The car shouts. Obvious and in the poorest of taste. If you want 4 wheel drive, buy a Jeep for a hell of a lot less money and nonsense or any 4 wheel drive Japanese version of same. If you must have this kind of thing buy a Navigator. At least they are restrained. ... View more

I never buy celebrity cars of any stripe, because the attached theoretical cache simply adds nothing to the car. I know a lot of folks don't feel that way.  Thanks for the post. ... View more

It's absurd. ... View more

The Modulo, the Fiat 124 Spyder, I had one 100 years ago and loved it, the Ferrari P6 is stunning, and I have fond memories of the Alfa Giulietta. Mine was light blue. Lovely car. Thanks for the memories............. ... View more

Everybody will probably laugh at me but I missed out on a 70s Challenger Convertible with a Slant 6. That's right. I think 383s are enough for the car, an automatic, power steering and so on. If I could find a slant six in a hardtop I'd probably buy it provided it did not come home in boxes.  I like the exterior design very much, the interiors are bizarre and interesting, and the only unfortunate aspect of the car is that once inside it feels like you are sitting in a hole. A true of Camaros, Firebirds and so on.    ... View more

Farina could teach American designers everything about automotive design. With the exception of very few examples American concepts are atrocious.  ... View more

Only Hagerty could come up with this. Very well done. ... View more

I lived in LA smog and I'm still here. 40 years later. Here means not in LA. I think Government handling of anything simply shows its stupid and incompetent behavior.   ... View more

I live in the Northern Left Coast where we've had snow of 1 inch in twenty years. I would pick either the Explorer or the Jeep, simply because they are multi use vehicles and I have a small truck now. The Ford somehow does not look like an idiotic SUV, nor the Jeep. I was born and raised in New England, and as much as there is much to detest about the Left Coast, high taxes, Nanny States, everything overpriced, congestion and so on the benefits still outweigh living in heavy weather. I would still advise my fellow Hagerties to buy a Jeep or 4 wheel drive Explorer or Expedition. Great utility vehicles. ... View more

You do great work. Well done. I have always liked that vintage sunbeam, but without the Ford v-8 in it. I drove one 100 years ago when they were new and didn't like it. The nose heavy award.  Now the 4 bangers are either trashed or wildly overpriced. The 2 CV is always charming and wonderful. I am a Mercedes fan, and the Mondeo should have been exported here.  I owned a Triumph Stag with and automatic and the car was serene in commuter traffic. It never gave me much trouble until after a 1200 mile trip when it started to manifest its age and poor engineering. I fixed the thing and sold it to my neighbor, with full explanation, who had to have it. He put a thousand dollars in the car and gave it to his daughter, who drove it through four years of college. I like Stags. I hope intelligent advice would be if you want one make sure you can buy the best you can afford and be close to a mechanic who is familiar with the car. ... View more

Well done, Phillip. It was inevitable. Someone would come up with this idea and design. What has to happen now is a method of manufacture that will allow pricing to get into the real world. I'm not particularly excited nor neurotic about enviornmental issues but what I have been doing for a long time is this: If the car doesn't pass smog, or is otherwise not clean it goes to the junkyard. I've done it three times or more. I won't sell the car, nor give it to anyone, or anything. It goes away. Period. That's my contribution. My lady is very much more alert and sensitive in this area than I am, so at least I am not a complete troll. Back to EV: I have a '66 Chevrolet sitting in the barn waiting for renewal. It's not a hell of a lot, a 283 with Power Steering and Brakes, a normal Chevy of its time. It has hard starting and other issues. A perfect place for the EV but the point is I'm suddenly driving a car I am drastically over market in. And then the rest of it should be done. Peter Kumar (Gullwing) in New York had a Corvette, a '57, one of my favorite years, in black with a tan interior and a mess. If I wanted to put a big number on that car, then EV would be interesting and probably worth doing if I wanted to keep the car forever. If you have something like the Corvette I speak of and would keep the thing for a long time look seriously at doing this.   ... View more

I also agree about the '69;' the newer Mustangs are fat and tacky. Just like their trucks. ... View more

Welcome to the Stratosphere. ... View more

Because I'm in a Fire Zone in Northern California I don't have much time but I wanted to say that the XJ is one of my favorite cars. Thank you Ian, for taste, and Kirk for the post. ... View more

