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After carving 43 miles of smooth asphalt that rises through meadows and dense forest on its way to a mile-high peak, a driver might conclude that the Cherohala Skyway was made purely for the fun of it ...
1960 was a near miss for Lincoln. You see, back in 1958, Lincoln attempted to out-Cadillac Cadillac. The new ’58 models were bigger and more luxurious than ever before. And the elegant 1956-57 ...
Bitten by the muscle-car bug in high school, teenager Justin Hertel began drag-racing a 1970 Chevelle with his growing group of gearhead friends. “I was in the market for a car, and my buddies loved ...
The recipe is simple: drop a potent small-block into a curvy roadster and hold on for dear life. It worked when Carroll Shelby created the Cobra, and the Sunbeam Tiger, for that matter. When Dodge ...
One outfit we don’t talk about much around here: Abarth. The Italian performance brand is known for its accomplishments in racing, but the values of its cars generally lag behind the big dogs like ...
I’ll tell you a secret: The Tail of the Dragon is not the best road in the South. It’s not even the best road in Tennessee or North Carolina. On those rare, bright Saturdays when I wake up with ...
Since the beginning of time, automakers and, by proxy, car enthusiasts, have been sticking big engines in cars originally intended for less power. The quest for more muscle is never-ending, and ...
In the car world, we hear the word “preservation” quite a bit. For many, it means an uncompromising reverence for all-original classic automobiles that are just as they were when they were new, or ...
Mike Watt is one of the most influential American musicians alive today, and he doesn’t need much of an introduction for anyone who listens to punk, funk, or any flavor of dangerous rock ‘n’ roll ...
Perhaps you shouldn’t have donated that drawer or cabinet full of cassette tapes to Goodwill during your last Spring cleaning. The bulky audio medium is in the midst of a minor resurgence—so much so ...
Apologies to Freddie Mercury, but I couldn’t help but think of his “And bad mistakes, I’ve made a few” line from “We Are the Champions” when Kyle Smith suggested this week that we share our most ...
We may be serious nerds for data analysis at Hagerty Insider, and we cover sales big and small, but our love for cars keeps us in touch with the simpler pleasures: convertibles, 1990s luxury coupes, ...