Category: Author

Why the Miura Can Never Be Topped

“It’s such a tragedy when someone owns such a car and it never leaves the garage. It’s like never making love to your wife.” [Alex Roy, of Road & Track, interviews Valentino Balboni, who was the main test driver for

FlatSixes: VW gas vs diesel LeMons Showdown

Life is weird sometimes. A couple of months ago, I mentioned how awesome I thought it would be to pit the two most well known San Francisco Bay Area based Porsche LeMons cars against each other in a tongue-in-cheek ‘battle

A Potential Upside to Volkswagen’s Diesel Downfall?

When it came to light last Friday that Volkswagen had been circumventing U.S. environmental standards through a software cheat, I didn’t really think there was much of a story there for me to cover. HOONART tends to focus on sports cars and issues related

A Weekend With Pan Speed

  ‘Passion’ is what the Rotary Meeting was all about at Maze Circuit this past weekend. The Rotary & Roadster Meeting at Sendai Hi-Land was an event I truly enjoyed going to. Run by Pan Speed and a few other shops

Alex Roy Discusses the Autonomotive Singularity

[Alex Roy debates where we’re headed as a driving and eventually non-driving culture, and what that could mean for automotive enthusiasts. This was a good one. It starts on a bit of a downer, and I don’t want to spoil

Why Ferrari Engineers Don’t Like Turbos

[The subject of turbocharging came up again over the weekend, when Porsche announced that the 911 was going all turbo. There was a lot of discussion online about what this meant for Porsche’s future. I was initially thinking that turbocharging

Emory Motorsports Custom Porsche 356s – Jay Leno’s Garage

Video by Jay Leno’s Garage In this video, Jay checks out two of Emory Motorsports’ custom 356 Porsches. This is the shop which originated the term “outlaw Porsche.” Rod Emory goes through in detail what makes a Porsche an Emory

A Strangely Apt Comparison of Scion to Geo

Imagine if you will. The world’s largest and most consistently successful automaker is in deep trouble. Not because of profits, but because of products. They build a small car… and a small army of overseas competitors blow it away. They

Craigslist: 1961 Rat Rod Death Trap

When I heard that an acquaintance of mine was considering getting rid of his Corvair, as much as I hope he ends up keeping it, I couldn’t help but share this sweet and well priced Chevy Corvair. It’s a funny and