It's absurd, and an interesting idea. The Interior is atrocious with all the techno crap. It should have '58 Interior design. I don't use Facebook nor other social media which is for juveniles and idiots, so I do not subscribe to the China tech thing. Gullwing Motors in New York at one point had a project 57 Corvette, one of my favorite years, and I'm not a Corvette fan, and I almost called Peter Kumar and bought it just to see if I could modernize it without losing any of the essential design qualities, stance, and so on.  The car for sale was black, which is want i wanted, with a Beige Interior and a mess.  Starting with an Art Forstman chassis and forward (upwards) from there, I would have made it mine, with no intention of selling it. After adding up the numbers including a labor estimate, I can't do my own wrenching any more due to health reasons, and the approximate time involved (I'm not getting any younger) I passed on the dream.  A piece of advice to the Hagerty family other than wear a mask: Don't pass on your dreams. ... View more

I have always loved these cars. I don't have the room for one but I'm in negotiations with another landlord who is not an idiot for more space. I had the pleasure of owning a '66 sedan which got sold to a neighbor and my only complaint was that with all those horses under the hood the car was slow off the line. Obviously one is meant to motor in these cars, not go blasting off at the green light or whatever, but still. Anyway, I want another one. As soon as I get a good lease and space I'm off on the search for one......thanks for this. ... View more

Thank you, Kyle. My advice came from an old Wrench who said to me, do what makes you feel comfortable. There's no reason not to run Synthetics in your old cars. He was right. Frankly, I think I'm doing better with them.  ... View more

I'd look for the GTI any time, if I had the room, and I'm always up for Mitsubishi 2 litre  engines in anything; I have two of them, and they are absolutely trouble free. ... View more

This is Newsom being absurd. The first thing to do is to talk with the car makers to see if its possible and/or realistic to turn an entire industry around with appropriate investment, design, and tooling up that fast (it isn't). Next one should remember that Greenland was green 900 years ago and that all the hysteria about climate change has no basis in fact nor science, and that Old Road is correct regarding mankind's presumptions. There are many intelligent ways of controlling the way we're screwing up the enviornment, most of which Americans won't do. And there's another issue: One of the most difficult issues regarding climate change is that it can't be seen.  ... View more

In my list of things to do before i die is to sit in a fire truck. I never did it when I was young enough. And I've thought of buying one to have, he's quite right, they are well preserved and therefore not difficult to maintain, I have no idea where to put it out of the weather here. It would be an instant guest at the annual village parade (July 4th) And probably give the local little ones a ride in it on a nice Sunday......... ... View more

I agree with PGA2. Enough of this. The country is in such bad shape that we need every media organ to help us heal. The political aspect of trucks is nonsense. If you need one, buy one,  and stop making political hay out of everything. I own a 40 year old pickup with low miles, still ruinning, 0-60 in three months, it goes everywhere for parts and groceries and anything else you can think of, I've had five offers to sell it, I will be buried in it. I am a car collector and certainly not Republican. I am not a Liberal. I am an American. Which I think the rest of us should be. ... View more

Hands down, the Tatra and the Toyota Classic because they are interesting and bizarre. Thank you for this; Hagerty endlessly comes up with some pretty wild stuff............ ... View more

I've always wanted to see the competition, something always got in the way of going, sometimes money, mostly professional commitments. Thank you for this. ... View more

Absolutely not. A car designed for the aesthetic illiterate, tasteless exterior design, quite right about social smartphone slaves brought up on Ikea, disgusting. I can afford several. I wouldn't go near them. I collect old cars instead. And drive them. I haven't had my coffee yet. ... View more

Nik, thank you, i think Louis has an interesting car and none of us gas burners should be surprised that electric cars have taken off in this area. With regard to going vegan and giving up his airplane frankly I think it's too late. We should have been planning for the ultimate destruction of the Planet 150 years ago. ... View more

Sajeev, very well done. I'm, keeping this excellent work so I can have it for the time when I need it. I have lived through 3 Hurricanes (I moved) in New Orleans and fire in California, currently active as you know. My cars are fine. I have fireproof storage (we'll see) and I am prepared in other ways as well as the family personally. I'm thinking seriously of moving to the Mojave Desert or some other place with no weather. Never mind. Thanks again. ... View more

It's always interesting to read about these guys who put in such time and effort to stretch the limits. It's not my part of the Hobby but it doesn't matter; they are welcomed as far as I'm concerned. ... View more

It's beautiful work and very well done. Thank you for this. I'll buy the book when I can. ... View more

Ronan, well done. My experience with up market cars has always been that of initial deferred maintenance no matter what the Seller says. Apparently people drive these cars, slowly, not many miles, keep them clean, put gas in them, change the oil when they think of it and that's about it. I've had some Rolls, Lexi, and so on, and they are all the same. And wonderful once repaired. ... View more

Brendan, thank you. The article was wonderful as was (is) the car. ... View more