I remember the first time we met Johan de Nysschen, the President of Audi America. We had just witnessed the Audi press conference and were sitting inside the company’s new Audi R8 GT when a man with a distinct mustache sat down in the passenger seat. “Look ...

  As one of the worst rainstorms in recent history dumps over Southern California causing floods and landslides, I am handed the keys to a car that contains a presence that rivals the forces of mother nature. To say that the CTS-V is a fast car would be like descri...

Ah, the test drive event, a way for auto manufacturers to offer a safe place for the consumer to drive their product as if they were a drunk toddler in a demolition derby. The only other closest joy to this driving experience would be to hop behind the wheel of a rented...

The picture above is obviously not of the new Cadillac CTS Coupe. It is a picture of a 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood. At the time, this man represented someone who had “made it” in the modern world. He comes from a time when the phrase “Someday, I’m go...

Myspace, the iPod, reality television, and the Toyota Prius…. these are just some of the things that will unfortunately define my generation in the putative history book of America. I despise most of these things for one reason or another, but none more so than th...

Roadmaster, GNX, Regal. These are just some of the handful of great cars in the Buick brand’s shaky history in the automotive world, the LaCrosse however… has never been one of them. The LaCrosse was born in 2005, after the Buick brand peaked in sales around...

Merle Haggard, famous American Country music singer, guitarist and songwriter, was born in Bakersfield, CA in 1937. While he spent most of his adolescent years in jail, he found solace in Country music. He, along with Buck Owens, contributed to the “Bakersfield So...