October 27th, 2022 5:17 PM Share It’s time for more Abandoned History, where the topic is Edsel and the year is 1960. It was to be the final outing of the Ranger, and the last year of Edsel as an entity. The Ranger had an […]
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Life and Death in a Chevy Family
My Uncle Stuart died a few weeks ago. He was 70 years old and had been suffering from serious health issues, but not at a velocity that indicated we’d lose him that soon. It was, and will continue to be for some time, a shock. Stuart was my Mom’s older […]
Pressing Pause on Van Life, and Homesick for a Broken Toyota Hiace
For the first time since I set out on my journey, I am homesick. It’s been three weeks of sleeping on random couches and airbeds and inside parked Allroads, in locations dotting the greater Los Angeles region, and I miss stability and a home. My trusty Toyota Hiace, Marsha, is […]
How a Simple Van Life Test Run Turns Into Its Own Epic 3,000-Mile Road Trip
Things just kept happening, almost as if I wasn’t in control. I made for another small North Carolina town to meet up with legendary auto writer Jason Torchinsky and whip the infamous Changli. From there, my friend and I journeyed to my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, where I drove some […]
How Motorcycle Gear Saved My Life
The Drive and its partners may earn a commission if you purchase a product through one of our links. Read more. A few weeks ago, I asked what you, The Drive’s dear readers, wanted to see reviewed by our team of talented editors. You spoke your piece in the comments, […]
Skilled YouTuber ‘Draws’ a Porsche RC Car to Life With a 3D Pen
I’m not sure which hobbyist group is more creative—the people who build custom RC cars, or the ones that carefully craft every tiny detail into their stationary models. Whichever it might be, I think we’ve just found a crossover-hit that mixes passions into a jumble of beautiful 3D-printed craftsmanship. Meet […]
Audi’s New Virtual Office Program Sure Looks Like the Second Coming of Second Life
Audi likes to pride itself on innovation—few car companies don’t—and in these trying, socially distant times, that can mean effectively developing a system where employees recreate themselves as The Sims and wander around a virtual office. If that seems bleak (and it does, there’s no way around it) then it’s […]
You Too Can Live the Big Rig Life With This Four-Door 1978 International Truck
International did build a fair amount of Loadstars in crew cab configuration, though it’s still relatively rare to spot one in this condition. It was apparently repainted its current shade of green after it was stripped of some firetruck equipment and, now, it lives on with a custom-fabricated steel pickup […]
‘Japan’s First Supercar’ Gets New Life as Toyota Restarts 2000GT Parts Production
Scarcely two decades after Japanese industry was ravaged by the loss of World War II, the Toyota 2000GT helped put the country’s automakers on the map. It set three world records for speed and endurance, appeared as a Bond car in You Only Live Twice, and in the Twenteens, became […]