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Book Review: Carjacked: The Culture of Automobiles And Its Effects On Our Lives

[Editor's note: Please join us today at 3pm Eastern (noon Pacific) for a livechat with the authors of Carjacked: The Culture Of The Automobile And Its Effects On Our Lives] Over the last several...

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Quote Of The Day: Score One For The Car Mags Edition

The New York Times has a story that’s fascinating in its own right: the number of people leasing a car on leasetrader.com without first test-driving the car has doubled since 2007.  Troubling stuff...

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Bored On a Long Road Trip? Bad Car Bingo!

I’ve played many a game of Buzzword Bingo with equally bored coworkers while stuck in 19-hour PowerPoint presentations, back when I slaved as a tech writer in the software biz. Why not apply this...

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When You Need Garage Tunes Right Now: Field Expedient Surround-Sound Audio...

When I moved into a Victorian near downtown Denver summer before last, I finally had something I’ve been longing for since I started messing around with cars: a garage! Since that time, I’ve been...

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Junkyard-Found Chevy Tribal Sticker Leads To New Meme, Blame Social Media

During one of my many junkyard trips, I spotted a Crusher-bound Chevy truck with an “EAT’N FORDS/SHIT’N RAMS” window sticker. It wasn’t really worth a separate post here on TTAC, but I figured it would...

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A Primer On SLAB Culture

This well-traveled Houstonian thinks his town is Pistonhead Nirvana, proven every month via fanboi scale and diversity at Cars and Coffee gatherings.  Or with every 1000+hp racer on at Texas2k, every...

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Finally, See Spielberg’s “Duel” on the Big Screen (If You Can Get to Denver...

Because the power of the Murilee Martin Lifestyle Brand™ is so extreme, the Alamo Drafthouse Theater in Denver has fallen under my spell and allowed me to select and introduce four car films, to be...

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Bark’s Bites: Miami’s Secret For Ridiculous Rides? Better Know ‘A Guy’

“Rolls-Royce sold 4,000 cars last year.” Carlos, a handsome, Cuban gentleman sitting across from me wanted to make sure that I understood this fact. He said it so intensely that I never even thought to...

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Thanks Dad, for Helping Me Appreciate the Joys of a Consistent Panel Gap

On this Father’s Day, I’m thankful my dad showed me his love of cars. Unlike some fathers and sons, we have never turned a wrench together. Instead of teaching me how to fix cars, my dad, a quality...

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Automotive Hall of Fame Moving from Dearborn to Detroit, Wants to be More...

The Automotive Hall of Fame thinks it can better tell the history of the automobile if it makes a move to the Motor City. William Chapin, the museum’s president, wants to expand the facility’s scope...

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Government Intervention is Intentionally Killing the Japanese Kei Car

Anyone with an interest in odd cars probably has at least a passing fascination with Japanese kei cars. As a member of that small subset of enthusiasts, I have a long-held fantasy that involves owning...

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‘They Will Grow Older’: Jaguar’s Product Boss Is Damn Sure Millennials Will...

Teen car culture is dying a swift death, The Atlantic claims, but Jaguar Land Rover’s head of product strategy feels the youngsters of today will eventually outgrow their desire for hassle-free...

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