didn’t act like Grace...
At the start of the 21st century, the biggest impact on the design and manufacture of racing cars was created by computers. Their influence was so great that they had to be severely limited within the car to stop them from taking over the driving....
While Dick croons “I'll always love you”...
After the Ferrari F40 road car passed the 200 mph mark in 1987, this figure became the badge of honor for any supercar to aspire to. Some machines, German ones especially, had factory-fitted speed limiters to bridle owners' enthusiasm. The 250 mph Bugatti Veyron went...
“And the whole world played sweet music”...
The Nano is one of the boldest and most fascinating back-to-basics small cars since the original Mini. Designed to lure India's burgeoning middle classes away from two-wheelers, it received much publicity because of its suggested price of 100,000 rupees-roughly $2,000. When the car went on...
I am not, by nature, a mountain-climber. I go big for valleys and warm, heated rooms. When I heard, among the bits of snatches of American gossip meted out to Americans abroad, that Bob Wagner had fallen hard for his co-star in The Mountain, that...